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 STAB 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 soa...