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"I’m hoping the government will start sending someone over to clean my house, mow the grass, cook my dinner." Wipe your arse, breathe for you etc | |||
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"I’m hoping the government will start sending someone over to clean my house, mow the grass, cook my dinner." Don't know about cutting the grass they can't keep the streets clear of s. But Cooking a healthy meal needs to be taught ASAP. Even to adults at night class. Nothing fancy but from scratch basic cooking and baking. | |||
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"This country is fucked if parents can't be bothered to show their kids how to brush their own teeth...and it's got nothing to do with poverty " You mean schools don't teach that when they are potty traning the young toderlars. | |||
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"I don't think it is showing them how to brush their teeth, I would imagine it is encouraging them to brush their teeth as part of a healthy lifestyle that is the problem. " It's in the news children under 6 that have never see a toothbrush. FFS why have children if you can't teach them basics of life and health. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea." Maybe it’s just Labour voters who can’t brush their own teeth. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea." I had that but I had a toothbrush at home and got naged if I did not clean my teath. The reports are lots of children don't know what a toothbrush is implying they have never seen one. 😳 | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea." Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Maybe it’s just Labour voters who can’t brush their own teeth."  | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Maybe it’s just Labour voters who can’t brush their own teeth." My mother never voted and my father voted tory. At primary school, I never voted. Next tacky comment... | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house?????" Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off  ). | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. I had that but I had a toothbrush at home and got naged if I did not clean my teath. The reports are lots of children don't know what a toothbrush is implying they have never seen one. 😳 " Which is disgusting. Btw im sure this was talked about before Labour got into power. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. I had that but I had a toothbrush at home and got naged if I did not clean my teath. The reports are lots of children don't know what a toothbrush is implying they have never seen one. 😳 Which is disgusting. Btw im sure this was talked about before Labour got into power." Just googled... I was right that it wad talked about before Labour got in, however, it is a labour initiative to reduce dentistry crisis. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off )."So what's your point? A one off is one thing but that's not what this is about as I understand it | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. I had that but I had a toothbrush at home and got naged if I did not clean my teath. The reports are lots of children don't know what a toothbrush is implying they have never seen one. 😳 Which is disgusting. Btw im sure this was talked about before Labour got into power." Yer it's not good a bit like sending children to school in napies that aren't toilet traind. This is not the schools/teachers role. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off ).
So what's your point? A one off is one thing but that's not what this is about as I understand it"Perhaps they could liaise with companies like collateral, and make it an annual event. Companies can offset costs against tax. Children take home toothbrush, paste and purple tablets. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off ).
So what's your point? A one off is one thing but that's not what this is about as I understand it
Perhaps they could liaise with companies like collateral, and make it an annual event. Companies can offset costs against tax. Children take home toothbrush, paste and purple tablets."Perhaps parents could..... parent? FFS is it that difficult a concept | |||
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"This country is fucked if parents can't be bothered to show their kids how to brush their own teeth...and it's got nothing to do with poverty " People these days don’t appreciate that parenting is a hard job if done properly. They think that schools should teach everything and also act as a child minding service. It’s the role of the parents to teach all the basic skills of life. From potty training through hygiene to cooking and life skills. Parents should also expand on the basic academic education taught in schools if they want their children to really get on in life. Expanding and pushing further than the mediocrity of the National Curriculum, expanding minds by travelling and experiencing things as well as teaching practical skills. All of this is difficult and requires time and money but is rarely considered when people think that they want children. | |||
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"I’m hoping the government will start sending someone over to clean my house, mow the grass, cook my dinner." Of course they should. It's your Yuman Rite.  | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off ).
So what's your point? A one off is one thing but that's not what this is about as I understand it
Perhaps they could liaise with companies like collateral, and make it an annual event. Companies can offset costs against tax. Children take home toothbrush, paste and purple tablets."Ooh collateral  . My predictive text obviously doesn't like colgate. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Disclosure tabs is one thing. This is about teachers supervising kids brushing their teeth at school. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you clean your teeth before you left your house????? Yes. And the visit was a one off (two off ).
So what's your point? A one off is one thing but that's not what this is about as I understand it
Perhaps they could liaise with companies like collateral, and make it an annual event. Companies can offset costs against tax. Children take home toothbrush, paste and purple tablets.
