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Brushing Teeth

For the Child Who Won’t Open Their Mouth

Four lines you can say out loud tonight. Word for word. Free to save.

For the Child Who Won’t Open Their Mouth — 4 scripts

What to say

  1. It’s brushing time. Your mouth can stay shut for now.

  2. Keeping it shut is the only power you have right now, and I get that.

  3. I’ll count to three, then brush for ten seconds. Only ten.

  4. Then I hand you the brush and you finish the rest.

When to use it

This is for the moment it actually goes wrong — not the calm version you rehearse in the car. Pick one line. Say it once. Then stop talking and wait three seconds. If they push back, repeat the same line, not a new one. Say the same thing for five nights before you decide it doesn't work.

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