During the winter vacation, children are prone to irregular lifestyles, insufficient outdoor activities, excessive use of electronic products, and unhealthy diets. Parents should help their children improve their health awareness, use their eyes scientifically, work and rest regularly, eat healthily, and spend a healthy and happy winter vacation.
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Anti-myopia
In the case of keeping warm and cold, parents can take their children to carry out various forms of parent-child outdoor activities, and ensure that there are no less than 2 hours of outdoor activities during the day every day.
When reading and writing homework, the reading and writing posture should be maintained "one foot, one fist, one inch", that is, the eyes are about one foot away from the book, the body is about one fist away from the desk, and the fingers holding the pen are about one inch away from the tip of the pen.
After 40 minutes of continuous reading and writing, you can relax your eyes by looking away, light activities, outdoor activities, and doing eye exercises.
After using electronic products for 30~40 minutes of learning, you should take a break and relax your eyes for 10 minutes, and use electronic products for non-learning purposes for no more than 15 minutes each time, and should not exceed 1 hour a day.
The viewing distance of the TV is not less than 4 times the diagonal distance of the screen, the horizontal viewing distance of the computer is not less than 50 cm, and the viewing distance of the mobile phone is not less than 40 cm.
Ensure good lighting, and use ceiling lights and desk lamps at the same time for reading and writing.
Go to bed early and wake up early, and have a regular schedule.
Parents should pay attention to the changes in their children's vision, take the initiative to observe and ask their children whether they have squinting, frowning, blurred vision and other phenomena, and take their children to regular medical institutions for examination in time, so as to achieve early detection, early prevention and early treatment.
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Prevent nutritional imbalances in the diet
Parents and children should take the initiative to learn about food and nutrition and improve their health literacy. Encourage your child to participate in food selection, mixing, and making to develop hands-on skills. During the Spring Festival, too many meat dishes should be avoided at dinners, and they should be reasonably matched and eat less high-salt, high-sugar and high-fat foods. Control big fish and meat, avoid overnutrition, and prevent overweight and obesity. Three meals a day, regular and quantitative, regular diet, and develop healthy eating habits. Eat a balanced diet, not picky eaters, and don't overeat. Diversify your diet and guide your child to eat more vegetables, fruits, fish, soy products, milk, eggs, etc. Eat a small amount of snacks between meals and choose clean, nutritious and healthy foods as snacks.
Drink milk every day, drink plenty of water, do not drink sugary drinks, and do not drink alcohol.
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Anti-cell phone addiction
Parents should arrange their children's holiday life reasonably, relax moderately, and work with their children to formulate holiday plans to avoid reducing the burden on school and increasing the burden outside school.
Maintain a regular schedule and time management, and enrich holiday activities.
Supervise and guide children to use electronic products appropriately.
Parents can spend more time with their children in outdoor activities, and use the time for physical exercise to replace the time spent playing with electronic devices such as mobile phones.
Encourage children to communicate with friends, share happiness, communicate confusion, and relieve bad emotions.
Parents and children should establish a good communication mechanism, calmly face their children's emotional changes, and teach children how to regulate their emotions, such as deep breathing, exercise, and journaling.
If your child is facing emotional problems that you cannot handle, you should take your child to seek professional psychological counseling and counselling.
(Source: National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention)