Get your children to eat healthy food
From toddlers to teens, we all want to spend more time with our kids. Here are some tips to encourage healthy eating for kids, and encourage them to eat smarter.
-Practice what you preach, and eat healthy so that your kids have a good example to follow. -Don't let your kids whine their way out of eating healthy. If you stand firm, they will get used to it. -If you let your kids help cook and shop for groceries, they are more likely to eat healthy if they chose the food.
These are great ways to incorporate healthy eating into family life, but it's not easy to do it when everyone is so busy and cheap fast food is so widely available. Here are some methods by which you can bring the above strategies into your daily routine.
Sitting down for a meal as a family can be the start of a wonderful tradition. Children thrive on structure, and knowing that there is a family meal coming up gives them something to look forward to. Parents can use the opportunity to catch up with their kids' lives. Kids who eat meals as a family have been found to be:
-more likely to eat healthy foods like veggies, fruits, and grains- and less likely to snack on "junk food" -much less likely to use illegal drugs or alcohol
Family meals give parents the chance to introduce new, healthy foods, and to act as role models in making smart food choices. If your teenager is like most others, they will cringe at the thought of sitting down with their parents to eat. However, teens still want their parents' advice, so you should use dinnertime as a chance to reconnect with your older kids. Try these tips:
-Let your older kids help cook, and they'll be more likely to eat it. -Mealtime isn't the time to start a fight or give a sermon. Use another opportunity for that.
Have a nutritious meal when everyone is home, even if you have to order in to do it. If your family has a busy schedule like most, you might have to adapt a little. It could be as simple as pushing dinner back by an hour or two, or maybe going for Chinese food on Tuesdays. - 17269
-Practice what you preach, and eat healthy so that your kids have a good example to follow. -Don't let your kids whine their way out of eating healthy. If you stand firm, they will get used to it. -If you let your kids help cook and shop for groceries, they are more likely to eat healthy if they chose the food.
These are great ways to incorporate healthy eating into family life, but it's not easy to do it when everyone is so busy and cheap fast food is so widely available. Here are some methods by which you can bring the above strategies into your daily routine.
Sitting down for a meal as a family can be the start of a wonderful tradition. Children thrive on structure, and knowing that there is a family meal coming up gives them something to look forward to. Parents can use the opportunity to catch up with their kids' lives. Kids who eat meals as a family have been found to be:
-more likely to eat healthy foods like veggies, fruits, and grains- and less likely to snack on "junk food" -much less likely to use illegal drugs or alcohol
Family meals give parents the chance to introduce new, healthy foods, and to act as role models in making smart food choices. If your teenager is like most others, they will cringe at the thought of sitting down with their parents to eat. However, teens still want their parents' advice, so you should use dinnertime as a chance to reconnect with your older kids. Try these tips:
-Let your older kids help cook, and they'll be more likely to eat it. -Mealtime isn't the time to start a fight or give a sermon. Use another opportunity for that.
Have a nutritious meal when everyone is home, even if you have to order in to do it. If your family has a busy schedule like most, you might have to adapt a little. It could be as simple as pushing dinner back by an hour or two, or maybe going for Chinese food on Tuesdays. - 17269
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