“I won’t eat candy ever again”
A few days ago, my mum unearthed our old VHS player. Among the cartoons from my childhood that we had on tape (mainly Disney movies), there were also a couple of episodes from Once Upon a Time… Life, a series that basically every Spanish child born in the 80s watched. One of the episodes we had was The Birth, and now my 3.5 year old knows that sperm are tadpole-like tiny robots “that men have and that pass into the woman and then a baby is formed”. It looks like we won’t need to have a “the birds and the bees” conversation in our household!
Then the other day we found out that our local library, which we visit at least once a week, has the Once Upon a Time… Life book and DVD collection. We borrowed the episode about virus and vaccines, as it’s something that my son is very interested in, given the times he’s living in. Yesterday we were at the library again and this time he chose to borrow the book about teeth. Well, I also directed him in that direction, since I wanted him to be more proactive about brushing his teeth.
We read the book in the library a couple of times and then we took it home. He loved it and was telling his grandparents how “tooth decay bacteria eat sugar and then make holes in your teeth”.
At dinner time, his reaction when seeing his rice and fried egg was: “Does this contain sugar? I am not eating sugar ever again”. “Candy and chocolate contain a lot of sugar, you know?”. That’s what I said, because lately he’s been asking for candy very often. “Then I won’t eat candy and chocolate ever again”. Then he was all somber and strangely quiet during bath and bed time. Turns out he is now super worried about tooth decay! A bit too much, it seems.
At least he is very willing to brush his teeth! Let’s see how long this lasts.
Aw! It’s sweet, how very earnest kids are…until Valentine’s Day or chocolate Easter bunnies show up. That’ll be the real test.
I offered him chocolate cake and he said no… This is serious, hahaha.
Well, if it helps him learn to floss…
lol..thats so cute. Kids can be just adorable like that:)
Now I’m worried, what if I caused him a trauma? I guess these cartoons should be for 7-8 year olds!
i sincerely doubt that whatever is in his head from watching the video will cause any long term damage..kids are pretty resilient:)
That’s very sweet! I remember my daughters being sweet at age three. It’s a great age. It sounds like he’s getting a good start in life.
My son still has some terrible tantrums, haha. But it seems he’s getting better now.
Do kids in Spain eat a lot of sweets? Chocolate certainly doesn’t seem so popular as it is here in the UK
Yes, children in Spain eat a lot of gummies (I think that’s what they are called in English, gummy bear kind of things). There are a lot of shops selling that stuff, whereas in China they are harder to find.
Chocolate is also eaten, but in smaller quantities, maybe just a piece. Gummies are eaten by the bag haha.
Heh, heh. I can’t imagine that will last too long. But what an impressionable kid. Won’t it be interesting to see what else he picks up? :)
He’s still going strong! And we still have like half a kilo of candy from the Three Wise Kings parade which was at the beginning of January! I don’t want to be the one who has to finish them all!! xD
Ha, ha. Of course not ;)
Your son is so curious and inquisitive! Good that he’s learning and got the right idea about dental hygiene. I was reading your comment above about candy being popular in Spain. Here in Australia chocolate is more popular over candy like gummies. I like chocolate and could eat it by the bag or two XD