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My son played an entire soccer game with a shirt in his mouth at age 8. I ignored it. He's 15 and hasn't done that for a while now. I bought cheap clothes at garage sales until he got past that. It could be a sensory issue and he's using it to calm himself. You may want to have him evaluated for that. Chewing gum is suppose to help(provided he'll dispose of it properly).
My other son use to do that at school, but he stopped just after his thirteenth birthday. The school wanted to give him a teething necklace. He didn't think that was what he wanted. I did notice the less I let it bother me, the less it occurred.
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