* Since reading can trigger pulling, keep a throw pillow with a fringy edge nearby.
* Singe a piece of fishing wire and cut it about the length of your child’s own hair strands. The singed end mimics a hair follicle.
* Buy a Webkinz with frizzy, stringy fur.
* Get busy in the kitchen. Shell sunflower seeds or pistachios, peel carrots, cut potatoes, bake. Sometimes a good cooking session can put the brakes on.
* Talk to someone else who’s fighting the same battle.
* Mix up your fiddle toys. A great website for cheap ones: www.officeplayground.com
