It doesn’t have quite the same ring about it does it? Jaws?…teeth?…big difference. As a quick adendum I was just thinking about losing teeth. Has there ever been any research done that makes a direct correlation between how a child deals with a wobbly tooth and their future personality? Along the lines of “show me the child at 7 and I’ll give you the man”. In my opinion, you can tell a lot by the attitude a child has to a vaguely wobbly tooth.
Type 1
The tiniest hint of a wobble prompts a flurry of activity involving furious twisting and pushing and pulling preferably in front of a mirror. The tooth has to go. Simple as that. Bang. It’s gone. This, in my opinion is a sign of somebody who wants to take control. Who wants to live for the moment. Carpe Diem.
Type 2
The wobbly tooth hangs around, literally by a thread in the gum for months. Nothing will entice the child to pull it out. It has to come out of it’s own accord. This suggests somebody who is not prepared to take the bull by the horns. Somebody who prefers to let things happen. Laid back, but with a propensity to let life pass you by.
Possibly, I’m talking bollocks, but in my family, I think the character traits that wobbly teeth present are significant. My six year old tonight has a reasonably wobbly tooth. He said as he went to bed “I think it’s going to come out tomorrow, but I’m going to be too busy to pull it out, I’ve got Sport’s Day so it’s going to have to wait”.
Thu, Jun 28, 2007
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