No matter what age our kids are, we never really stop wanting to spend time with them. Use the tips here to encourage your kids to eat healthy, and make smarter food choices.
-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.
Use these tips to help your family eat healthier every day. It's not easy to do, when schedules are so cramped and unhealthy fast food is cheap and available. Use the following methods to make the tips above a part of daily life.
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:
-healthier eaters by nature, and much less prone to overindulging on fried and sweet foods -a lot less likely to smoke marijuana or use other drugs, or to drink alcohol
When kids eat with their parents, they are more likely to try new foods, and their parents are modeling healthy choices. Teens, however, are independent by nature and they probably will be less than enthusiastic about a family dinner.They still need their parents' advice and discipline, and using dinnertime as a chance to reinforce the rules is a good idea. Try these tips:
-Invite your teen's friends over for a cookout. -Give them a say in what your family buys, cooks, and eats.
If your kids have sports or band practice, you might have to have a late dinner, or maybe you could go out for pizza once a week.
-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.
Use these tips to help your family eat healthier every day. It's not easy to do, when schedules are so cramped and unhealthy fast food is cheap and available. Use the following methods to make the tips above a part of daily life.
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:
-healthier eaters by nature, and much less prone to overindulging on fried and sweet foods -a lot less likely to smoke marijuana or use other drugs, or to drink alcohol
When kids eat with their parents, they are more likely to try new foods, and their parents are modeling healthy choices. Teens, however, are independent by nature and they probably will be less than enthusiastic about a family dinner.They still need their parents' advice and discipline, and using dinnertime as a chance to reinforce the rules is a good idea. Try these tips:
-Invite your teen's friends over for a cookout. -Give them a say in what your family buys, cooks, and eats.
If your kids have sports or band practice, you might have to have a late dinner, or maybe you could go out for pizza once a week.
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