My grandson, 9, has a shower every morning, but last time he was over with us, I happened to look in his ears and was appalled at how dirty they were! You could have grown potatoes in there. I wonder if DD actually looks at them. She doesn't supervise his showering any more. I asked him if he ever washed his ears, and he looked totally bemused, as if this was an alien concept - which it obviously was! I then spent fifteen minutes chasing him round the house in order to sort the matter out. His idea of washing his hands is to squirt copious amounts of hand wash on and then immediately rinse it off down the sink without any washing action at all. I dread to think what he'll be like at fourteen!