Being that teeth are related to health and a parents responsibility is to make sure they do whatever they can to protect the childs heath....
if my child wasnt brushing, Id do whatever i had to do to get the point across
rent movies on bacteria and how they live in the mouth and multiply and how they are germs just like the little creatures that give you a cold and an upset tummy.
show them pictures of people with no teeth, and tell them stoiries of surgerys, and let them talk to people who have suffored with tmj, root canals and fillings.
But a bunch of toothpastes and do a taste test... try natural as well
even try organic and even try baking soda as an option because something is better than nothing, and maybe they just dont like the taste of fluroide, maybe they are sensitive to it
Tell them thier breath will smell and other kids wont want to be thier friend
give them a teeth cleaning neurosis if you have to... thats what I'd do... however if that didnt work...
Id stand there and force them
its simply not an option... teeth are health..
tough love
Motivating my child - please help
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My kids got better at oral hygiene when we became brushing buddies. Looking back on it now, I should have gotten braces with them not after them, but I became vigilant so that they would follow suit. It worked eventually. (their mother was not amused by my "childish" tactics, but I believe that the family that cooks together eats together studies together cleans together goes places together is a fully functional family.)
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mariahfromchicago
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I say to them, "brush and floss or your teeth will look like THIS when you get older!" 