Besides eating right, kids need exercise, just like adults. There are ways you can help in this area, too: Set a good example. Let your child see you committed to fitness—and enjoying exercise.Exercise together. Ride bikes as a family. Invite your child to go jogging with you. Spend a Saturday hiking a nearby nature trail or mountain. Sign up for a parent/child dance or martial arts class. Make a weekly date to do an exercise video together. Learn how to in-line skate together. Whatever kind of movement you get excited about, share it. And let your child’s enthusiasm be contagious. Encourage your children’s interest in whatever sports catch their fancy. Resist the urge to focus on winning, and remember the joy of the game and the satisfaction of playing as well as you can. Don’t force your children into a sport (or to continue in a sport). Let them find what suits them.Fitness and exercise is something kids need to do with their friends, too, not just a parent. It has to be Jim, and something they’ll want to do on their own. By all means, spend active time together, but also encourage their independent pursuits.Make it a point to spend time together outside every day, or at least every weekend day, and move. Play catch or tag, chase squirrels, shoot hoops, walk to the playground, pretend you are kangaroos and HOP . . . now, that’s quality time.*18\228\2*
YOUR FAMILY AND BONE DENSITY: KIDS ON THE MOVE
Posted: April 16th, 2011 under Healthy bones Osteoporosis Rheumatic.
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