I am concerned about my daughter's hygiene. What can I do?
I have an 11 year old who refuses to take a shower and she finally gives in twice a week if I’m lucky. Her hair is greasy and yet she doesn’t seem to be bothered with it. I am a single parent and I am choosing my battles right now. What am I to do?
So, have a friendly chat about why bathing is important and then try to reach a compromise. You would like daily bathing, she would like monthly. A reasonable frequency is a shower every other day with shampoo. If she is on a sport team, she needs a shower on every practice and game day. In the summer she may need daily bathing unless she swims in a pool. You may need to work out a reward system – stars for adhering to the every other day shower without reminders or protests and then a bigger reward when she accumulates two weeks worth of stars.
