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> convince your kid to brush his/her teeth every after meal. all of it is sales, which is more about emotions than logic. Cute story: I was having trouble get

> convince your kid to brush his/her teeth every after meal. all of it is sales, which is more about emotions than logic. Cute story: I was having trouble getting my 4-year-old to brush his teeth until one night, I had to idea to show him this children's Q&A book that had a page about "why do I have to brush my teeth?" The little cartoon bacteria convinced him that brushing his teeth was a good idea. It was like a light switch in his head; I finished the page and he said, "daddy, I want to brush my teeth now" and walked off to the bathroom.

borplk 4y ago
Sounds cool and I'm not experienced in this area but I'd say watch out that it's not creating some kind of phobia or obsession with them thinking about scary invisible things in their mouth!
- waltbosz 4y ago
  To give more context to the story about my son: I didn't at all give him some overbearing lecture. I simply read the page to him as if it were regular story-time and let him make the decision, which he did with remarkable swiftness. That's good advice about phobia/obsession. My daughter is a bit weird about germs. For example the other day, I was handling a deer skull that we found in the backyard, and she was a little put out that I touched a doorknob before washing my hands. As a kid, I was the same way with germs. As an adult, I'm probably still a bit overly cautious. When COVID happened, I joked that it wasn't OCD, but rather it was training for a pandemic. My observation of her behavior makes me wonder if it's a nature vs. nurture thing with her. Nurture: Did I accidentally teach her my phobia. Nature: does her brain (like mine) ruminate about everything, leading to phobias when the topic of ruminations is a scary thing like germs.
  - mh- 4y ago
    > handling a deer skull .. I touched a doorknob before washing my hands. I'm not a germaphobe, but I think I'm with your daughter on this one. :)
  - mydogcanpurr 4y ago
    > For example the other day, I was handling a deer skull that we found in the backyard Have you ever heard of prions, e.g. chronic wasting disease?

borplk 4y ago

Sounds cool and I'm not experienced in this area but I'd say watch out that it's not creating some kind of phobia or obsession with them thinking about scary invisible things in their mouth!

waltbosz 4y ago
To give more context to the story about my son: I didn't at all give him some overbearing lecture. I simply read the page to him as if it were regular story-time and let him make the decision, which he did with remarkable swiftness. That's good advice about phobia/obsession. My daughter is a bit weird about germs. For example the other day, I was handling a deer skull that we found in the backyard, and she was a little put out that I touched a doorknob before washing my hands. As a kid, I was the same way with germs. As an adult, I'm probably still a bit overly cautious. When COVID happened, I joked that it wasn't OCD, but rather it was training for a pandemic. My observation of her behavior makes me wonder if it's a nature vs. nurture thing with her. Nurture: Did I accidentally teach her my phobia. Nature: does her brain (like mine) ruminate about everything, leading to phobias when the topic of ruminations is a scary thing like germs.
- mh- 4y ago
  > handling a deer skull .. I touched a doorknob before washing my hands. I'm not a germaphobe, but I think I'm with your daughter on this one. :)
- mydogcanpurr 4y ago
  > For example the other day, I was handling a deer skull that we found in the backyard Have you ever heard of prions, e.g. chronic wasting disease?