Tips To Help Your Teenager Maintain A Good Hygiene

Are you having a hard time getting your teenagers to imbibe
great hygiene habits?

Here some tips that will help them to keep clean.

1. Changing clothes: Before puberty, a preteen kid may have gotten away with
wearing the same shirt or even the same underwear and same
socks, day after day, without anyone noticing.

After puberty, that won't fly because this age group comes with
hard headedness and tendencies to be lazy. Teach your teens to
understand that along with showering, wearing clean clothes
each day is an important part of teen hygiene.

Some teens at this point prefer darker coloured clothes so they
can repeat wears without washing, or spray key areas of clothes
like underarms. This habit should not be encouraged. It only
worsens body odour.

Point out that cotton clothes absorb sweat better than other
materials.

2. Shaving and hair removal: When hair is noticed on your son's upper lip or on your
daughter's legs, offer a brief course on razor use.

Girls may also be interested in hair removal products. You can
go over the options with them.

3. Maintaining good oral health: Teens can get pretty lax about their oral hygiene. Teens love to
chew gum. Brushing, tongue cleaning and flossing are crucial,
especially if they drink coffee, sugary, acidic sodas and sports
drinks.

It's not only about tooth decay. Bad oral hygiene leads to bad
breath - and that's something that no teen wants.

4. Understanding the body: Talking about good teen hygiene also means talking about
puberty. Girls need to know about breast development and
menstruation.

Boys need to know about erections and wet dreams.
Don't tiptoe around these subjects. If they don't get the
information from you, they'll get some distorted version of it
from their peers.

I love your teen, I love your teen's health.