Perhaps parents could..... parent? FFS is it that difficult a concept "No it's a novel idea lol. Seriously though, this interception is to break the cycle of poor oral hygiene. | |||
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"This country is fucked if parents can't be bothered to show their kids how to brush their own teeth...and it's got nothing to do with poverty People these days don’t appreciate that parenting is a hard job if done properly. They think that schools should teach everything and also act as a child minding service. It’s the role of the parents to teach all the basic skills of life. From potty training through hygiene to cooking and life skills. Parents should also expand on the basic academic education taught in schools if they want their children to really get on in life. Expanding and pushing further than the mediocrity of the National Curriculum, expanding minds by travelling and experiencing things as well as teaching practical skills. All of this is difficult and requires time and money but is rarely considered when people think that they want children." People who have had good parents believe good parenting is the most natural thing in the world. Like you point out, it isn't. We learn good and poor parenting from our parents. Some children spend their childhood simply trying to physically and or mentally stay alive. These are the skills they might take forward or, as learned behaviour, be the poor parent(s) they had. That's another thing, one parent families. My ex would pick up the children and take them to buy sweets everyday. He was the "nice" parent. And if he ever fed them, it was McDonald's. I was the horrid parent raging about all the nutritional crap and caries his 60 minutes was giving them. | |||
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"Who needs to be taught, the children, the parents or both. Why are the parents not being held accountable? The pain, discomfort and possible long term issues caused by tooth decay is awful, is it negligence to not supervise a child's toothbrushing in the early stages? If there are no consequences for parents, the bad parents will remain bad parents. " It does come under neglect. It is not ethical to punish people for what they don't know. Anyway, there is too much real crime for the state to punish neglect, so it seeks to educate. That is what the sure start centres were created for (and removed by the tories). Btw, poverty is a factor, but not in the direct sense many will assume. | |||
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"Who needs to be taught, the children, the parents or both. Why are the parents not being held accountable? The pain, discomfort and possible long term issues caused by tooth decay is awful, is it negligence to not supervise a child's toothbrushing in the early stages? If there are no consequences for parents, the bad parents will remain bad parents. It does come under neglect. It is not ethical to punish people for what they don't know. Anyway, there is too much real crime for the state to punish neglect, so it seeks to educate. That is what the sure start centres were created for (and removed by the tories). Btw, poverty is a factor, but not in the direct sense many will assume. " That’s like someone saying they didn’t know murder was wrong so we shouldn’t punish them for it. Virtually all crimes in the UK go unpunished. | |||
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"Who needs to be taught, the children, the parents or both. Why are the parents not being held accountable? The pain, discomfort and possible long term issues caused by tooth decay is awful, is it negligence to not supervise a child's toothbrushing in the early stages? If there are no consequences for parents, the bad parents will remain bad parents. It does come under neglect. It is not ethical to punish people for what they don't know. Anyway, there is too much real crime for the state to punish neglect, so it seeks to educate. That is what the sure start centres were created for (and removed by the tories). Btw, poverty is a factor, but not in the direct sense many will assume. That’s like someone saying they didn’t know murder was wrong so we shouldn’t punish them for it. Virtually all crimes in the UK go unpunished. " Have a word!  | |||
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"Children shouldn't be punished with shit teeth because they have shit parents. I think the wider issue is making more work for teachers; ideally schools should have designated support staff." That's why they should go back to the intervention I experienced as a child. I loved the purple stains and brushing them out. Little children get excited about little things and want to do it (brush teeth). It takes away the issue of being a chore. Ooh just thought of a great innovation - chocolate and dental product manufacturers get together, buy your child/grandchild a purple Easter egg and get them to brush their teeth with a (purple) toothbrush after  | |||
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"Children shouldn't be punished with shit teeth because they have shit parents. I think the wider issue is making more work for teachers; ideally schools should have designated support staff. That's why they should go back to the intervention I experienced as a child. I loved the purple stains and brushing them out. Little children get excited about little things and want to do it (brush teeth). It takes away the issue of being a chore. Ooh just thought of a great innovation - chocolate and dental product manufacturers get together, buy your child/grandchild a purple Easter egg and get them to brush their teeth with a (purple) toothbrush after "Get on Dragons Den Amelie ! | |||
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"Children shouldn't be punished with shit teeth because they have shit parents. I think the wider issue is making more work for teachers; ideally schools should have designated support staff. That's why they should go back to the intervention I experienced as a child. I loved the purple stains and brushing them out. Little children get excited about little things and want to do it (brush teeth). It takes away the issue of being a chore. Ooh just thought of a great innovation - chocolate and dental product manufacturers get together, buy your child/grandchild a purple Easter egg and get them to brush their teeth with a (purple) toothbrush after
Get on Dragons Den Amelie ! "Ringing colgate and Cadbury now 😉. Couldn't call it Cadgate cos it sounds like a media exposè. Colbury creme Easter egg and toothbrush: how do you brush yours? | |||
