{"id":1559,"date":"2010-01-26T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2010-01-26T13:31:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T13:31:35","slug":"whose_teeth_are_they_anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"Whose Teeth Are They, Anyway ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/community\/moms\/blogs\/moms_are_talking_about\/2010\/01\/swish_spit_protest_the_new_mas.html\">Boston.com<\/a>&nbsp;is reporting that a new law went into effect on January 1st in Massachusetts that will require that all children in day care longer than four hours and\/or who eat a meal to have their teeth brushed on-site.&nbsp; Parents are allowed to opt out of this rule (at least for the time being).&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In a time of rising unemployment, dropping house prices, a growing state fiscal deficit, and terrorism, this is the priority of the State of Massachusetts?<\/p>\n<p>According to an article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebostonchannel.com\/health\/22266008\/detail.html\">WCVB TV Channel 5<\/a>&nbsp;in Boston, one daycare center&nbsp;has already begun to put the program in place with a few guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We&#8217;re providing the toothbrushes, the holders, the cases and the toothpastes, as well,&#8221; said Chan.&nbsp; (Nicole Chan, who works at Knowledge Beginnings in Needham, Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Teachers are the only ones who can hand the child their toothbrush.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I understand the need for good oral hygiene, but I have a few questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who is going to enforce this mandate?<\/li>\n<li>What new agency is going to be formed (and funded) to pay for this?<\/li>\n<li>If these children were at home with their mothers, would their teeth be brushed at noon?<\/li>\n<li>What will be the penalty is a daycare center does not comply?<\/li>\n<li>What is the health risk to a child who mistakenly grabs or is handed the wrong toothbrush?<\/li>\n<li>Is there any way to store a large number of used toothbrushes in a sanitary environment?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This whole idea seems like a nightmare to me.&nbsp; It truly seems to me to be the embodiment of the &#8220;Nanny&#8221; state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston.com&nbsp;is reporting that a new law went into effect on January 1st in Massachusetts that will require that all children in day care longer than four hours and\/or who eat a meal to have their teeth brushed on-site.&nbsp; Parents are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1559\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}