well my mom still tells me this and i am a teen that if if kept biting my nails i would get SKIN CANCER!
but i still couldn't stop now i have braces and i can't bite them anymore so my nails got longer. then i started 2 pick at them and they started 2 get shorter now my mom is mad at me 4 pickin at them
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A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- I use to beleive that bitting my nails will give me powers to stop being afraid. — scaredy cat