On chewing gum, because I hate the dentist and cavities. I prohibited gum until she was 5 and we just couldn't, too many friends were doing but she did ask first, we got gum.

After a few weeks of having it, not really asking for it, she never asks. And she told me today she really doesn't like gum. She hasn't had a cavity yet, and she isn't walking around chewing that gum which is so unattractive.

So forbidding isn't always sneaked.

Ren