O.K. kids, so you get ready in the morning, and after a GREAT breakfast to kick-start your brain, you brush your teeth because you want those pearly whites forever. Then, you brush your curly, or straight, brown, blond, black, red or maybe even blue locks that smells so clean ‘cause you just had a shower (or maybe you had a bath the night before, or hopefully within the last three days). Then, you straighten your tie in the mirror (o.k. you don’t wear a tie), your collar or shirt and make sure that you didn’t drop any oatmeal or scrambled eggs on it. You look great! You grab your books, walk to the car or bus and go to school thinking about what fabulous things you’re going to do today.

You had a great day with your friends and learned some pretty cool things. You go home after that fun sports practice, do your homework and eat dinner (not necessarily in that exact order) so you can have some freetime before bed. Following your nighttime snack, you brush and floss those pearly whites again, wash up, throw your jammies on and pick something out to read yourself to sleep. Wow, what a day. As you lie in bed, you think about the great things you did. Stop and think a minute. Think about what you did to prepare yourself for school and what you stopped to care about during the day: your teeth, hair, clothes, washing-up, school-work, sports, friends, homework, eating… All very important things that you should care about. Tomorrow, just add one more thing to make it even more perfect: think about your spine – that body part behind you that you never see in the mirror or really pay any attention to. That body part called the spine is very important to making all of the other things you do work right and feel great. Just think about it for a few seconds when you walk, sit, eat, study and play. Remember, you should care for your pearly white spine like you care for your pearly white teeth, because you only have one for life. Here’s a little rhyme from I Position Me “Backtivity” Book to help.