Kelly Clarkson's nine-year-old son "refuses to brush his teeth".
The 43-year-old pop star - who has son Remy and daughter River, 10, with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock - has found an unusual way to encourage her son to embrace dental hygiene.
She said on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show': "I have a boy and a girl. And my boy and I have a real hard time. He's gonna hate me saying this, I don't care, because maybe it'll shame him into doing it. But he just refuses to brush his teeth."
Despite this, Kelly has found an innovative way to get Remy to brush his teeth.
She shared: "It's like a thing, and so finally, I was like, ‘Hey, let's make a fun thing of it.’ So I was in the shower, I'm like, ‘Just take your toothbrush and your toothpaste in the shower. You can be messy. You can do whatever'.
"So that works. So now he's brushing his teeth."
Kelly explained that her son and daughter have very different attitudes.
She said: "I don’t know what it's about boys. They don't wanna brush.
"My girl is always like, ‘Oh yeah, of course, I did that.’ Like I'm an idiot that I asked her. And then my son, he's just like, ‘Yeah, I totally did.’ And I'm like, ‘You're lying. Let me smell your breath.'"
Meanwhile, Kelly previously admitted to suffering from so-called mom guilt.
The chart-topping star revealed that she struggled to find a healthy balance between her work and her family life.
Kelly - who was married to Brandon between 2013 and 2022 - told Redbook magazine in 2016: "If you’re a mom, you want to be with your kid every day. You don’t want to miss a moment, you want her to need you and want you and not want somebody else."
Despite this, Kelly still loves the challenges of motherhood.
The singer shared: "There are days where I cry and I’m like, ‘I don’t know if I can handle all this!’ or get it all done. But at the end of the day, 99 percent of the time, it’s awesome and it’s worth it, and that’s what I say to myself."
