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Keeping our Children Healthy

As parents, our number one priority in life is keeping our kids safe and healthy. We know we can't wrap them up in cotton wool, and that a lot of our good advice will fall on deaf ears, but still we keep trying. We would not be good parents if we didn't.

Getting children to eat healthily is probably the biggest hurdle we have to face. I remember the subterfuges I had to employ to try to get my vegetable-phobic son to eat his quota of 5 a day. These started in the high chair, weaving elaborate stories around his favourite CBeebies characters incorporating broccoli forests, asparagus trains etc but then progressed to unashamed deception and disguise!

Keeping them safe while at play is another concern. Reminding them to wear safety helmets, shin or elbow pads for their limbs and mouthguards to protect their teeth during certain sports is as important as drilling them on road safety and saying no to strangers. Sadly the world outside the safety of the home can be a dangerous and cruel place at times.

Ensuring that they bathe regularly, clean their teeth and get sufficient sleep is all part of a healthy lifestyle. Parental supervision feels like a 24 hour job and instilling healthy habits and routines can be extremely hard work. Monitoring children's TV viewing, computer usage and video games becomes more and more difficult as children grow older and strive for their independence. Once they learn the language of negotiation, a whole new set of verbal obstacles has to be overcome.

Parenting may be hard work at times but it is undoubtedly the most rewarding experience life offers. And when we look on with pride at the healthy, balanced individuals our children become, we know, without a doubt that it was all worthwhile.