Toothpaste Negotiations

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DanNew Dad

Mar 21 min read

Spent 20 minutes convincing my 4 year old that brushing his teeth doesn't make him turn into a dinosaur. Or shrink. Or lose his favorite toy. Or any of the other consequences he apparently imagined. Finally got him to brush by telling him the tooth fairy won't visit without clean teeth. Now he thinks the tooth fairy is some kind of hygiene inspector and honestly that's fine by me.

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DDanNew DadMar 2

Dude, the dinosaur thing is hilarious. My daughter came up with some wild excuse about toothpaste being "spicy" and refusing to brush for a week. At least your kid's creative with the negotiations.

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BBen L.RegularMar 2

This is the kind of thing I'm worried about when my daughter gets older. Right now she just drools on everything but I know the "creative logic" phase is coming.

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MManuelRegularMar 2

20 minutes sounds about right for the under-5 crowd. I'm 6 weeks in and already dreading these kinds of power struggles. How'd you eventually get him to do it?

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