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Active Children: So Many Benefits!

Why should you encourage your children to be active?

Hello, parents! My intention with this blog is to help parents of children and youth to encourage their children to be physically active. According to the 2018 Scientific Report of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, children aged 3-19 who regularly participate in physical activity can achieve long-term health benefits. Do you want your children to live a long, healthy life? Children who are active at least 60 minutes per day can have better physical, social, and emotional health. Physically active children are much more likely to maintain a healthy weight, and they can enjoy a lower risk of many chronic diseases. They also can build strong bones and muscles, achieve healthy growth and development, improve balance, coordination, and strength, develop flexibility, improve their posture, and so much more! So encourage your child today to get up and get active!

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Parents, how can you help your child be active?

Studies indicate that children whose parents support them being physically active are more likely to engage in physical activity and continue that activity into adulthood. So, how can you support them? When I was a child, my parents encouraged me to play outdoors with my brother and friends in my neighborhood. We played football in the yard and basketball on the driveway and rode bikes around the neighborhood. My parents took us swimming in the summertime and signed us up for intramural sports at school. When we got into middle school, we began playing on our school sports teams, and my parents drove us to and from practice and games. When we got into high school, at least one of them attended every one of our games. The biggest motivating factor to me, though, was knowing that they supported me in whatever activity I chose to do. Be there for your kids! Encourage them to get up off the couch and put the video games away–limit how much time they can spend gaming. Help them in some way to get involved in some form of physical activity for at least 60 minutes each day, and you will see a difference in your child. And hey, even better–try doing it with them!

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