Children look to their parents to see how they should act in the world. While it might seem as though children are ignoring all that you are saying, they are not. If they see that you are spending hours on the couch watching TV, they will begin to think they need to do the same thing. But if they see that you make time for exercise and that you eat healthy foods, they will do the same. While children are bound to rebel, you can begin to teach them that being healthy is something that is important to you – and that they might want to make their health important.
Health Monitoring Helps Everyone Be Healthy Together
Together, you can work with your children to teach them about healthy habits and why you do certain things. This way, even when your children are out with their friends who may not have healthy habits, they will be able to make the best decisions possible. Children like to do things which make them feel good, so instilling in them the importance of activity and good foods when they are young will allow them to grow up healthy.
Your health choices will affect the health choices your children make and they will affect how healthy your children are in the future. Each time you want to skip the gym or you want to eat a tub of ice cream, maybe you need to consider what your children think and what they might be learning when they watch you. Don't forget to monitor your health with Health Snapshot.
