How often does your 9 year old shower?

[Anonymous]

So many people in for a rude awakening if they travel outside the US….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people in for a rude awakening if they travel outside the US….

It doesn't mean people dont stink. I travel extensively and body odor is okay in some cultures. Its not okay here and they still stink too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a 13 year old who has not started puberty. He showers after he has been out doing anything leading to sweating, so after sports practice, and after he has been swimming. Otherwise he takes a shower every other day. He knows he will need to take a shower daily when he starts puberty and the BO kicks in.

I lived in Europe, my college age roommates bathed twice a week, that is why they wore perfume and cologne. They were all healthy and perfectly fine. Bathing too frequently is actually bad for your skin and hair.

The obsession with showering and being totally clean is very much an American thing.

OP, your child is fine with bathing every other day. But yes, make sure she knows how to wipe after pooping, that is a hygiene thing.

I agree.
Showering twice a week is fine, even once a week during winter.

[Anonymous]

I was recently watching a CPS case on YouTube and the family was living off grid with a solar powered shower. There were other issues (lack of appropriate supervision as the child care provider had mental health issues while mom worked) but the girl who was 8 told the CPS worker she showered every 2-3 days. Amid all the other details, I thought it was interesting that the CPS worker focused on this and kept telling the mother that it is neglect to not shower the kids every day. She focused on the not showering daily a few times. The kids played outside often but were well fed and loved and mom was in a situation where she needed to work to pay the bills and only had a caregiver with mental health issues to watch the kids who were 6 and 8. The home was clean but the biggest issue for the CPS worker was that the kids were going to bed dirty if they were playing outside and not being showered daily. She also mentioned the clothes they had on weren’t freshly laundered and that kids should be in clean clothes every day. As someone who also grew up in a dusty rural area, our clothes looked a lot worse than the clothes these kids were wearing when we spent our days outside playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people in for a rude awakening if they travel outside the US….

Yes and euros stink and put on tons of cologne