[digitalsushi]

How does one instill a value with a young person a concept that takes half a life to discover?

I overuse 'flossing' as an analogy for anything that takes a long time to appreciate the value of. I've tried to promote flossing with various narratives - that its prideful, that it steals money from dentists, that it's the last people do but the first they should.

I always figure that the floss analog is falling flat, that it's not amusing or easy to understand or relevant as an analog, but I always come back to ulterior, that I just have no clue how to instill a value with a person that can only appreciate through decay.

Anyways I have no idea how to transfer these ideas to young people and since its the only way to 'give back' that I know, I'm feeling really useless.

[lexapro]

The evidence for flossing is pretty weak. I think it's mostly an American thing, kinda like circumcision (when compared to Europe). I never flossed even once in my life and don't know anyone who did. (I'm not suggesting that's a reason not to do it!)