"THE THUMBLADY" TM



Shari Green, C.O.M.
Educational Information

This page will be updated frequently to
 include a variety of topics 
relating to thumbsucking, child 
development, and tongue thrust.
(847) 641-4444
 
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That Little Thumb...Lot of Damage
Click on the icon above for a comprehensive article on Thumbsucking entitled, 
"That Little Thumb Can Do an Awful Amount of Damage", by Shari Green, C.O.M.  
This article has appeared in multiple publications, and has been read by
 and hundreds of parents and professionals, and is one of the most 
comprehensive and popular articles on the topic of thumb-sucking on the web.
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Child Dev. Article
Click on Icon above for an article review of "Baby Talk"-An interesting review of an article the beautiful and amazing  process of language and Child Development.
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Professional Research Articles Published by Shari
Click on Icon above for a listing of the professional articles published by Shari in The International Journal of Orofacial Myology
Please note that the overviews of the articles were not written by myself, but independent reviewers of the articles, so any references to treatment or diagnosis/etiology of disorders was independent of the actual full article content. I cannot choose the wording the reviewers utilize, unfortunately, in their synopsis. 

Media
Tracey Serebin Family Matters Baby Specialists Podcast with Shari Green

Click on blue note sound Icon above to hear the extensive 15 minute interview on thumbsucking.
To visit Tracey's parenting website directly, click on the yellow link above. 
The following images above can be printed off via computer and read. The first above is basically about thumbsucking elimination from Pioneer Press, next is Kim Mikus's article about the business of thumbsucking elimination from The Daily Herald, and finally the third is on Socialization and Thumbsucking that I wrote.