Tooth Fairy. How to motivate a child to care for teeth

This unusual fairy-tale character was born in the late XIX century in Spain. Writer Louis Coloma wrote a story about the tooth fairy and the mouse Peres for the little Spanish king Alfonso XIII, who lost his first milk tooth. Since then, the legend of the tooth fairy has been gaining popularity all over the world, because it is a great motivation for the child to carefully and regularly care for teeth, as well as an ingenious way to reverse the negative impressions of tooth loss by the magic mood and anticipation of the gift.

According to legend, tooth fairies build the castle of their queen only from healthy teeth, which the children carefully courted, and bad teeth go to the construction of the pavement. And of course, for healthy teeth fairies bring little gifts or reward more important. Undoubtedly, it is worthwhile to observe a reasonable balance in order not to encourage the child to part with the teeth ahead of time for the sake of material gain. Many parents write letters on behalf of a tooth fairy with a detailed description of how to properly brush your teeth to children. Having fulfilled all the conditions, the child can count on the visit of the magic character. Sometimes fairies send children ready-made card-lists that are convenient to store in the bathroom and daily mark all items of requirements for oral hygiene. To facilitate the process of exchange of a tooth for a gift or a reward, you can make a tooth box, box or toothpaste with a tooth pocket - after all, "fairy" is not very convenient to look for a tooth at night under the pillow on which the child sleeps. In advance, explain to the child that the fairy does not always fly directly into the night after the tooth has fallen out, so as not to disappoint the child in case of force majeure. And, of course, closely follow the events in order to inform the fairy in time about the need for a visit. Teeth in children begin to change at 5-8 years, and the use of material compensation at this age is not always justified. Perhaps a child will be much more happy with a small gift, for example, connected with the care of teeth. Decide in what way will develop the relationship of the fairy fairy and the child, of course, to the parents. The main thing is that it brings joy and pleasure to all participants of the action and becomes for the kid a pleasant childhood memory.