13 March 2018 - Kids Are Gross

Help Children Form Good Health Habits

"Parental guidance and supervision are necessary if children are to develop good health habits. The time to begin is in the early years."

One day my kids asked "Mom, what is a cavity?"

They have been fortunate to have never experienced a cavity. So I grabbed a piece of paper and explained:

"This is your tooth. If you don't keep it clean it gets dirty."

Scribble marker on the paper

"If you never clean it then germs start to eat that dirt and then they eat your tooth."

STAB

I poke holes all in the paper!

"This is a cavity kids."

I got the point across in a funny way. A way that I knew would stick with them.

The point is that parents are responsible for guiding these habits into their children. Don't let other people teach your kids how to do things.

(unless you really suck at this parenting thing)

My kids wouldn't use soap in the shower if I didn't make them.

Kids are gross and they are selfish. They will not do anything they don't want to do.

It is up to us to

NAG

Them until that nail is hammered in!

Sometimes all the headache and heartache pays off too! Someone says "Your kids are so well behaved" and you look around to make sure there isn't some other family standing near by.

I think that I have said it before but let me say it again,

It is up to us as parents to make sure we are bringing up productive kids who will become productive adults!

My kids don't have to like me. I'm not here to be their best friend.

One day those little birds are going to get kicked out of the nest and I really want it to be on a day that I don't have to worry about the decisions they make.

So for now I'm going to make sure they brush their stupid teeth every day.

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