BE A ROLE MODEL FOR EVERYONE

Stay strong and be a wonderful role model for everyone especially your children!  They are watching your every move.  Show them how to maintain a healthy lifestyle from very young to older.  They learn so much from watching you it is unbelievable!  Here are some wonderful, excellent examples for you to be a great influence on your children.

1) Show by example (eat veggies, fruits, whole grains with meals or for snacks)

2) Go food shopping together as a family (let them help with the shopping or grocery list too)

3) Get creative in the kitchen (use cookie cutters or fun shapes to make food)

4) Offer the same foods to everyone (do NOT make separate foods or meals for certain people)

5) Reward with attention, not food (with hugs and kisses instead)

6)  Focus on each other at the table (talk, talk, talk....have a family conversation or daily devotions like we do every dinner)

7) Listen to your child (If they are hungry and it is not a meal time offer a healthy snack and offer choices)

8) Limit screen time and get up and move in some sort of physical activity (allow no more than 2 hours a day on TV or computer)

9)  Encourage physical activity (move together as a family in a fun activity or walk, run, or play with your child)

10) Be a good food role model (try NEW food yourself and describe the texture, taste, and smell AND offer one new food at a time AND at the beginning of the meal when your child is very hungry)!!!