According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, in 20 13 years, 42 million children under 5 years old were overweight or obese. How can your children avoid becoming one of them? Let children love sports.
1, there are many kinds of sports, choose the one that children like.
Not everyone likes football and basketball. With so much exercise, you can try other options. As parents, be patient. It may take some twists and turns to help your child find a sport that suits him.
When children are no longer interested in one sport, they may need to change to another. Keep trying different projects until you find the right one. The most important thing is to let children who don't like sports find motivation, thus forming the habit of loving sports for life.
2. Limit "screen time"
The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that children's daily "screen time", that is, the time spent watching TV, surfing the Internet and playing video games, should not exceed 1 ~ 2 hours. But many children in life spend more than four hours on these things every day.
Parents should encourage their children to turn these passive recreational activities into other active activities, such as shooting in the nearby playground, walking the dog or playing some small games.
In order to help children stay away from temptation, we can try to move the TV out of the bedroom and put the computer in a public space that parents can supervise. For teenagers, family rules should be made to limit other sedentary activities, such as calling or texting.
Step 3 set a good example
If parents lie in front of the TV every night, holding the remote control in one hand and French fries in the other, then the rule makers have no role as role models at all. Parents who don't do what they say are unlikely to make their children obey the rules.
So parents should set an example of loving sports in front of their children. Don't drive if you can walk, and don't take the elevator if you can climb stairs. Parents should exercise regularly to let their children grow up in an atmosphere of loving sports.
Children also like to play with their parents, so some activities and games that the whole family participates in are good choices, such as family outing, mountain climbing and cycling.
4. Give your child more positive feedback.
When children learn to stand upside down or how to swing high, parents should praise them in time. For example, when walking or riding a bike, you can stick to a longer distance than last time, and parents should encourage you in time.
Remember, only by acknowledging the child's hard work and not paying too much attention to the results can he build his self-confidence.
A child is not a born athlete. He may be very concerned about his physical fitness, so he is afraid of failure and embarrassment and ridicule in front of everyone. Children may just be stiff, so they need the support and encouragement of their parents. Nagging or negative comments are not only useless, but also may discourage children.
Step 5 find a reliable playmate
Children like to be with their peers. If children have suitable playmates around them, parents can be invited to help them ride bicycles, skate or play basketball together.
Children like to chase and fight with friends on the playground, climb everywhere, swing, slide and run.
The key point of play is to make sports interesting and let children learn new skills in sports, not to compete and win, otherwise their enthusiasm for sports will be reduced.
6. Take exercise as a reward
Forcing children to go out to play may be counterproductive and increase their disgust and resistance.
Exercise should not be a punishment. Don't take running laps or push-ups as a punishment. Instead, try to take exercise as a reward.
Children will be happy to play for 20 minutes if they have a chance to have a rest while doing their homework.
7. Regular arrangement
It is necessary to ensure that children's sports plans are put on the daily agenda and become a part of daily life like school, work, shopping, housework, family gatherings, birthday parties and movies. If the exercise plan is based on daily life, parents and children will be more likely to stick to it.
Family members will begin to expect and accept such a life, such as riding a bike on Saturday morning and taking a walk with their families after dinner several nights a week.
8. Make sports a way of life.
Whether to brush your teeth and fasten your seat belt to school will be controversial at home?
No, because these activities are good for children's health, safety and happiness. The same applies to children's sports.
Let sports become a way of life, and don't let children feel that playing ball games is the same as playing video games. These two things are not comparable.
9. Tell children that "sports are cool"
Some children are keen to do what they think is cool. Maybe they want to skate like Tony Hawk, practice karate like Bruce Lee, learn the latest hip-hop melody, or master Capoeira's movements. Older children, in particular, may have their own clear views on hip hop.
As long as it is safe, full of positive energy and can encourage children to exercise, parents can let their children choose their favorite activities.
10, give the child the choice.
Each family member takes turns to choose weekend or after-school activities.
Mom may like walking, dad may like playing ball, and "explorers" may choose to climb walls. ...
Let the children have the opportunity to arrange and organize this activity by themselves. In these activities, he can feel that he is in control of the overall situation. Of course, for young children, parents may need to appropriately limit their choice of activities.
1 1, full of sports fun.
Children don't need much encouragement, they will stretch like kittens, run like tigers and jump like rabbits. They will have a good time themselves.
After sitting at a desk all day, children will enjoy their free play time, whether indoors or outdoors.
No matter what activities, children's sports should be full of fun.