A MUM has shared the genius way she got her son to take a bath – after Photoshopping cockroaches onto a photo of him sleeping.

The anonymous woman shared a snap of her snoozing kid on the Facebook group Mommie Mania, having edited it to make it look as though the bugs were crawling all over him.

2 A cheeky mum has revealed how she Photoshopped cockroaches onto a snap of her sleeping son after he refused to take a bath Credit: Facebook

The image was captioned: “He didn't want to take a bath, so I took a picture while he was sleeping and edited it with cockroaches. Now he takes a bath 10 times a day.”

The image has since gone viral receiving over 66,000 shares on Facebook and has since been reposted elsewhere on Instagram, with many hailing her trick “genius”.

Commenting on the post, one wrote: “I love it!!! Mine will be in the shower 10 minutes and not get wet.”

Agreeing a second added: “I’m going to do this the next time my granddaughter says can she skip her bath.”

2 The mum joked that her son is now happy to bathe "ten times a day" Credit: Getty - Contributor

A third commented: “Omg I LOVE IT. But I’ll do it for his teeth bcuz he doesn’t like to brush them and he sleeps with his mouth open! Thanks for the idea! (sic)”

Another thankful mum said: “My son HATES showers and screams every single time. After I saw this I showed it to him.. he suddenly said he wants to shower everyday.

“Went straight in and showered him and he didn’t make a peep! First time in his life hahaha! Forever thankful!”

Meanwhile other parents were quick to share their own cheeky tricks for getting their kids to behave.

One said: “When my son was about six he wasn’t very good at brushing his teeth.

“Well…we watched the Grinch and he had bugs crawling around in his teeth so I said if you don’t brush you’ll get bugs like the Grinch!

“He brushed all the time after that saying he didn’t want bugs in his teeth.”

Another suggested: “My 2-year-old daughter had the habit of sticking her tongue out.

"I told her flies LOVE tongue. Just as I said that I fly flew by her face. She’s hasn’t stuck her tongue out since."

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