I feed it snacks if it doesn't want to play games (and I want to play
). But I only feed it like 2 snacks at a time -- however, first I
always check if it will eat regular meals first. Although meals only raise its weight by 1, it's still good to check if it will eat meals.
I feel bad sometimes when it gets cavities because I feed it a lot of snacks to play games with it; but as long as you take care of its cavities immediately (give it medicine until it's better), it'll be fine. Because I take care of its cavities right away, none its happy hearts don't go down or anything, so nothing bad will happen.
Also, when you play games always try to finish the game so you get the celebration confetti. When you play games like shape, dance, and mimic, they'll give you 8 skill points in intelligence, style, or kindness (depending on the game you play) if you complete the maximum number of rounds.
And another way to gain skill points is to keep bringing it to preschool/school until your tama doesn't gain any more skill points from school for that day.
When your tama is an adult, keep bringing it to work -- this always gives you a lot of skill points if you do an excellent job and doesn't make your tama lose weight.