In the 21st Century, we, as individuals and parents, understand that children are born with basic instincts and have unique personalities that develop throughout their lives. It is not necessary for parents, teachers, or other adults in authority to impose adult views onto our children. The task is not just to teach children how to enter into adulthood, but to convey knowledge to the next generation according to today's information age. We need to focus on this information age approach to ensure that learning proceeds in a new direction.
Children’s hidden talents need to be brought out by allowing them to explore and discover the world that surrounds them. This exploration and discovery needs to be safe , and parents should provide strong guidance in the development of their children’s personalities. It is this foundation of a healthy lifestyle that will lead children in the right direction in their later years.
Children need to learn how to live healthfully and be allowed to discover their own strengths. A fun and exciting method of teaching will encourage children to incorporate daily exercise, nutritional choices, and positive thinking into their lifestyles to enable their minds and bodies to develop properly.
Show children a variety of ways to lead healthy lives and have them try these ways themselves. We need to observe and protect them while they are gathering new experiences. Do not expect perfect performance and do not impose adult values onto them. Instead, help them develop their own values.
The goal of parents and adults should be to raise healthy children who respect their parents who have helped them in discovering their personal identities.
The FITFIVE system is a modern way to learn how to live healthfully in the information age.
Currently, the world is going through a huge change in healthcare and healthy living approaches. More and more people realize that health is not an item to be purchased from doctors or pharmacists, but needs to be created from within the person. In the 1980's, approximately 200 different types of medications were created to satisfy the world’s need for medicine. Today, more than 2000 types are produced annually. The "Take part in your own health" approach is gaining acceptance mainly due to issues regarding the use of some of these medications. Many people are realizing that the benefits of a medical treatment for an initial disease do not outweigh the side-effects and consequent diseases the treatment causes.
The population is ready, and the news is spreading to everyone. The message is that health depends on what people eat, what they drink, and how much they exercise. In other words, the message is about whether or not people use the fundamental rules of basic living to gain the healthy life that they long for.
Today’s parents have the opportunity to raise a healthy generation and teach these basic rules to children to follow later in life. Parents should not look for or give excuses when the health of their children is concerned. They must do everything possible to enable their kids to grow up and become healthy adults. Today's average kid grows up sitting in front of the television, video game, and computers. Kids oftentimes snack and eat sweets and chips. This sedentary lifestyle and poor diet will cause them to become weak and unhealthy adults if we as parents do not step in and help them learn how to be healthy. It is important that we do everything in our power to make our kids strong and healthy!