Hand washing and 7 year old dd

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I have delt with this sensitively over the past few days but today I had to tell dd straight. That coming out of school with hands that smell like she has been using the toilet and not once washed them through out the day, or that she has had them where shouldn't all day is disgusting and if I notice then so do her friends and teachers.

How can I drum this into her that she keeps them clean and wash after the toilet and out of her underwear, I would have thought at 7 she should have enough hygiene and self awareness to realise this.

I'm not sure how else I can tackle it. I have talked about, germs, bacteria, how other people feel about smells, I gave her a proper telling off for it today. And I'm considering if it happens tomorrow she will have to lose a privelage, although I was hoping to have delt with this a little more sensitively, I don't want her feel bad about her self, if I'm telling her she smells and its not nice.

Is this only happening at school? Maybe the facilities at school are not adequate or she doesn't like hanging around in the loos? Could you get her some antiseptic wipes to keep in her pocket to use instead?

If at home as well, some special scented soap product just for her might tempt her?

Hmm watching with interest..
my DD is 8, always has her hands in her pants especially at night - I can smell it even though she showers daily and washes down there! This has been going on for 6m-1y I'd say now. I keep having to get her to go and wash her hands again!

I would say its just noticeable when she comes out of school as at home I may remind her to go back and wash them but not very often. she does need to be told a lot at home to take her hands of her underwear.

She hates using shared toilets and is terribly fussy about cleanliness so maybe she doesn't want to use the sinks in school.

I think the hand sanitizer may be a good idea, I tend to carry one in my handbag.

My thoughts are its the hands in underwear issue which is harder to tackle if she is doing this in class. Im not sure if teachers would address that with children or just ignore it. I'd hate to think she is doing this in school and other children and teachers are aware of this.