ve never clipped them), and she also chews her hair, clothes,
jewelry, toys, stuffed animals, found objects, broken glass, etc. She does not tend to swallow what she chews.
We do not scold her when she chews, but we do ask her to chew something safe if she picks up something unsafe (e.g. chew a toothbrush instead of jewelry). I cannot correlate her chewing with stress; she chews at bedtime, while reading, in front of the TV, in the car, at kindergarten, etc.