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Can't even get him to brush his teeth! Am I totally ineffective as a parent?!
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 475897" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>My solution? Natural consequences. You don't brush your teeth there will be cavities that need to be filled. Much less pleasant than brushing your teeth. </p><p></p><p>I'd remind him, then drop it. I'm sure there are more important issues to focus on and sometimes you just have to pick your battles. Is brushing his teeth important enough to have you this upset when it's obviously not having an impact on him even with consequences in place?</p><p></p><p>DF is right, hygiene is a pretty common issue here. Travis went through years where getting him to bathe......well, was a nightmare, brushing his teeth was not a battle I was going to fight. Then when he reached a certain age, neither was bathing. I figured he'd get the idea eventually. And he did but it took a long time and a lot of negative feedback outside of the family unit. Now if we had to go somewhere special, he just didn't go unless he bathed properly.</p><p></p><p>And I never found anything that worked either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 475897, member: 84"] My solution? Natural consequences. You don't brush your teeth there will be cavities that need to be filled. Much less pleasant than brushing your teeth. I'd remind him, then drop it. I'm sure there are more important issues to focus on and sometimes you just have to pick your battles. Is brushing his teeth important enough to have you this upset when it's obviously not having an impact on him even with consequences in place? DF is right, hygiene is a pretty common issue here. Travis went through years where getting him to bathe......well, was a nightmare, brushing his teeth was not a battle I was going to fight. Then when he reached a certain age, neither was bathing. I figured he'd get the idea eventually. And he did but it took a long time and a lot of negative feedback outside of the family unit. Now if we had to go somewhere special, he just didn't go unless he bathed properly. And I never found anything that worked either. [/QUOTE]
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