Don't be subjective when children are tired.
According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam's birth rate in 2023 is estimated at 1.96 children per woman and is forecast to continue to decrease in the following years. Families today have fewer children than before, along with rapidly developing socio-economic conditions, which have helped to improve child-rearing conditions compared to previous generations. Children today not only have enough food, enough clothes, and go to school, but also participate in countless interesting activities such as learning to sing, dance, draw, play piano, play chess, table tennis, watch movies, etc. So how to help children have endurance, maintain a lively and happy state all day is a question that many parents are interested in.
Twice a week, Ms. Phuong (HCMC) picks up her daughter from school and takes her to a drawing center. "My daughter Viet Ha has a talent for painting. She also likes to learn to draw and doesn't want to miss any class, but I noticed that several times on the way from school to drawing class, she hugged my back and fell asleep." Ms. Phuong felt sorry for her child so she wanted to let her child stop learning the art class, but he refused. Meanwhile, Ms. Hoai An (Da Nang) also didn't know what to do when the homeroom teacher said that her son was very active in the morning and learned quickly, but in the afternoon he was tired and lacked concentration. If he had to take a test in the afternoon, his results were always worse than in the morning. "In the morning, I took my child to the school gate, he played with his friends, but at around 4pm, when I came to pick him up, he stumbled out of the school gate, his face was pale and he said he was hungry, asking his mother to buy him snacks at the school gate," Ms. An added. These signs indicate that the children may lack stamina.
A recent study by Kantar shows that 92% of Vietnamese mothers want to improve their children's endurance so that they have enough energy to complete all activities during the day. Endurance can be understood as the ability to maintain movement for the longest period of time that the body can endure. Improving endurance is the basis for improving the endurance and movement capacity of the body in general. Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam, former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, said that endurance training not only helps children build enthusiasm for exercise and foster their will, but also contributes to building discipline, improving confidence and self-esteem in children.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam emphasized the urgent need to improve children's endurance.
Lack of endurance is a matter of concern. According to Dr. Lam, lack of endurance leads to many undesirable consequences for children's lives and health. Lack of endurance can easily cause children to grow slowly in weight and height, easily become exhausted, have reduced memory, have difficulty absorbing and concentrating when studying, affect cardiovascular health, physical strength, and easily cause children to develop a mentality of avoidance, giving up, and losing confidence when participating in sports activities in particular and other activities in daily life.
Improve endurance for comprehensive child development
In response to the concerns of many parents about how to improve their children's endurance, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam advises parents to focus on two factors: nutrition and exercise.
Children today have had enough meals and energy, but many parents tend to feed their children what they like. Most children love to eat fast food, fried food, sweets, which are not good for their health if eaten too much. Supplementing only one group of nutrients without other groups of nutrients will lead to nutritional imbalance, negatively affecting the physical strength and endurance of young children.
To maintain the ability to function for a long time, the central nervous system and muscles need to be fueled by carbohydrates, often found in foods such as vegetables, sweet potatoes, oats, etc. At the same time, the body also needs B vitamins such as B2 to maintain the function of organs such as the brain, digestion, neurotransmitters and hormones, Vitamin B3 helps increase blood circulation, which is beneficial for children's endurance and brain activity. Parents can incorporate foods rich in these groups of nutrients into their children's daily menu, or supplement nutritional milk that has been scientifically proven to increase endurance by providing balanced nutrients and providing instant energy for children to maintain endurance and enthusiasm when active all day long.
In addition, increasing physical activity also plays an extremely important role in increasing children's endurance. According to research from the US National Academy of Sciences, regular physical activity not only helps children and adolescents improve their respiratory and cardiovascular systems, but also enhances cognitive activity, helping them think and learn better. Parents should encourage their children to be physically active every day through simple activities such as walking, jogging, or create conditions for them to participate in a variety of sports such as soccer, basketball, aerobics, Vovinam, etc. depending on their interests.
As society is constantly changing, children are being cared for better and better and have more conditions to develop according to their talents, interests, and age, it would be a mistake to only care about the height and weight of the child, but ignore the factor of endurance. To help children freely pursue their interests, constantly explore and learn to develop both their stature and intelligence, parents need to encourage their children to practice endurance through nutrition and exercise.
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