Walk the Walk with your Kids
A 2010 study in Pediatrics, an American Academy of Pediatrics journal, concludes that young children are healthiest when they regularly have an evening meal with their family, get enough sleep, and have limited “screen time” with the TV, computers, and cell phones.
Children also appear to model their own eating habits after their parents’ or caregivers’ habits.
Parents who force or bribe their children to eat fruits and vegetables are less successful than those who role model at the table and give their children what they are eating.
The morale of the story is that parents can’t help their kids stay healthy until they clean up their own act!
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