Despite the fact that we give much thought to child rearing and have tried really hard to imbue our children of 7 and 6 with self respect, respect for others, an appreciation of their relatively privileged position in the global world order, a sense of fun, and an interest in science, music and the arts etc…
… we’ve never really bothered about getting them to brush their teeth.
However, I don’t feel too bad about this because:
1) They drink water not squash/coke etc. and they only have sweets once or twice a week.
2) They seem to have picked up info re’ teeth cleaning somewhere along the way (school + a dentist came into talk to them at Brownies)
3) They are only just getting their adult teeth.
4) Their mum went to the dentist after not bothering for 10 years and was told that everything was fine.
Having said all that, now that they are getting their adult teeth, we’re trying a bit more to remind them to do it.
Does this make me a bad parent?