Obesity

Over the past, couple of months I work on keeping our foods healthy and nutritional although, sometimes I find myself snacking out of the “candy” jar. The meals that I cook usually consist of steak, chicken, lasagna, spaghetti, corn, broccoli, carrots, peas and garlic bread. I try to keep things categorized in our cabinets where things are easy to access in the kitchen. If I do not have it organized after I go shopping on Sunday afternoons then I consider myself a complete idiot because I cannot find anything. I enjoy watching different shows on TV and I think that children’s obesity has increased because of the foods our children have accessed. I am a little pumped about the new show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," starting Friday March 26) on the ABC Television Network. This is a production by Ryan Seacrest and Fresh One. I hope that this will help other parents learn better techniques on cooking instead of “hey fast food”. It is not hard to shop at Wal-Mart, Price Cutter or Target to get cheap and easy meals to cook in little than 30 minutes in the oven or even the microwave. For myself it is difficult starting out cooking because my mother was sick and I never actually learned “how to” so I have learned from David’s mother and she is wonderful. I think also as a parent it is a great way to communicate and teach your children multiple recipes. I always let Paisly sit next to me while I cook because it is a great interaction and bonding for her. I also feel that children should not watch as much TV even though it is easy to get things done through out the house. An article read in my psychology class said that you should not let children watch TV until they are two years old, which I completely agree. I feel that children should be stimulated with hands on activities and learning through stages as in Erik Erikson’s steps Trust vs. Mistrust as infants 1-3 years old. I also want to advertise the Flip Shops MOM & TOT class for children 18months- teen years and is on a Tues, Thursday or Sat mornings for 45 minutes. It gives the child a time to run around learning different structures and exploring different equipment. I would like my daughter to follow in the experiences I got as a kid and gymnastics is the way to go. I hope whoever reads this will keep their children healthy over their youth years.