Spring 2025

What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold

A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More

From the Series What-to-Do Guides for Kids

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Do you have a habit that’s hard to stop? A habit that embarrasses you or gets you in trouble? If so, you’re not alone.

Lots of kids have habits they wish they could lose. But habits are stronger than wishes. They lock on, holding you tight. Even if you want to break free, you can’t. Unless you have the keys. What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold provides the keys to escape from a variety of pesky habits. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach essential habit-busting strategies, targeting everything from nail biting and thumb sucking to shirt chewing, hair twirling, and more.

This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to set themselves free.

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978-1-4338-0383-3
$16.99
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Active Nonfiction, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2008
Publisher Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 72
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF024140, JNF024120, JNF001000
Dimensions 8.5 x 11
Features Glossary, Index, Original artwork, and Table of contents