Proper nutrition in childhood can reinforce lifelong eating habits that contribute to your children’s overall well being and help them to grow up to their full potential and a healthy life.
Unfortunately all too often parents tend to give up sticking to healthy eating habits, scared the kids don’t eat enough, or wanting to avoid hassle, and objections on the lunch or dinner table. Some parents also telling me that while they don’t eat at home much and don’t cook, it is difficult to eat healthy and just easier to eat what’s available without giving a thought about nutrition at all.
When my kids have been small, they often would have come home telling me how jealous they are that their peers have chips and cookies packed for break time in school. While my kids had fruits, veggie sticks and nuts. My response to that always was, that it is my responsibility as a parent is to feed them strong, healthy and smart and that other peoples eating habits are not my concern.
Today my teenagers are making the right choices by themselves (almost every time J). They have grown up strong, healthy and smart and today they start to appreciate that they have no allergies, no pimples, no difficulties in school, don’t suffer of any diseases, nor are getting flu’s , are enthusiastic athletes, active and full of energy. As for being a teenager their hormones are relatively balanced and as girls don’t have any menstruation pains or difficulties.
As a parent you can make a great difference for the future health and happiness of your children in sticking to healthy eating habits. Don’t give up because it is easier. You and your children will pay the price (hospital & doctor fees and long term damages you cannot treat) for it in the years to come.
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