Anonymous wrote:My kids had a bath or shower every night. No exceptions. I really believe that is the main difference. They looked and smelled clean because they were clean. I also ironed their clothes which seems to be a lost art now.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

What? I am a legal immigrant and have a full-time job in a STEM field. My daily commute is almost an hour and half. I am the mom of two kids and will never let my kids go to school without a shower or in shabby clothes. I was raised to have a daily routine and I have instilled this in my kids. And everyone where I came from knew how to sew a button, launder clothes in a machine/by hand, iron their clothes and polish their shoes. Really, this is not rocket science and it take minutes.

Let me break it down for you - we get up in the morning and make our beds. Next we go to the bathroom - poop, brush, shower, blowdry our hair and dress. We eat our breakfast and then go to school or work. As for ironing clothes, you can do it the night before or in the morning but honestly, with a spray starch and a steam iron it just takes a few minutes. The same goes for polishing your shoes if you are wearing leather shoes.

Frankly, I am shocked. These are basic things - showering, brushing your teeth, pooping, wearing clean and ironed clothes, having clean shoes, having a neat hair style, making your beds, eating breakfast. You all seem to be failing in life if you think this is a big deal. And being a WOHM/SAHM Is certainly not an excuse. I pity the poor teachers who have to deal with kids with poor habits, hygiene and grooming daily.

If you do not know how to iron clothes or polish shoes, you can watch youtube videos and learn. Same for finding some neat and quick hairstyles for your kids.

I prefer to spend that extra 30 mins/day reading to my kid or playing with him. Or, gasp, reading my own book and enjoying a glass of wine.

He bathes every other day, has clean clothes, and brushes his teeth before school. DONE.

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I don't understand how you ensure it happens in the morning. My kid poops daily, usually right before bed. How do you make it be in the morning?? I don't think the time of day has anything to do with how much fiber is in your diet...

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

We've reached peak parenting advice. I now have to control my kid's bowels!

I also can not imagine washing my kids shoes in the machine weekly. Why?! They'll need new ones in a few weeks anyhow because their feet are growing.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

What? I am a legal immigrant and have a full-time job in a STEM field. My daily commute is almost an hour and half. I am the mom of two kids and will never let my kids go to school without a shower or in shabby clothes. I was raised to have a daily routine and I have instilled this in my kids. And everyone where I came from knew how to sew a button, launder clothes in a machine/by hand, iron their clothes and polish their shoes. Really, this is not rocket science and it take minutes.

Let me break it down for you - we get up in the morning and make our beds. Next we go to the bathroom - poop, brush, shower, blowdry our hair and dress. We eat our breakfast and then go to school or work. As for ironing clothes, you can do it the night before or in the morning but honestly, with a spray starch and a steam iron it just takes a few minutes. The same goes for polishing your shoes if you are wearing leather shoes.

Frankly, I am shocked. These are basic things - showering, brushing your teeth, pooping, wearing clean and ironed clothes, having clean shoes, having a neat hair style, making your beds, eating breakfast. You all seem to be failing in life if you think this is a big deal. And being a WOHM/SAHM Is certainly not an excuse. I pity the poor teachers who have to deal with kids with poor habits, hygiene and grooming daily.

If you do not know how to iron clothes or polish shoes, you can watch youtube videos and learn. Same for finding some neat and quick hairstyles for your kids.

Anonymous wrote:Two girls and scraggly hair is my pet peeve. It takes a mere minute to part and pull hair back from their faces. A single ponytail may not work for shorter styles so even on a hectic day I part it and put two small elastics so that they look neat. Regular haircuts for my boy. Cleaning ears, clipping nails, etc is a Sunday night staple and repeated as needed all week.

Clean clothes is simple if you are decent at doing laundry. Simply sorting lights, darks and colors and washing with proper water temperature and detergent prevents color transfer and fading. Appropriate drying and folding keeps it neat. I do not spend a lot on kids clothes at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

This is so amazing. You have a forced poop schedule. Please add 6) Bleach preschool butt holes on a bi-weekly schedule.

You are an ignorant one, aren't you? This is not a forced poop schedule. If your child is healthy and have been instilled good habits their body is trained to poop first thing in the morning. Usually, this goes hand in hand with their potty training. A healthy and fiber rich diet with vegetables, fruits and probiotics is essential for effortless elimination.

Are you one of those adults who is not "regular" and do not eliminate at home but stink up the area you are in with your smelly farts? Bleaching your or your child's anus will not make farts less stinky. You need to parent up. Get yourself and your kids on a morning schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

This is so amazing. You have a forced poop schedule. Please add 6) Bleach preschool butt holes on a bi-weekly schedule.