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    7 Ways to Teach Your Child Good Hygiene Habits

    7 Ways to Teach Your Child Good Hygiene Habits
    No one wants their child to be the smelly kid in class, but convincing them of the importance of brushing their teeth and washing their body can be tricky and frustrating. To a kid, hygiene can seem like a hassle. Lucky for you, there are ways to make the journey to having an independent, sweet-smelling, and squeaky clean kid a little less arduous. Family physician Matthew Weimer has a few ideas about how to encourage children to practice good grooming habits. Here are 7 helpful tips for instilling proper hygiene habits in your child: - By Amber Doty

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      "From my perspective as a physician, I like the idea of using hygiene to introduce basic, age-appropriate concepts of health, wellness, and disease," says Dr. Weimer. "Kids can grasp the idea of infection (like icky colds with runny noses) without knowing the scary details. Kids of certain ages can understand the ideas that diseases can be communicable and that they can prevent transmission by ... more 
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      "From my perspective as a physician, I like the idea of using hygiene to introduce basic, age-appropriate concepts of health, wellness, and disease," says Dr. Weimer. "Kids can grasp the idea of infection (like icky colds with runny noses) without knowing the scary details. Kids of certain ages can understand the ideas that diseases can be communicable and that they can prevent transmission by practicing good hygiene. (Plus you're laying the foundation for those fun STD talks in later years!)" less 

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