“Hygiene is health,” a popular phrase that is indeed a basic principle in preventing communicable diseases.
According to specialists, it is advisable to teach and instill hygiene habits in children from an early age that they should follow daily. This not only improves their health by reducing the risk of illness but also influences their development by making the child more organized, careful, and self-demanding. Furthermore, they will learn to care more about their personal appearance and health, gaining autonomy, self-discipline, and willpower. It is also a great exercise to train consistency and personal effort in habit formation and achieving personal goals.
Mandatory daily hygiene habits
1. Washing hands
This is one of the most important daily hygiene habits because it is enough to prevent diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, cholera, influenza, and flu infections. Keep in mind that hands are children’s main tool for work and play, so it is common for them to touch contaminated surfaces and then, when they put their hands in their mouth or eyes, transfer infectious particles that can make them sick. Statistics show that children who wash their hands more often get sick less than those who don’t have this habit. Therefore, the sooner you teach them to wash their hands well, the better. It is important that they learn to wash them for at least 30 seconds, especially after playing, going to the bathroom, coughing, or touching dirty surfaces.
2. Brushing and keeping hair clean
Hair, like the rest of the skin, gets dirty easily due to environmental dust and scalp secretions. That’s why it is important to wash it frequently and brush it daily to stimulate hair health and improve its appearance. This is one of the most basic daily hygiene habits that a child should learn as soon as they acquire basic motor skills.
3. Brushing teeth
The habit of brushing teeth at an early age is vital to ensure optimal oral health in children. In fact, it is the only way to prevent many dental diseases such as cavities, bad breath, and some gum problems. Ideally, from age 3, children should be able to brush their teeth alone, although during the first months they will need constant adult supervision. It is important to brush from the gums to the teeth, using circular motions and without applying too much pressure to avoid damaging the enamel. This exercise should be repeated after every meal and before going to bed.
4. Daily bath
The daily bath is a personal hygiene habit that should be instilled from the first days of life, since the skin (the largest organ of the body) plays an important role in protecting against or spreading diseases when it is kept clean or dirty, respectively.
The child should learn that with the daily bath—whether at night before going to bed or in the morning before leaving the house—they remove dirt, dust, and environmental contaminants from the body that may contain germs or bacteria that make them sick.
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