'You can't make me, I'm in charge of my body'

[MotherForkinShirtBalls]

Ds is 6 and I'm sorry I taught him that he's got bodily autonomy. Toothbrushing, face washing and explaining why his teacher was cross today (she told me and it wasn't a massive deal, she only gave me a head's up in case he was upset about it) have all been shut down with my own teaching . Anyone manage to challenge their own philosophy successfully?

We go down the route of explaining why. If you don’t clean your teeth they will be dirty and your breath will smell and you might need fillings. (Dentist can reinforce this at next check up!)

(Have to admit I don’t understand the teacher bit...)

Oh yes - my son did the “Pants” talk today......

“Privates are private” he says whilst looking at me crossly for not giving him privacy
“Yes darling - and if you want you can change your pyjamas in your bedroom to be private”
“No! I want to change them here! Privates are private!”
“It’s just the kitchen is a little busy 5 minutes before dinner time”
“Privates are private!”

The teacher thing was me asking him how his day was today. His teacher had called me to say something reasonably minor had happened but she had to talk to him and another child about it. She told me as he had been upset when she spoke to him, and she wanted to let me know in case he was upset when he came home. He had a strop when I asked how his day was and he shut down all talk about school with 'you can't make me tell you something I don't want to.'

Ive gone the holey/sore tooth route with the brushing, but it's every bloody thing at the moment. At least I'm less concerned about peer pressure