Good health habits and personal hygiene are essential life skills. Children need to learn life skills that are necessary in order to become healthy, confident and responsible adults. In people with poor personal hygiene, the body provides an ideal environment for germs to grow, leaving it vulnerable to infection. On a social level, people may avoid a person with poor personal hygiene, which may result in isolation and loneliness. 

• Showering or bathing every day.
• Washing hands with soap and water often.
• Washing hair regularly.
• Brushing hair every day and getting haircuts when needed.
• Brushing teeth twice a day.
• Changing underwear daily and wearing clean clothes.
• Using personal hygiene products such as deodorant.