Teaching your kids proper brushing and flossing is not just important for their aesthetics, but also for their health, and not to mention saving you money in dental care down the road. But it’s important to make it fun, so they continue to participate. Here’s a few tips.
Show them a Good Example.
Kids mimic what their parents do. If you set time aside to brush your teeth with your child they’ll enjoy it more and keep doing it. Making up a little song for brushing teeth can really make it exciting.
Making sure your child has a cool fun brush of their own will help your cause immensely!
It’s important to brush for long enough. Maybe you make up a song that lasts two minutes or have a cool sand timer, either making it fun is an important aspect.
Mint toothpaste won’t appeal to your child and it’ll end up a big chore if you try to insist. Toothpaste comes in all sorts of crazy flavours like cinnamon or watermelon. So let them choose and keep your mint flavour all to yourself.
Check out children’s book and cartoons that encourage healthy dental habits. When the encouragement comes from someone other than a parent, it can have a wonderful effect.
Set up a system of stickers or gold stars and they have to collect a certain amount, maybe a weeks worth and then they will get a reward.
It’s important for your child to visit the dentist every 6 months and it’s much easier to do that if you make a great experience. Setting up a fun activity like going to the park or a family picnic is a great way to make it a good day.
Show them a Good Example.
Kids mimic what their parents do. If you set time aside to brush your teeth with your child they’ll enjoy it more and keep doing it. Making up a little song for brushing teeth can really make it exciting.
2. Special Brush
Making sure your child has a cool fun brush of their own will help your cause immensely!
3. Time it
It’s important to brush for long enough. Maybe you make up a song that lasts two minutes or have a cool sand timer, either making it fun is an important aspect.
4. Choose a toothpaste that is special for them
Mint toothpaste won’t appeal to your child and it’ll end up a big chore if you try to insist. Toothpaste comes in all sorts of crazy flavours like cinnamon or watermelon. So let them choose and keep your mint flavour all to yourself.
5. Use stories and videos to help
Check out children’s book and cartoons that encourage healthy dental habits. When the encouragement comes from someone other than a parent, it can have a wonderful effect.
6. Try a reward system
Set up a system of stickers or gold stars and they have to collect a certain amount, maybe a weeks worth and then they will get a reward.
7. Follow Dental Appointments with Seriously Fun Activities
It’s important for your child to visit the dentist every 6 months and it’s much easier to do that if you make a great experience. Setting up a fun activity like going to the park or a family picnic is a great way to make it a good day.
