The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit

by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

Book Overview

This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about the importance of overcoming bad habits! Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Join Mama, Papa, and Brother, as they try and help Sister break a very bad habit . . . biting her nails. Will she manage to get her bad habit under control, or will she end up stuck as a nail nibbler.Includes over 50 bonus stickers!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394873408
• ISBN13: 9780394873404
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

This is a good book!

This is a great book to let little ones know that they are not alone with their bad habits. I am glad that we had it before we worked on stopping nail biting with Mavala Stop. It worked great!

This book is helping my daughter stop thumb-sucking

I gave this book five stars because, more than any other technique we've tried, it has helped my daughter stop sucking her thumb. Now four years old, she had been sucking her thumb since she was about six months old. We've tried rewards, sticker charts, threatening loss of privileges, talking with the dentist, the works. Nothing worked. This book, in three weeks, has taken my daughter's bad habit from an all-day activity to just one she does in her sleep. We're still applying the principles from the book, in hopes that it even eradicates the sleep-time habit as well. In any case, I could not be happier that we read this book together.

It helped as part of a bigger strategy

The book is about the habit of nail biting although we used it to discuss quitting the thumb-sucking habit. It's a nice way to talk to your kid about how hard it is to break a bad habit. And it gave me, as the parent, an idea for how to reward daily efforts, rather than total success.

child guidance is suggested

i find the berenstain bears book collection educational. this one was (surprisingly) an eye-opener for me as a parent as well. i followed the tip given here to stop my child from bitting his fingernails - and it worked.

Clever and meaningful!

Once again Stan and Jan have made a complex issue simple for the child. I love the way they explain what a habit is and why it is hard to break. Sister's bad habit is biting her nails but we substitute whatever we want (nose picking etc.)and our children (age 2 and 6) roar with laughter as they learn that a habit isn't easy to quit...but you can do it with practice. We love this book. I even gave it to a college student who bites her nails and she loves it too.