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My SO's brother, his wife, and their daughters ages 3 and 5 are visiting.
One of the girls saw me use dental floss and asked what I was doing.
Nobody in their family uses floss, and all have dentures by age 40.
They say bad teeth just run in the family. Uhm ...
Clearly educating the parents, who would educate their kids, is best.
After all, they'd have to buy the floss for the girls to use.
But wouldn't just bringing up the topic insult their parental pride?
It's none of my business if the parents floss but when the girls asked me what I was doing it really hit me in the gut.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I realize flossing is not a 100% guarantee of keeping all teeth 78 years, but it one step that increases the odds.
One of the girls saw me use dental floss and asked what I was doing.
Nobody in their family uses floss, and all have dentures by age 40.
They say bad teeth just run in the family. Uhm ...
Clearly educating the parents, who would educate their kids, is best.
After all, they'd have to buy the floss for the girls to use.
But wouldn't just bringing up the topic insult their parental pride?
It's none of my business if the parents floss but when the girls asked me what I was doing it really hit me in the gut.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I realize flossing is not a 100% guarantee of keeping all teeth 78 years, but it one step that increases the odds.