Young children do more physical activity if they have fun, just like anyone else. Therefore, there are certain practices that we should avoid if we do not want to discourage our children to exercise.
If you are parents worried about the health of your children and do not leave physical education only for school, here we give you some keys (in negative) so that the children want to be fit and acquire healthy living habits.
Give more importance to winning than to play and your child will be angry at losing, avoiding next time playing. Negative feelings do not want to repeat.
Tell him that he does it wrong, that he is wrong, without giving explanations or reasons. If the child feels incompetent and in low form, he will not want to continue with the physical activity.
Make the child feel ridiculed, don't support him. Undermining your self-esteem is the best way to end any childhood purpose and dream.
In combination with the above points, do not help your child to progress or improve their skills. If you get stuck at the beginning, you will soon give up.
Perform the same activities over and over again, without a variety of games and movements. He will believe that the game and the sport ends there and it is very difficult to hit with a single proposal ...
Do not relate physical activity and fun, having fun is not the priority. A bored child is an unmotivated child.
Make him feel pressure to play or play a sport. You will not enjoy the activity and will not want to repeat.
Always impose the activity that is carried out, without giving you the option to comment or choose. If your child thinks it is a personal choice, he will be more motivated.
Let him play or play sports alone always, do not practice physical activity in family, think that we are not interested in a healthy life or want to share those moments with them.
Nor do you try to play with children of their age, their friends, with school children, neighbors, cousins ... Interacting with their peers is a source of pleasure and experiences that I would like to repeat.
As we see, there are certain practices that we should avoid if we don't want to discourage our children to exercise. In this way we will continue to benefit from all the advantages of physical activity, and we will also be with you when we can in this "challenge"!
