Brushing Teeth Together
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It is said that “The family that prays together, stays together.” On the other hand, whether brushing teeth together as a family helps keep the most basic unit of society together, is still quite unknown. However, when making an ideal adventure out of the concept of brushing one’s teeth fails and parents are faced with stubborn faces and tantrums, it is suggested that they encourage their children to brush their teeth by offering to do it together with them. By doing so, a parent or guardian may be assuring the child that he or she is not being made to suffer some unjust punishment, and that adults need to brush their teeth as well. There are setbacks to this method, of course. For instance, there is no telling how long a child would require an adult to brush his or her teeth along with him or her. Also, it must be kept in mind that children have a tendency to become too enthusiastic with activities once they have been induced into conducting them and may even insist on brushing their teeth out of the blue, even when it is unnecessary. This of course, would prove difficult to the child’s parents or guardian since this may intrude with their daily duties. It seems then, that the way to go about this method would be to tell the child early on that he or she will not always be brushing his or her teeth with someone else simultaneously doing the same activity. After all, it is only a matter of time until the act of brushing one’s teeth starts to appeal to a child’s desire to proudly show his or her parents that he or she can do things on her own as well, with that innocent self-pride children eventually develop.
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BBC Newsround5 May 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7300000/newsid_7307100/7307129.stm