Darren:”Mummy, can you tell me where you hide the sweets?”

Mummy: “Hide means I don’t want you to find them, darling.”

Darren:”Huh! Why you don’t want me to find them?’

Mummy:”Why do you think I don’t want you to find them then?”

Darren:*Pause* “Because later my teeth spoil?”

Mummy:”That’s right! Eating too much sweets will cause your teeth to decay.”

Darren:”What is decay?”

Mummy:”Spoil.”

Darren:”But I going to brush teeth soon and I eat sweet now, my teeth will not spoil.”

Mummy:”Err………… <wordless> *Such a smart boy*

Then Darren went around still searching for his sweets…..Obviously, he was not giving up. Such a sweet and smart little boy *wink*.

Look at his face! Victory alas and contented while chewing his sweets:)

Then a few days later, we were in the car. I rewarded Darren with a sweet for being a good boy.

Darren:”Can I eat the sweet in school, mummy?”

Mummy:”Check with your teacher, darling.”

Darren:”Meaning I can eat it in school?”

Mummy:”Check with your teacher but do not eat early in the morning or before your meals.”

Darren:”Why cannot eat in the morning and before I have lunch?”

Mummy:”It is not good for you.”

Darren continued his topic of sweets for almost the whole journey……………

Then when I fetched him in the evening, he again insisted to have the sweet. He pestered till Papa Ed surrendered. Sweet does the wonder of keeping a child QUIET and PACIFIED.

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