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"I never thought to see the day that people argued over children being shown how to brush their teeth. I laughed yesterday when a reporter asked a kid how many times a day they brushed their teeth. They thought for a while and then very seriously replied "fifty". 🤣 If we teach our children well *in all respects* they make better parents and better citizens. " I don't think most people are arguing over that. The original story was about teachers having to brush the teeth of children who didn't do it at home, and the teachers union had expressed their concerns. Similar to issue of children starting school in nappies. | |||
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"Toothbrushes in school is a logistical nightmare. The school opposite me has close to 400 pupils. That's a lot of toothbrushes that need to be allocated. Then there's storing them hygienically. Then the staff. Even statemented kids don't always have support 1-1 like they should, let alone spare staff for toothbrushing. Toothbrushing support if needed needs to happen well before school. All the children's centres near me closed. They deal with smaller numbers and at risk toddlers/preschoolers can be targeted rather than a blanket approach... in any case if there's been neglect prior chances are teeth are in a pretty poor state anyway by the time they get to primary. Needs to happen before. I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. " Really interesting to get that insight. | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. " The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway." It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents? | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents?" Why not? | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents? Why not?" Because its not their fault how bad their parents are. | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway." Walk a mile in their shoes... | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents?" Who possibly suffered as children. Break the cycle - return the sure start centres. | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents? Why not?" So much empathy | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents? Why not? Because its not their fault how bad their parents are." No, however it certainly isn’t the fault of the ones who have reasonable parents who are just managing. How can it be fair to penalise those children by using a disproportionate amount of resources on the ones whose parents don’t care? | |||
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" I'm in secondary. We frequently feed and dress pupils as well as provide equipment for the day. A lot of school resources; financially and time is spent this way. The question is why is the school wasting resources in this way, taking from the people who can be bothered to give to those who can't. What's the point in struggling to provide for your family when, if you don't, things get given to you anyway. It's a fair question, but why should the children suffer because of crap parents? Why not? Because its not their fault how bad their parents are. No, however it certainly isn’t the fault of the ones who have reasonable parents who are just managing. How can it be fair to penalise those children by using a disproportionate amount of resources on the ones whose parents don’t care?" This is true too. I'm glad I'm not the one having to divvy up limited resources. When I worked in the school pastoral sector 90% of my time would be spent with 5% of pupils. There were children in the year group whose names i never knew - they caused no trouble. The 5% often (not always) from challenging backgrounds. They would be rewarded (outbound trips, going to Winter wonderland etc) for things such as 3 days in school attending all lessons and not truanting. As a parent who will never be able to afford hideously expensive Winter Wonder land for example- I get the frustration when there are good kids who may also be from similar backgrounds who do not/can't get rewarded like this ever. A little off topic but the issue of resources, whether spent on toothbrushing, food, clothing, staff time has and will continue to be something of a struggle. Crap parenting shouldn't mean kids suffer but equally you're right in other ways your average go-to-school-and-do-the-right- thing pupil misses out. Like i said i don't know what the solution is and I wouldn't want to have to make those calls.  | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous." are you honestly blaming the torys for lazy arsed parents not teaching there kids how to brush there teeth,teachers are there to teach not take on the jobs the parents should be doing | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous." I can’t see anyone blaming the government. It has been quite a well balanced thread | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous. I can’t see anyone blaming the government. It has been quite a well balanced thread " Literally the second post in the thread starts talking about government! With the implication that the current government is either the cause of the problem, or to blame in some other way! | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous. I can’t see anyone blaming the government. It has been quite a well balanced thread Literally the second post in the thread starts talking about government! With the implication that the current government is either the cause of the problem, or to blame in some other way!" I can see that, but it isn't a left - right comment it is reference to state intervention.... | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous. I can’t see anyone blaming the government. It has been quite a well balanced thread Literally the second post in the thread starts talking about government! With the implication that the current government is either the cause of the problem, or to blame in some other way!" If you are talking about my post then I think you have misread it. I was simply asking whether the scheme could be extended to other areas. My house does need cleaning. Nobody has ever taught me how to do it. This creates a risk to my health. Surely it would make sense for someone from the government to come around and supervise my cleaning. The same could be said for diet. I am sure plenty of people have an awful diet. Maybe the government could send around “Cooking Supervisors” to households to advise how to improve their diet. Maybe even mandatory diet regimes. If everyone had to eat the same food every day it would probably enhance our sense of community and cohesion. And be great for our health, reduce the burden on Our NHS. Maybe ban chocolate outright to save the NHS. I feel it’s only a matter of time. | |||
