The chewing issue is part of it, but far from the whole picture. I recommend reading Jaws, as it's relevant to anyone whose kids will have dental work (which is basically everyone).
Part of the thesis is that braces and wisdom tooth removal are overapplied. People who disagree with that have to answer why ancient people and animals don't need similarly large amounts of dental work (answer: their jaws are a lot healthier than ours due to their environment.)
A related but separate issue in children is mouth breathing, and the chain of causation is also explained in the book.
How about diy Rice milk. The recipe below is by Scott Jurek:
Rice Milk
1 cup cooked brown or white rice
4 cups water
⅛ teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon sunflower oil (optional)
Combine the rice, water, and salt in a blender. If you want a creamier milk, add the oil. Blend on high for 1 to 2 minutes, until smooth. Pour into a container, cover, and refrigerate. Rice milk will keep for 4 to 5 days.
Once I was sitting on a bench under a walnut tree and a walnut fell to the pavement near me and got cracked. I thought it fell from the tree and picked it up and ate it. Suddenly a crow appeared and started screaming and flying around me. I suspect the walnut didn't drop from a tree but it was the crow who throw it to crack it open.
I said sorry, but it kept cursing :(, so I quickly left.
A thing for grown-ups to remember is that children are always watching us and will be learning both good and bad habits from us even when we don't realise it. So put your phones down!
I was quite embarrassed when my 4yo son at kindy activity draw me sitting in couch and looking at my phone. :-( It was the first thing that came to his mind!
I can't say if this is a serious answer or not..
But either way it does hold something potentially valuable. Show a numpad and have a "connect the numbers" passphrase, just like you draw the shame now. And you connect X numbers that you choose yourself
Next you can just shuffle the numbers each time, making the pattern random whilst still using the shapes.
It's not an option. It's what some people implement themselves when coming up with a PIN. Like "square" (4578) or "Z" (1379) or "triangle" (2792), etc.
That being said, I don't think the loss of shape ability would be that big of a deal. Neither do I think this is something that needs to be defended against.
Sorry, my phrasing was confusing. I meant that the pattern input isn't an "option" that phones provide, the way GP comment interpreted it. ("Take away the shapes option") Rather that it is a way some people use keypads.
I didn't intend to say a randomized keypad isn't an option.
I understood what you meant. What I'm saying is you have the chose of whether you will allow shapes to be an option. An always-random key pad makes it physically impossible to use shapes. That is "taking away the shapes option". It's not just the way some people use keypads. You can stop them from doing it on your keypad.
Is there a bigger warning phrase? I don't think so. I have been caught by this as well. When you think it is an easy fix, you haven't really looked at the problem properly yet.
