What we feed our children affects not only affects their physical growth but also their emotional and mental health. Eating healthy helps your child maintain their weight, have enough energy to carry out tasks and keep their minds in focus. Children aren’t born craving French fries, pizza, burgers and such. We expose them to such fast foods and they become a habit. In the same way, we can instill healthy eating habits into them. You do that by creating an environment for them to make healthy nutritional decisions. It isn’t as frustrating as most people make it seem.
Here are 5 ways to get your child to eat healthily;
Lead by example
You want your child to eat healthily? Why don’t you start by eating healthy yourself? If you are going to make your child drink carrot smoothies while you down a bottle of cold Coke, you are not helping much. You might end up with a rebellious child who feels that mealtimes are a punishment. Keep eat-outs on the minimum and stay away from the prepared foods …
