While the child is still young, it is possible to form tastes and habits in him that in his teens will not allow him to become addicted to junk food, alcohol and cigarettes. Just adopt our recommendations.
1. Do not seduce your child with chips and soda
There are products with which the child needs to be introduced as late as possible. It’s better if you don’t have them in your refrigerator at all. If during the day you give lectures to the baby about the dangers of chips, and in the evening he sees you rustling with a forbidden bag and drinking cola, it is unlikely that the baby will trust your words.
2. Use beautiful dishes and original serving to ensure a healthy appetite
Children like junk food not only because it is tasty and smells good. She also looks attractive. Even if you have already introduced your kid to fast food, you can still change his eating habits. Buy a beautiful, bright children's dishes and make dishes for the child in an original way. Do not worry, it will not take much time. Enough and half a minute to beautifully decorate a plate with oatmeal, laying on top slices of fruits and berries. It will turn out bright, interesting - the child will definitely like it. After that, he will rush to lunch in anticipation of what surprise he will be prepared this time.
An important point: if the child wants to decorate the porridge himself, put the “face” of the berries on it, give him such an opportunity. He will eat such a dish with even greater appetite.
3. Teach your kid to play sports
Observe the child - he probably has some abilities. It can be dancing, gymnastics, football, swimming, and maybe karate. Take the child to the sports section and let him choose what he wants. If the baby is seriously interested in sports, you do not have to worry about the possible emergence of bad habits. While the child is small, physical activity is an excellent opportunity for him to reveal his abilities and throw out his overwhelming energy.
4. Often walk in the fresh air
Do not sit in the sandbox, namely walk. Walk in the parks, on the promenade, in the forest - wherever the child can get acquainted with birds and insects, and maybe even animals. Inoculate the child love of nature. Collect colorful fallen leaves in the autumn, and plant flowers together in the spring - in the country or at least in the house in a pot. Tell your kid about interesting natural phenomena. So you teach him to love life and the world around him, and also help him develop his imagination. The child will grow up open, sensitive, inquisitive.
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5. Do not let your baby get bored
Of course, all children love cartoons, but try to make sure that your child does not have time to get bored - and he will spend less time staring at a TV or computer. So that the baby grows active and sociable, teach him to play, make new friends, make friends. If he has different leisure options, he will not want to spend all day on computer games.The child will be drawn to lively communication, will want to receive new knowledge and spend time actively.
6. Create a healthy food cult
If possible, buy your child vegetables, fruits, milk and cottage cheese not in the store, but in the village of grandmothers. Even better, if there are relatives who can provide your family with natural products right from the garden. Perhaps you have a summer house where you yourself grow fruits and vegetables. And you can always meet some grandmother on the market and buy products only from her, or once a week go to a village nearby for fresh milk and herbs.
7. Do not set a bad example
Parents for a child are his ideals. If mom and dad smoke, drink, curse, gain weight, lie on the couch all day, do not read anything and do not develop, most likely the child will accept this lifestyle as the norm. There is another option - having matured, the child will simply be disappointed in mom and dad, they will cease to be role models for him.
If you want to provide your son or daughter with a bright, healthy future, your task is to make his childhood happy. This is impossible without healthy, active and loving parents. Therefore, if you have already thought about the need to adjust some habits and life priorities, now is the time to start. After all, now it is important not only for you, but also for the baby.
I was on maternity leave with my son for up to three years. We walked with him in almost any weather. He grew up in my porridge, beef. What was surprising, he did not like junk food, such as sprats or fried potatoes, and even felt bad from her if they were treated to guests.
I think the surest way is to start with yourself. If we say one thing, but in reality it turns out another, the children instantly feel it and begin to copy. Sometimes they begin to repeat, even when you do not say a word.
For me, issues related to the proper nutrition of children always cause a storm of emotions. After all, the child eats what parents eat (with few exceptions to the tastes of the baby). If mother loves spinach with cottage cheese, then the little experimenter is unlikely to refuse to try these products. The same goes for sports and activity. Therefore, for me, 7 point in the first place.
I remembered a book about a healthy lifestyle (unfortunately, I don’t remember who the author is). So regarding healthy food for children, it was added that they often run into the kitchen to grab something tasty. So if on the table there will always be fresh fruits, dried fruits, nuts and vegetables, and not sweets, crackers and the like husk, then he can once be croaked, the second one, and the third one he’ll take and eat or try what he’s before try not to persuade. It really works.
we have been drinking Vitamin D for a month, “winter” and “autumn” children need it .. But in general, I think that you can drink to strengthen immunity, because it is not known whether the baby receives enough vitamin with milk.
Everyone is so smart on the net! Where are you all in real life? My son did not know about sweets until two years old, until he went to a nursery. And then it started - birthdays with sweets and soda! We park once brought dried fruits in icing and juice. They asked us not to bring this anymore. 🙁 Here you have the educators with their parents.
In general, the nonsense that smoking parents and children will be the same as vice versa, non-smoking parents are a guarantee that children will not smoke.
Yes, a personal example means a lot, but children are individuals. As he wants, he will live.
About food - you can’t make a cult of it, you don’t need to prepare surprises in the design on a daily basis. Food is needed only to maintain life, do not make shows and entertainment out of it.
You forgot to say in the article that you should not salt, sugar ordinary dishes, then the child will have the correct settings from childhood.
And you also have to make breakfast, and not arrange late and plentiful dinners.
By the way, if children intercept something between the main meals, this is a signal that they are not full. Or enter additional. afternoon tea or lunch, but you need to eat normal food and sitting at the table, and not on the run to “intercept” something.
For example, we have strict rules: we eat only in the kitchen, we must not eat at the table or in the car. I allowed the child to eat chocolate during homework only in high school.