Why You Need to Teach Your Kids to Eat Well

Eating well starts and ends with you. You need to teach your kids from a very young age when they are toddlers how to eat well so they do not end up like so many of the fat young American teens that you see everywhere today.

Eating well is a process that starts with you. First you must shop and cook well for your child and then you must teach him or her how to shop and cook well too. Teaching them about organic and whole foods keeps them healthy.

A child that eats well from a young age tends to be a healthier individual who is less likely to suffer from any kind of a disease. Kids that are well nourished tend to be more do better in school and have better memories. They also are more emotionally balanced and have a better ability to concentrate. This is especially true of the child that is not raised on sugar. He or she tends to be a calm, productive person who can retain information and focus on one thing at a time.

If food is approached in a positive way without being made into a reward then your child will grow up with a healthy self image. He does not need to resort to behaviors like anorexia or bulimia. You will also raise a child that is not going to use food for comfort.

Teaching your kid to shop and eat well has another benefit. Your child will have more money in the bank than most because he or she will not be spending a lot of extra cash on expensive junk food the craving and desire for bad foods that are laden with sugar, salt and fat will simply not be there.

If you raise your child to have a healthy lifestyle he or she is also less likely to get sick. He or she will be less of a burden on the medical system and also be able to keep money that might have been spent on medical bills.

Feeding your child well and teaching him or her good lifestyle habits is a gift that will last for a lifetime and keep on giving good health for many years to come. Even better those good habits will be passed down from you through them to their kids when they have them as well.

Stripping Down to Your Priorities

Living a life of voluntary simplicity and minimalism is not an act of resignation. It is a brave, practical and very spiritual decision.
Instead of seeing living simply as a 'loss' you can see it as making a mature, unselfish choice to declutter your life of everything from personal dramas, to unproductive behaviors to ways of making money. In fact, many people immediately become more prosperous the minute that they start throwing things out, both physical and relationship-oriented, as they act as obstacles to your prosperity.

Living a life of voluntary simplicity and minimalism does not mean you have 'dropped out' of life. It does not mean you do not care about money or have let go of your ambitions. It does not mean that you have to become all 'Zen Buddhist' or give away all that you own.
Basically all that it means is letting go of those things that do not serve you anymore. The problem is that while we are living many of us tend to collect a great many things, people and situations that have nothing to do with propelling us forward or getting what we want from our lives.

The idea is that once you get rid of these things, you make room for those things that you do want in our life that can bring you the fulfillment and joy in life that you are looking for.
One of the main benefits of deciding to live your life this way is that it forces you to see with more clarity and get your priorities straight.

Other benefits of voluntarily making the choice to live in a life of voluntary simplicity and minimalism are:
• You feel more peaceful
• Your life costs less
• You are healthier
• You may live longer
• You live in a less cluttered home
• Others benefit from you throwing out your clutter
• You get rid of the drama queens in your life
• You are no longer controlled by the past
• You control your life; not other people
• You will be able to focus on your goals without distraction
• You will feel less stressed
• You will get more rest
• You have greater freedom
• You will be me organized
• You will create less waste and you will pollute less
• You will have more time

The bottom line is that when you start throwing things out of your life you empower yourself by saying 'no' to those people and situations that subtly undermine your goals and happiness and you will be able to get on with your own life.