If you like sugar, children must be the biggest crowd. Take my son for example, it is not an exaggeration to say that he will not die as long as he sees sugar. Because you know people who eat sugar? Disadvantages? Therefore, since my son was sensible, I have cleared all the sugar at home, but sometimes when I attend a wedding reception or go to a friend's house, others will always give my child candy, and my son will be out of control after eating the first candy.
Why do children like to eat sugar? The reason is actually simple:
Not only because of the sweet and sour taste of candy, but more importantly, eating candy can get pleasure. When eating sugar, the pleasure of candy will be transmitted to the brain through the tongue, thus secreting dopamine and bringing happiness to people. When a child touches it once, he will remember this kind of food that makes him feel happy in his brain. So, when they see candy again after a long time, they can't wait to put it in their mouth.
Don't talk about children, even adults will think about eating sweets when they are in a bad mood, so that unhappy things in their minds can go away quickly. Moreover, when children are used to eating a lot of sugar, the content of dopamine secreted will decrease, and they want to maintain their happiness level by eating a lot of sugar, which is what people call sugar addiction.
In fact, eating sugar is not all bad. Many parents may not know about sugar addiction, but in order to prevent children from tooth decay due to eating sugar, children are forbidden to eat sugar. Sugar is also one of the energy sources needed by cells, especially active children. Because energy consumption is too fast, the demand for sugar will increase. Therefore, it is not a big problem to eat sugar properly.
If parents let their children eat sugar, children will suffer from obesity, tooth decay, high blood sugar and even symptoms such as inattention and poor eyesight due to excessive sugar intake. Therefore, parents should control their children's sugar intake from the beginning and scientifically guide their children to quit sugar.
Children's different ages have different views on things, and parents' educational methods should be changed accordingly:
Children before the age of 3
Children in this period are not advised to eat sugar. First of all, children before 1 year-old should strictly abide by the principle of adding complementary food, so that children can eat original food without any seasoning. /kloc-between 0 and 2 years old, although children can eat most of the food, they still want to give priority to light food and try not to let children touch heavy food. After the age of 2, the baby can eat almost anything, but it is precisely because of this that the sugar in food and fruit can fully meet the physiological needs of children, so there is no need to eat candy.
To sum up, children before the age of 3 should try not to eat candy.
3? 5 years old
Generally, children of this age have low requirements for food, so parents will relax, so children will be exposed to candy more or less, and parents don't need to make a fuss or stop it severely. Appropriately allowed, but not excessive, and parents should be careful not to use harsh means to control their children, which is likely to arouse their rebellious psychology, but it will be counterproductive.
After 5 years old
Children after the age of 5 have begun to understand the truth and listen to their parents more easily. At this time, parents can tell their children through picture books or movies that eating sugar will hurt their teeth and make them fat and ugly, so that children can control themselves. You can even put candy on the bright side and tell them to eat it if they want, but you have to control the quantity yourself.
If children are used to eating sweets, they should eat a lot every day, so parents should not be impatient. Don't confiscate all the candy at once, which will not only cause psychological discomfort to children, but also protest against physical function.
So, play with children as much as possible and take them outdoors to distract them. Slowly control the amount, reduce it a little a day, help the child's brain to slowly improve the sensitivity to sugar, and finally realize the child's healthy withdrawal from sugar.