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Breakfast: How is it related to Child’s Learning?

Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day. Every mother asks her child to have a healthy breakfast.  A nutritious breakfast is a great way to start the day. Why so much emphasis on breakfast? Read on to find yourself.

Children, generally, sleep early. When they get up the next morning, their body needs to get sufficient nutrition to break fee from the long hours of fast. A nutritional breakfast not only gives strength to the body, it also energizes the brain of children. An alert brain, in turn, would allow your child to be attentive in class, and understand the concepts taught by the school teacher.

Studies have shown that children who skip breakfast tend to show low self-confidence, lack of concentration, and laziness. Attention span of kids who don’t eat their breakfast also reduces considerably over a period of time. Irritability (mood swings) and restlessness are also some of the immediate consequences of a skipping breakfast.

It might surprise you but not having breakfast is a major cause of obesity. How? When a child does not eat his breakfast, he starts feeling hungry during the day. As a result of this, he might overeat. Overeating might also involve consumption of calorie-rich food, especially junk food. This can directly result in weight gain, and hence, obesity.

Breakfast is important for keeping the metabolism in right working condition. Now that you know that breakfast is vital for your child’s health, and growth, we must also talk about the right kind of breakfast. Many people believe that a nutritious breakfast is often expensive. This is however far from being true.

Nutritional Breakfast

Fresh fruit juice is one of best things that should be an essential part of your child’s breakfast. Fruits can also be included. In fact, fruits are better than fruit juice as they also contain a lot of fiber. Whole grains and milk should also be included in the breakfast. Items rich in fat should be avoided. For example, butter and high-fat cheese would not provide healthy fat to children. A balanced breakfast should be rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, calcium, minerals.

Working parents have a little difficulty finding time to cook their children a healthy breakfast. This can be taken care of by following the tips mentioned below.

  • Waking up a little early
  • Making the breakfast preparations a day in advance, preferably the previous night.
  • Eggs come handy when you have little time to make breakfast

Don’ts

Avoid serving food that has lot of sugar in it. Pastry, cakes, muffins, and jam are some of the things that should be kept away. Try to avoid a lot of processed items in the breakfast. Whole grains are always better. Brown bread should be preferred over white bread.

Parents should make it a point to include breakfast in their routine so that their children also follow the same. Remember, a healthy breakfast will keep your child active and strong. Serve your child a nutritious breakfast and see him excel at studies and sports!

The Author brings over 6 years of e-learning and online tutoring experience. Having a deep understanding of pedagogy and child psychology, the writer has developed numerous strategies to improve e-learning and online tutoring for Grades K-12 and higher through various techniques that question the conventional ways of instructing.

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