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A parent has tried to get a young child to brush their teeth. The parent hoped that the child would imitate them or that the child could be persuaded to do so, but both of these attempts failed to get the child to brush their teeth. Then, the parent started brushing the child’s teeth immediately before reading the child a nighttime story. After several weeks, whenever the parent picked up a storybook the child began to automatically brush their teeth on their own.
Young children adopt a behavior through habit and repetition.
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