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"For the forum posters that are somehow blaming Labour for the schoolkids toothbrush crisis - 100% of any kids currently going to school and not knowing how to brush their teeth were born and raised under the Conservative government. So how about giving 14 years of Tories a good kicking for being fucking useless and leaving the country in a shit state? At least it appears that the current lot are recognising a problem and starting to do something about it. PS. No, I'm not blindly defending everything that the labour government is doing, nor do I think that Starmer is christ reborn. I actually believe that they fall short in many ways and some of their policies are abysmal. But they are at least far better than the alternatives of Tories or Reform who are both fucking horrendous. I can’t see anyone blaming the government. It has been quite a well balanced thread Literally the second post in the thread starts talking about government! With the implication that the current government is either the cause of the problem, or to blame in some other way! If you are talking about my post then I think you have misread it. I was simply asking whether the scheme could be extended to other areas. My house does need cleaning. Nobody has ever taught me how to do it. This creates a risk to my health. Surely it would make sense for someone from the government to come around and supervise my cleaning. The same could be said for diet. I am sure plenty of people have an awful diet. Maybe the government could send around “Cooking Supervisors” to households to advise how to improve their diet. Maybe even mandatory diet regimes. If everyone had to eat the same food every day it would probably enhance our sense of community and cohesion. And be great for our health, reduce the burden on Our NHS. Maybe ban chocolate outright to save the NHS. I feel it’s only a matter of time." Ban chocolate? There'd be a revolution. Also, we Brits don't eat chocolate the way it's meant to be. Put it this way, get a quality dark chocolate (not Bournville crap), and you'll find you can only eat a little at a time. | |||
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"Put it this way, get a quality dark chocolate (not Bournville crap), and you'll find you can only eat a little at a time." Speak for yourself. | |||
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"I remember in primary school in the 70s, the health visitor coming to the school and showing us how to brush our teeth properly. this is nothing new." Yes but not to the exclusion of parenting. FFS what is wrong with people today | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Maybe it’s just Labour voters who can’t brush their own teeth." Most accurate and funniest thing I have seen all day | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. Maybe it’s just Labour voters who can’t brush their own teeth. Most funniest thing I have seen all day " FTFY | |||
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"If the parents don’t know or care to brush their own teeth ( if they have any) they are not going to prioritise their children’s oral health It is reasonable that children should all be given a toothbrush at school to take home and shown at school how to and why to use it. This is just basic public health. It pays off in the long run for everyone including taxpayers." What do you think you're doing spouting logic in this forum? 🤣😘 | |||
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"This country is fucked if parents can't be bothered to show their kids how to brush their own teeth...and it's got nothing to do with poverty " In the 70s we had someone come in to primary school to educate on oral hygiene and was covered again in secondary school, this is nothing new. I also remember other aspects of personal hygiene being covered at secondary school in science lessons. Makes perfect sense. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea." So the state showed you, NOT your parents. Says it all really. Sad. | |||
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"When I was at school, someone came round to show us. We all got toothbrushes and purple tablets to show us where we were missing. So sunshine, it's not a new idea. So the state showed you, NOT your parents. Says it all really. Sad." Your assumptions are damn sad, and lacking knowledge. Other people have stated about the visits to primary schools in the 70s. We had it whether our parents taught us to brush our teeth or not. It would have been a public health promotion. You want to say there's something wrong with that? | |||
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"Never mind kids. Dental care is something we look for on a first meet. At the first smile and hello, if poor dental hygiene it's a no no for any form of intimate contact. If you can't be bothered looking after your teeth, what else are you not looking after. Not that we are impressed with Turkey Teeth either. "What's wrong with going on holiday and getting dental implants? That's what I'm assuming turkey teeth means. | |||
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"If the parents don’t know or care to brush their own teeth ( if they have any) they are not going to prioritise their children’s oral health It is reasonable that children should all be given a toothbrush at school to take home and shown at school how to and why to use it. This is just basic public health. It pays off in the long run for everyone including taxpayers." What rubbish. Parents need to step up to parenting rather than the state doing it for them through schools. Once again schools workload increasing to help parents who can't. And same parents berate schools showing little respect for all that's done for their kids. | |||
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"Never mind kids. Dental care is something we look for on a first meet. At the first smile and hello, if poor dental hygiene it's a no no for any form of intimate contact. If you can't be bothered looking after your teeth, what else are you not looking after. Not that we are impressed with Turkey Teeth either.
What's wrong with going on holiday and getting dental implants? That's what I'm assuming turkey teeth means."I think they look awful. Usually far too white and sometimes ill fitting. A nice set of well looked after nashers always win out. You never heard the term Turkey Teeth. Haha | |||
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"Never mind kids. Dental care is something we look for on a first meet. At the first smile and hello, if poor dental hygiene it's a no no for any form of intimate contact. If you can't be bothered looking after your teeth, what else are you not looking after. Not that we are impressed with Turkey Teeth either.
What's wrong with going on holiday and getting dental implants? That's what I'm assuming turkey teeth means.
I think they look awful.
Usually far too white and sometimes ill fitting.
A nice set of well looked after nashers always win out.
You never heard the term Turkey Teeth.
Haha
"Funnily I have but a couple of days before this. I was actually looking at photos and they are too white. Like Rylan. I'd like my teeth whitened, but not to that extent. | |||
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