A card from Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
Dental (Kids)
Your kid’s job: Pick out a rubber band color for his braces. Your job: Carve out a boatload of time for orthodontist appointments and pay for it all, too. Regular dental visits will also keep you plenty busy because each child needs regular cleanings and checkups (it’s been six months already?) along with more time-consuming appointments for getting cavities filled. You get a free toothbrush at the end of each visit, so at least there’s that.
Holding this card means owning all three
Conception
The kids have teeth
Planning
- Researching and selecting dentist
- Scheduling bi-annual dental cleanings
- Informing “Bedtime Routine” cardholder about appropriate daily dental hygiene
- Checking on toothbrush and toothpaste for when to replace and informing “Home Goods & Supplies” cardholder
- Orthodontist visits if applicable
Execution
- Attending dentist appointments
- Following up with specialists like orthodontists
- At-home orthodontic care (purchase and application of rubber bands, headgear etc.)
Suggested Minimum Standard of Care
Are your children at the dentist with a protocol of every six-month visit and do you follow up on the dentists advice?
A starting point. You and your partner agree the real standard together, and the holder meets it without reminders.
Holding it well
- The holder owns all of it: noticing, planning and doing. No “just tell me what to do.”
- Agree the Minimum Standard of Care together, then let the holder meet it their way.
- Not working? Bring it to the weekly check-in and re-deal it. Don’t take it back mid-week.
Put this card on your table
Deal it, agree its standard, and see who holds what. Free.