Lately, the American Healthy Village
magazine has collected advice from many specialists about raising children and
removing their bad habits.
Although the habits are bad or good, once
they have formed since childhood, they tend to go along with children for the
rest of their life. Therefore, parents in roles as their children’s first
teachers have to stick with your children in their daily life and teach them
good habits and at the same time, timely remove bad habits.
1. Holding foods in mouth
Holding
food in the mouth is such a bad habit of children that parents should remove it
from them.
Holding food in the mouth is such a bad
habit of children that parents should remove it from them. That’s because
holding food in mouth for a long period of time will make the digestive enzyme
from saliva glands transfer foods into sugar. The amount of sugar will stick to
the teeth and for long time and create good conditions for bacteria to enter
and destroy children’s teeth, not mention that the habit is also the reason of
anorexia in children.
How
to treat
Give children compliments and encouragement
when they finish the food quickly and cleanly. If children focus too much on TV
and forget to chew and swallow, you should turn off the television to make them
pay more attention to the eating. You shouldn’t force children to eat all of
the food in a meal because when children are pretty full, they start to be lazy
to chew.
Therefore, you should divide the food into
meals in order to make children be more relaxed and interested in eating. If
children keep on holding food in their mouth, parents should take them to
nutritional doctors to check and recommended a sensible eating.
2. Picking noses
Picking noses is not only impolite, but
also has bad effects on health. That behavior can increase the risk of
infections and spread pathogens to others. The bacteria in fingers can cause
infections to the nose from the inside, spread flu and cold.
A research showed that there’re 91% of adults
like to do this and accidentally lead to children imitation.
How
to treat
Encourage children to use soft tissue to
clean the nose, wash hands after picking noses and patiently remind them to do
so. At the same time, parents should use prize to encourage them.
Besides, to have the habit completely
removed, you have to know the root cause that makes children feel uncomfortable
in their noses: allergies, cold air or high temperatures which make the noses
dry and stuffy. Since that, parents should use humidifiers or clean children’s
noses with cotton swab wetted with saline to reduce the discomfort of their
noses and the picking noses.
3. Biting nails
Biting
nails for too long can cause bleeding in the nearby skin areas or even
infections.
Biting nails can make the skin surrounding
the nail damaged and create chance for bacteria to easily get in to it. Biting
nails for too long can cause bleeding in the nearby skin areas or even
infections. Dr. Edelman recommended parents to get to know the reason of biting
nails in children. It could be psychological pressure or depressed moods.
Putting bitter-taste substances on fingers
are efficient but, it just happens when children really want to stop the habit.
Painting the nails and wearing cute things on the top of fingers can also make
children pay more attention to look at them than bite.
How
to treat
When nails have signs of infections,
parents should take them to healthcare centers right away.
4. Staying up late, lacking sleep
What makes children broke the rude every
time preparing to bed may be the engrossed in watching a cartoon or their
favorite programs. It also due to the fact that they have taken a long nap in
the afternoon or members in family talked so loudly that they couldn’t sleep….
There’re many researches showed that
staying up late as well as sleep lacking and poor sleeps can affect the health
of children. Lacking sleep can lead to many issues about behavior, discomfort
and poor academic achievements.
Watching
a cartoon or favorite program can make children stay up late.
Researches carried out in America also
showed that the quality of sleeps can affect the weight gaining in children.
Lacking sleeps also brings children difficulties in height developments.
How
to treat
Make them to go to bed soon and prevent
them from watching violent or action programs before bed. Parents should create
a punctual lifestyle to their children: every activity, such as eating,
sleeping, studying have to be happened regularly in certain hours.
When getting your children to bed, you
should sing to them or tell them a fairy tale. The pat and lullabies will help
children feel safe and go to bed comfortably. Besides, you shouldn’t be
atwitter around them because children can’t sleep well if there’re noises around.
It’d be better if you go to bed early.
5. Not having breakfast
To children, breakfast is the most
important meal. A spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
(American) said that if children didn’t have breakfast, they’d have more
chances of obesity. In case children have breakfast, their brain can be easily
stimulated, get information faster and have better focus.
How
to treat
Don’t ever let children skip breakfast. The
breakfast also needs carefully preparations. It should be rich in protein,
fiber and healthy fats, such as eggs, cereal, revivers, low-fat cheese or milk…
