Mom uses toothpaste to teach daughter simple but powerful lesson before she embarks on middle school

Mom uses toothpaste to teach daughter simple but powerful lesson before she embarks on middle school 'You will remember this plate of toothpaste for the rest of your life': Mom uses toothpaste to teach daughter simple but powerful lesson before she embarks on middle school The image of a plate of spilled toothpaste became a powerful, viral metaphor for parents of new middle school students this week One mom explained how she used the simple household item as a visual lesson to teach her daughter about the power of her words Once they have been spoken, it is impossible to take them back A mother tried to teach her 11-year-old daughter an important life lesson about the power of words before her first day of middle school. Amy Beth Gardner from Cleveland, Tennessee, took a tube of toothpaste and squirted all out onto a tube before instructing her to put it back inside. ''But I can't!' and 'It won't be like it was before!' her daughter protested. Amy told her daughter, Breonna, to remember the plate of toothpaste for the rest of her life. 'Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can't take them back,' she said A mother tried to teach her 11-year-old daughter an important life lesson about the power of words before her first day of middle school. Amy Beth Gardner from Cleveland, Tennessee, took a tube of toothpaste and squirted all out onto a tube before instructing her to put it back inside. ''But I can't!' and 'It won't be like it was before!' her daughter protested. Amy told her daughter, Breonna, to remember the plate of toothpaste for the rest of her life. 'Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can't take them back,' she said. She posted an image of the toothpaste on the plate and uploaded it to Facebook with her words of advice. 'You will remember this plate of toothpaste for the rest of your life. Your words have the power of life or death. 'As you go into middle school, you are about to see just how much weight your words carry. You are going to have the opportunity to use your words to hurt, demean, slander and wound others. You are also going to have the opportunity to use your words to heal, encourage, inspire and love others,' Amy wrote. 'You will occasionally make the wrong choice; I can think of three times this week I have used my own words carelessly and caused harm. Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can't take them back. Use your words carefully, Breonna.