It can be difficult to know what choices to make for yourself and your children in each situation, especially if the choices are limited. When you go out to eat or to someone’s house, there may not always be a large selection—in fact, sometimes when you go to someone’s house there is little or no selection of healthy foods. In those circumstances, one can only make the best possible selections from what is available. There will always be times when it may be necessary to choose the healthiest from among what amounts to mostly unhealthy choices. If you generally feed your family nutritious and healthy foods, the occasional consumption of unhealthy foods will not present a problem.
One problem that makes it difficult for parents to teach their children healthy eating is that they cannot always be there to watch what they eat. Unless all parents teach their children healthy eating, there are going to be times you will be unable to control what your child eats. It is important to remember, however, that if you teach your child to make healthy choices, he will more than likely make good choices when you are not there to advice him. That doesn’t mean he will always choose a piece of fruit over high calorie sweets, but if he understands why you want him to eat healthy foods, he will be more likely to make good choices.
When your children are visiting friends or in school, snacks can be a big problem. Even I you only buy healthy snacks at home, there can be an issue at other places. For example, school trips sometimes involve a stop at fast food restaurants which have very few if any healthy snack foods. For these instances you may want to provide your child with some cut up fruit, popcorn or pretzels if it’s practical. The schools can do their part by providing healthy vending products such as those in YoNaturals organic vending machines. Parents should support this organization in their efforts to promote healthy snacks for children.
Children are often fearful of making healthy food choices when they are in the presence of their friends. They feel they will be subject to ridicule if they don’t follow the actions of their peers, but if both schools and parents help our youth make good decisions about what they eat, they will not be able to tell their friends simply that they prefer that piece of fruit over a piece of cake, and in some cases, it is encouragement to other children to do the same. It’s essential for our children to learn to eat healthy now before they become adults and have health problems that are related to poor and unhealthy eating habits.
Author: Brenda Coxe
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