TGIF parents! It is the weekend, and it is a good time to ensure the well-being of our children. We tend to overlook the importance of well-being in most families; and this entails our physical, mental and emotional health. As parents and guardians, it is important that we ensure a positive well-being in our children to allow for their optimal growth in mind and body.
Teaching our children and getting involved in their day-to-day acivities will make them see us as better role models and; also makes them aware of what they have to do ensure their well-being from an early age till they lead an adult life.
Here are five things to do this weekend to ensure their well-being:
Ensure Healthy Eating
This weekend, promote healthy eating in your children to ensure their well-being. Most families have busy schedules, and this makes it difficult to eat homemade meals together. This affects children more, as they are at an early stage of life, and can stunt their physical and mental growth; also, getting used to unhealthy eating can continue into their adult life and cause lifelong diseases.
Encouraging children to eat healthy in their early life, giving them a balanced diet of food, constant consumption of fruits and vegetables, and so on; will ensure their growth and overall well-being.
Communicate with them
After enduring a stressful week full of work activities and being away from the house, we encourage parents to talk with their children. Listening to them and entertaining their ideas will grow their emotional well-being. Constant interaction with them will allow them express themselves better within and outside the house. 
Reducing Technology Time
This generation of children are at the digital age, as they are growing,so is their need to have access to technology at all times. Limiting their access to technology from time to time will connect them more with the other parts of their lives that they tend to neglect.
Setting down rules from an early age will make it easier to enforce for parents and for them to follow as children. This includes TV, phones, videos games, etc; reducing screentime to a couple of hours everyday, will do a lot of good for their well-being.
Encourage Physical Activities
Ensuring out children get involved in outdoor games and exercises will promote their positive well-being. This will give them a good mood, and bring the family closer together. Having the children outside the house to play, or just taking a family walk together; will reduce stress, grow their mind and their body. Constant physical activities will become a trend with them and will allow them interact better with their environment as they grow older.
Sleeping Well
Ensuring your child gets enough sleep is important for their physical and mental well-being. Creating a sleep routine which includes a siesta will develop a heathy lifestyle in your children. Not getting enough sleep will stunt physical growth and cause negative mental effects when left unchecked.
Every child should get 8-10 hours of sleep daily. A constant bedtime routine can be developed by; dimming the lights at night, reducing the sugar and caffeine intake, taking a warm shower, etc; these will wind children down and make them fall asleep easily.
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