Parents And Child Health
Sadly, too many children are the victims of parent neglect when it comes to their child’s health. Too much TV, poor nutritionally based meals, and not enough exercise is resulting in kids with being overweight, developing diabetes, having poor self-esteem, and not being excited about their life and school activities.
Much of the challenge to raise healthy children is becoming more and more of the role of our schools. Many years ago, I developed Teaching Activity Package System (TAPS) as a physical education program for the youngsters in our school of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. This was a daily program that involved all students and teachers. Teachers only needed to prepare for three activities for the entire year. The cost was almost nothing. The fitness level of the students greatly increased as well as their self-esteem and learning of dozens of recreational skills.
The above program can be quickly reviewed at no cost by emailing the author at neil.s@ charter.net .
