Eat your veggies. Go play outside. Don’t sit too close to the TV. Did you brush your teeth?
Parents try all kinds of tricks to get their kids to break bad habits and develop good ones. Hasbro has a new product that aims to do just that: Tooth Tunes. The music-playing toothbrush offers two minutes of music to let children (or adults) know whether they need to keep brushing those pearly whites. Music choices include songs from Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers Band, The Cheetah Girls and more. The toothbrushes retail for $10 to $15.
We have a toothbrush that plays “All For One” from “High School Musical 2″ and would like to give it away. We’ll randomly select someone who posts an answer to this question: How have you successfully coaxed or tricked your child into forming a healthy habit?
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We make toothbrushing a part of our morning and bedtime routines. When my three boys are done brushing, I check their teeth to see if they are nice and clean, and if not, they brush again. Since brushing once is already not exactly their favorite pasttime, this is quite an incentive to do well the first time!
When my grandson sleeps over I found that teaching by example works. He is two years old and grown up activities fascinate him. When I brush he is more than happy to do the same.
It’s gross, but I refer to plaque as “food poop”. Knowing they have “food poop” in their mouths is incentive for them to keep those pearly whites clean!