At 7:00 a.m., you're late getting to work. Breakfast hasn't been a thought because kids are just now getting ready for school.
Well, at least none of you nor they are hungry. Let's just skip breakfast. You advise them to eat well when they are at lunch at school and everyone is absent.
You just don't feel that hungry at lunchtime. After probably a quick snack bar and a diet Coke, it's back to work.
Do you ever worry about what your kids are eating for lunch? Do they share a same viewpoint?
There isn't much time left before dinner is ready to be served. You need to be in three places at once to get everyone to practise, pick up the cleaning, and then go home.
You come to the realisation that fixing what you have at home for supper will only result in a small meal while you're out visiting the cleaners. Why can't I stop?
Coke and pizza sound delicious? Or perhaps the youngsters would like burgers and fries. After practise, the kids are starving,
and you are trying to decide what to make for supper. The gym has a vending machine for sodas and snacks, so people stock up on candy bars and soda.
At 6:45 p.m., you arrived at the child pickup train's final station. Everyone has packed their bags and is ready to return home.
You've chosen to stop for pizza; your order was placed over the phone, and it will be ready when you get there.
Is today one of your typical days? If the answer is yes, you are among the vast majority of Americans. We all spend our days in a constant rush,
giving our food's convenience a lot more thought than our dietary needs. But did you know that by skipping meals, you're instilling the same terrible habit in your children?
We come to the notion that a healthy diet will help us live longer and be healthier every time we read an article about a diet and diet.
But we don't put what we read into practise. We seldom ever stop to consider how much of our day is spent in total ignorance of our diet.
We frequently wonder why our children don't seem as big and strong as we did or why they appear a little pale as they become older.
They don't exercise much, have poor eating habits, and experience a lot of stress. What can we actually anticipate?
While we are teaching our children these things, it is our responsibility to make an effort and educate them the importance of self-care as well as
good morals, work ethics, and family values. What good are all the other ideals we strive to instil in them if we instil bad self-care habits in them?
What kind of quality do their lives have if they are not healthy and able to enjoy it?
So, as you rush home, you make a mental note that the food options should be better the next day. Planning their meals and the food selections you provide them
will take more time from you. Teach children to put convenience first while also paying attention to a food's nutritional value. Tomorrow.