House To Raise A Healthy Kid

A healthy living is that matters for a generation to enjoy its fruits. It all starts with the caring

for the young ones. Human behavior and practices pact with rejoinders to stimuli, which include

personality, physical action, genetics culture and emotions. John Locke postulated that children

are born as blank slates, and they acquire knowledge from environmental experiences

(Rathus)However, raising children requires also good nutrition in avoiding diseases later in life.

The document provides insights into raising a healthy kid.

The growth of children requires ample and peaceful environments. Keeping children as

healthy as possible firsts and foremost requires that nutrition and hygiene is maintained.

Teaching a kid on feeding habit for instance taking a lot of vegetables and fruits requires offering

of the same kind of food several times (Karanth and Mohan). Toddlers however need to be

education on the benefits of taking fruits and vegetables. However physical activity is important

that makes the child active and be free of diseases. In most cases children are always eager to

learn new things from the environment. Therefore, offering education insights and motivation for

any activity they undertake is guide to healthy living. Teaching these children tenets of

appreciating everyone and always respecting and obeying they older than them serves a great

deal. However sometimes children go out to play with less supervision for such cases it is always

imperative that while offering children to go and play with their teens then there must be good

company otherwise discouraging necessitates.

Studies articulate that different parenting styles (authoritative, permissive, and neglectful)

affects the child’s development (Karanth and Mohan). Parents play a crucial role in the child’s

upbringing boosted by the activities and relationships with teachers at school. Amongst some of

the resources needed by the stakeholders in addressing the issues include:

  Prenatal and Postnatal Programs to parents

 Motivation programs for children

 Life skills programs

 Counseling programs

 Nutrition advises

Work Cited

Karanth, Akshatha, and A. K. Mohan. "Parents ‘Opinion About the Challenges Faced by

Adolescents." International Journal of Research - Granthaalayah, 5(6), 211–222.

http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.820497 (2017)

Rathus, Spencer. CDEV (With CDEV Online, 1 Term (6 Months) Printed Access Card).

Wadsworth, 2017.