This will make the children wash their hands properly, and even have fun

Regardless of whether you are the coaxing parents, who explain calmly or who are angry, most children are not going to wash their hands of their own volition, and even when they do, they are quite accomplished. Some simple actions on your part can change that

This will make the children wash their hands properly, and even have fun

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Dinner time came and you (another) daily challenge with the kids - wash hands before eating. For trial purposes, you start insisting you at least ten minutes before serving, so it doesn't cool down until they finally reach it. You make the constant speech about the dirt and germs that need to be washed, and if you feel really determined, you insist on washing "properly" - which involves scrubbing your hands for more than two seconds, and even wiping them off.

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This insistence is important because all of us hands are dirty most of the time and washing them properly is the best thing we can do to prevent illness. Children (and adults, too) touch the eyes, nose and mouth endlessly, and so the bacteria enter our bodies. Experts estimate that handwashing could prevent the deaths of about a million people worldwide who die from gut bacteria and respiratory disease. According to the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand washing can prevent up to 40 percent of diarrheal diseases and up to 21 percent of respiratory diseases, such as colds and flu.

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The American Center for Disease Control and Prevention has simple instructions for hand washing:

• Wet your hands with clean running water (hot or cold, it doesn't matter), close the tap and apply soap on them.

Don't forget to apply soap and count up to 20. Washing sponge bob gifs (Photo: Giphy)

Sponge Bob washes hands for a second under the tap (Photo: Giphy)

• Rub the smeared hands with soap to whisk them - don't give up on the back of your palm, between your fingers and your nails. The scrub should last at least 20 seconds.

• Wash your hands well under clean running water.

• Finally, dry your hands - with a clean towel or air.

So how do you make this assignment fun for the kids?

Children need to get used to washing their hands before eating, and even after using the toilet, touching pets, playing outside, coughing, sneezing or even dessert (older children should also wash before preparing food, touching live food, taking out trash, etc.) . They will often resent the demand and feel that it is something "boring". These are the tips that a number of American pediatricians gave to the Yahoo website to make hand washing a little more interesting:

1. An accompanying song

"The clock rang Glynn Glenn, the firefighter's ready." Children washing hands and singing (Photo: shutterstock)

Boy and girl washing hands and smiling (Photo: ShutterStock)

Choose a song with your children, which they will love to sing during hand washing. This will help them survive the minimum 20 seconds it takes for the process.

It could be a theme song from a favorite series, an alphabet song, a lullaby; Even a recitation or short story they love.

2. Stand-up compliance

Choose a design timer that your kids will love. Cat-shaped timer (Photo: shutterstock)

Cat timer (Photo: Dana Meirazon)

Put a timer next to the sink, preferably in a cute design that the kids will love (say, in animal form) or one that makes noises.

Turn on the timer and challenge the children to wash their hands in a fixed time - face and back, then each finger individually.

3. Favorite fragrance

It can be hard, liquid or frothy soap - the main thing they choose. Girl with twisted hands (Photo: shutterstock)

Girl shows off her twisted hands and laughs (Photo: ShutterStock)

Choose with the kids hand soap scent they like. It can be hard soap, liquid or froth - it is important to have something they prefer, once they have been chosen.

Get used to savoring the aroma of clean hands at the end of the bath, perhaps even giving them a sniff and admiration.

4. Personal example

Rubbing a good good, thoroughly even between the fingers - the children will learn from you. Hand scrubbing soap under the tap (Photo: shutterstock)

Hand washing with soap (Photo: ShutterStock)

And like any parenting tip - show a personal example.

When the children see you washing your hands thoroughly and seriously, and maybe even enjoying it, it will motivate them and make them realize that this is an important action for their health.