If your children have bad teeth it's your fault

I have this motto: if children have cavities the parent hasn't done a good enough job. I'm not talking about random teeth disorders that are out of your hands. I'm talking about outright neglect. As parents it's your job to look after your children. This includes their weight, their health and their teeth.

Too many parents give their children flavoured milk, juice, lollies, sugary cereals and chocolate in daily doses or ever couple of days, a couple of times a week. Many do this with their babies and toddlers. There are too many children with cavities and rotten BABY teeth! That is outright abuse in my books.

Your child knows nothing about tooth decay, eating healthy foods, brushing regularly. Your job as a parent is to teach them this. Help them avoid bad sugary foods. Teach them to brush their teeth morning and night. Not let your children's teeth rot because you're too weak to say no to that bad food YOU KNOW they shouldn't be eating.
Too many parents try to convince themselves these foods are not bad for their children to have. Milk is good for you right? No! Sugary milk is not and you only need to read the labels to see the high sugar content in the crap you're feeding your child.

I had some children come stay with me, a family of children with the oldest being around 10 and the youngest two. When I gave these children toothbrushes they were so excited. Their very own toothbrushes! Can you imagine that? These poor little beings didn't own toothbrushes and did not regularly brush their teeth.

Toothbrushes are not expensive, they certainly don't cost more than flavoured milk, juice, lollies, sugary cereals and chocolate. What price do you place on your child's health? What price do you place on their precious teeth? After baby teeth we only get one set which has to last us for the rest of our lives. How can you let your children's teeth rot away like they're not important?

You are the parent. It is your job to make sure your children have healthy teeth.