There are many parents who have the idea that exercise is a waste of time and physical strength, and do not pay attention to it at all. In fact, more visionary parents are willing to spend energy on their children's exercise because they know that what they learn from sports can benefit their children for the rest of their lives.
Plato once said, "God gives man two channels of evolution—education and movement." Education is the channel through which people get out of ignorance, and movement is the way for people to get out of mediocrity and move towards strength and self-breakthrough. ”
However, in the traditional Chinese concept of education, the misunderstanding of sports is too deep.
"Don't engage in all the messy sports, learning is the first priority, you don't have to worry about the rest."
"My children are not athletes in the future, why waste that time?"
Zhihu once had such a question: "How much does exercise help children's growth?" ”
One of them replied, "Exercise makes children brave and self-disciplined." ”
01 Insist on exercise and give your child a healthy body
One statistic shows that since 1991, the overall level of physical activity in Chinese has decreased by more than 44.9%, and the impact of lack of exercise on children is very obvious:
30% of children are overweight or too thin due to lack of exercise, and their physical fitness is reduced, which in turn affects learning ability and performance. Children's physique is getting worse and worse, and the number of myopic adolescents has increased dramatically.
The reason lies in computers, mobile games, junk food, and a modern lifestyle of sedentary and little movement.
A child who lacks exercise cannot even take responsibility for his own body, let alone later in life?
Some time ago, there was a hot search video on the Internet, which truly reflected the difference between sports and non-sports.
In the final answer sheet of life, the results given to people by the years are the difference between sports and non-sports.
02 Exercise is a cathartic channel for children's bad emotions
Some parents will wonder, how do well-behaved children at home always fight at school?
In fact, research shows that children's aggression needs to be guided and sublimated into positive behavior through education.
In addition to the recognition learning of kind behavior, multi-exercise is a good cathartic conduit, allowing the brain to secrete dopamine and make the child have positive emotions.
One netizen shared his story:
I remember a test result came out, I took the test very badly, the mood suddenly fell to a low point, I felt that the world has no love.
After class, he rushed out of the classroom, rushed to the playground, and stepped onto the plastic track.
Taking light steps, listening to heavy breathing, sweat and tears coming out of the face together, the heart was put down at that moment.
Whether it's when you feel bored and bored writing homework at home, when you can't solve a problem and are upset, or when you're in a bad mood...
Many of these depressing moments are when exercise makes people calm and strong.
03 People with exercise habits have strong self-discipline
CCL Leadership Research has published a report:
The CEOs of Fortune 500 companies can't find a single person who is overweight.
The reason is that most people with exercise habits have strong self-discipline.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been hailed as "China's handsomest diplomat."
The 66-year-old, who handles tedious diplomatic work with ease and great power style, did not expect such a good and busy person to be a sportsman.
In March 2015, during a conference in Switzerland, Foreign Minister Wang Yi took photos jogging by Lake Geneva to go viral. In the photo, Foreign Minister Wang Yi has a light posture and a healthy pace.
One has to lament his strong sense of self-discipline.
There is also a business tycoon in China who loves running, that is, Pan Shiyi.
Pan Shiyi's wife, Zhang Xin, is also a running enthusiast, and the two often post running records on Weibo, as far as Paris and New York, and as close as the Temple of Heaven and Orson Running Park in Beijing.
In an interview, Pan Shiyi talked about his changes after running:
"I think the most obvious change is the mood. Adults are very stressful at work, and sometimes they are depressed and unhappy, but after running, their mood can be immediately happy. ”
The famous writer Haruki Murakami has also said many times that he can continue to write because he relies on running every day.
He has been running since he was 33 years old and has been running for more than thirty years every day according to the prescribed number of kilometers.
He says that many of the methods and inspirations he uses to write novels are obtained every morning when he runs along the road.
Rather than living in a vacuum, the Games make people live more purposefully and vibrantly.
04 How to let children develop the habit of exercise
"Interest is the best teacher," and so is exercise.
Cultivate hobbies and interests so that your child enjoys sports.
If the child has no interest in sports, passive participation under the compulsion of parents will not produce good exercise results, and there will be no motivation to persevere.
Parents can take their children with them and start with simple exercises.
Activities such as going to the park for a walk after dinner, going to a good friend for a parent-child race on the weekend, etc., it is easy for children to feel the fun and charm of sports.
05 Master the knowledge and skills to make the child good at sports
In general, children are more likely to have happy experiences and pleasurable feelings when they participate in sports that they are good at.
Therefore, in the process of cultivating children's good exercise habits, it is necessary to consciously develop children's physical abilities and the most basic motor ability.
Let children have the balance, coordination, stability, speed and other motor abilities needed to participate in the process of exercise.
In addition, parents should also pay attention to some common knowledge about exercise:
You should not eat too much or drink too much before exercising;
Wear sneakers and sportswear when exercising;
It is not possible to rest and bathe immediately after exercise.
In this way, it can not only improve the sense of gain when the child participates in physical exercise, but also avoid the child's injury during exercise and reduce the risk of sports injury.
06 Follow the law of development and let the child exercise scientifically
Due to the flexibility, coordination, and tolerance of each organ at different ages, each age has a different "golden exercise program".
Parents can refer to the following suggestions when cultivating their children's exercise habits, follow the growth and development laws of adolescents, and try to be appropriate, moderate and appropriate.
● 5-7 years old: belongs to the stage of slow development, especially cardiovascular development is slower than the development of the motor system, it is recommended to try to choose swimming and other physical exertion is not strenuous exercise.
● 8-12 years old: children are more exposed to more light activities to cultivate sports interest, such as: play table tennis to exercise the sensitivity of the body, reduce eye fatigue, prevent myopia; play badminton to relax the cervical spine and increase cardiopulmonary function; play tennis to enhance the coordination of the body; learn to dance to improve the flexibility of the body.
● 12-18 years old: It is recommended to avoid sports that bear too much weight as much as possible when exercising, and you can continue table tennis and badminton, and you can also participate in basketball, football, volleyball and other ball sports.
Albert Einstein said in Life and the Universe:
"Life is like riding a bicycle, and to maintain balance you have to keep moving."
I believe that every step that children take now is for the bright road in the future.