This post was sponsored by Boys & Girls Clubs of America as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.
As a mother of four kids, I can tell you honestly that teaching and instilling healthy habits in my kids is extremely important. From the time they were born I have done everything I can to keep them happy, healthy and well. It is important to start when they are young, so they grow up learning those things and they become second nature to them. Every year, we make new goals and resolutions to improve our health and wellness. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America have a key mantra “I FEEL BETTER WHEN”. This leads to how small, daily behavioral changes can have a long-term, lasting impact. Their health and wellness program, Triple Play, is focused on these types of healthy lifestyle changes at a young age. I love this program and that it is helping our youth become stronger physically and mentally.
This year my mantra has been to be more active. I want that to trickle down to my kids, so I have been making a conscious effort to get up every 30 mins (or more often) and do something like play with them, walk the dog, or even just clean up around the house. “I feel better when” I do this and it keeps my kids more active. I also have been planning a lot more activities where we are active the whole time. I want you to be able to do the same, if you are not already, so today I am sharing 10 ways to encourage health & wellness habits in kids.
- Have healthy snack options available
- Limit the amount of screen time they get each day
- Encourage outdoor play
- Have crafting supplies on hand let them create something
- Encourage them to write in a journal every day
- Plan fun activities to keep everyone active
- Go hiking, biking, and exploring in your area
- Play sports with them/put them into sports programs
- Teach them music and art, encourage them to develop their talents
- Encourage their school work and push them to do their best
It is important for all kids to be healthy. We need to do what we can to help not just our kids, but the kids in our neighborhoods, towns, and other areas so each of them can learn health and wellness habits at a young age. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are amazing supporters of this and do a spectacular job helping kids from all over in many ways. The BGCA’s Triple Play program gives them the tools for a comprehensive healthy and wellness program that is necessary to put young people on the path to a great future. The Anthem Foundation and Coca-Cola garner national support in order to make it possible for Boys & Girls Clubs around the country to operate Triple Play.
Connect with them on the BGCA Triple Play Website, or the BGCA Facebook and BGCA Twitter to learn more and see how you can help.
Such a good tips, I will keep these in my mind and such a great ideas for my kids.
Those are really great tips. It’s so important to keep kids active. Mine are always doing something.
Great tips! We always encourage our 2nd grader to play outside when the weather permits. Agree that it’s so important to encourage healthy habits.
When our kids were young, we also concentrated on our actions as parents. If we were not healthy or following healthy habits, we couldn’t ask them to follow these habits. So we started with healthy habits and they tagged along.
I spend a lot of time outdoors when I was little and this were probably the best times ever! It’s extremely important to keep kids healthy and active 🙂
I love triple play! I wrote a piece for them last year 🙂 Having healthy options readily available is a must!!
Help keeping our children healthy is so important. Not only for their health but for them to learn for when they are older to eat right.
I love all these ideas. My daughter loves to be outside–I do have to push my son out though. I love the Boys and Girls Club–they do so much!
I’m such a huge advocate for all of these tips! I find kids these days aren’t getting outside as often and miss out on increasing their imagination!
These are wonderful tips. I love to find new ideas to introduce healthy habits to my kiddos.
These are all great tips! Number 9 is my favorite. It’s so important to give our kids the chance to be creative and explore their passions!
What a great tips and ideas 🙂 They are so useful for parents 🙂
Great tips and Ideas to put in practice everyda, thank you so much!
Encouraging kids about healthy habit was really hard especially to my toddlers. This brilliant tips and ideas are really helpful. Glad I found this.
Health and wellness habits will be the best thing we can give our children. They should have a lot of outdoor activities and less exposure to gadgets. They also should be aware of the things they eat. Less junk, processed and fast foods.
Health and wellness is one of the priority for the family specially the kids. It is really good to be active.
Awesome ideas! Yes, It’s not easy to feed them nutritious foods nowadays. But encouraging them to be active can help.
That’s really lovely, you’re such a great mother to your kids. It’s important that we teach them about living a healthy life, especially since these days there are so much influence when it comes to living an unhealthy lifestyle. Those 10 ways are great!
Love the idea of moving every 30 minutes. Some days the phone ringing gets me up often.
Thank you for sharing this amazing tips! I will try them with my son.