Keeping your family in line when it comes to eating healthy, working out, or just getting good sleep can be such a chore. However, it’s important to understand how crucial it is to create a happy, healthy home setting for your family. Today we’re gonna look at t easy steps you can take to greatly improve your family’s overall health. These steps include ways to improve your family’s physical well-being, their emotional well-being, and even their mental well-being. Let’s get started!
- Get a good night’s sleep
Rest is often regarded as secondary to other tasks we have in life. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. A good night’s sleep is crucial not only to our daily functionality but to our future health and well-being. Studies have shown that people who don’t regularly get 8 hours of rest are at a higher risk for things like weakened immunity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, mental deficiencies, car accidents, and so much more. A great way to get a good night’s sleep is to create a nighttime routine for the whole family. Be sure to put away any devices, create a relaxing space by playing soothing music, and try to adhere to a set schedule. This will have a great impact on the quality of your sleep.
- Promote physical fitness
In today’s society, younger generations are, on average, less physically active than previous generations. With the ever-expanding world of technology constantly vying for their attention it can be hard to get children away from their precious screens. Promoting physical fitness from an early age is one of the easiest ways to instill good habits in your children. Having to break bad habits later on down the line, while possible, can be incredibly difficult. Make physical activity a regular part of your child’s day by joining them outside or playing fun games indoors on rainy days. Try building up to at least an hour of physical fitness a day. While many schools offer programs like gym, some don’t and even those that do tend to leave a lot to be desired. Take control of your child’s physical health by encouraging them to try new activities, to push their limits, and to create new habits. Extreme sports like BMX biking, skateboarding, and even barefoot water skiing are great ways to keep children engaged in physical fitness in a way that interests them. Take a look at some of the amazing gear two time Barefoot World Champion Keith St. Onge has for some insight on how you can get your children interested in their physical health through the power of outdoor sport.
- Eating right
Last, but certainly not least, is teaching your children how to eat healthy. Again it’s best to start building habits from an early age than it is to break bad ones. If your child is used to eating junk food, drinking sodas, or enjoying sweet treats after every dinner it may be rather difficult to break those habits. Studies show that foods like potato chips, fast food fare, and candy are designed to be addictive. Cutting out these items from your child’s diet will help them tremendously. Keep all bad food out of the house and you keep temptation at bay! Shopping at places like Whole Foods or even regional stores like Trader Joe’s are great ways to find healthy food that your kids can get excited about. Finding fun and delicious alternatives are key to breaking bad food habits.
There you have it! Three simple steps to a healthier family.