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How Do Kids Build Good Habits?

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Kids build good and bad habits alike as they grow. A lot of it is dependent on what they see around them, but sometimes you have no idea where a certain behavior or attitude comes from! But habit building rarely happens by accident, and when it comes to instilling healthy approaches to life in your kids, there’s a lot you’ve got to understand. 

That’s something we want to focus on down below. Kids can build good habits in a variety of ways, but how can you take action as their parent and help them along the path? Here are a few good methods that are tried and tested. 

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By Having Fun

Having fun is the biggest incentive to help a child create a healthy habit. Even when it comes to booking a dentist appointment and convincing them everything is going to be fine, a fun activity can turn the tide! 

Kids learn the best when something is positive; that reminds them that the world can be full of whimsy. Whether this means taking them for a pizza afterwards or promising they can get all their toys out for a playtime session when you’re home again, the more the better! 

With a Bit of Patience

If you’re trying to teach your kids good habits that’ll last a lifetime, it’s not going to happen overnight. Kids need time to learn, adjust, and pick up on the good ideas you’re putting down. Give them a chance, they’ve only been around for a few years! 

This means talking things through calmly when they forget to do certain actions like brushing their teeth, or when they refuse to eat their vegetables at dinnertime. Simple mistakes happen all the time, and you can always try again at bedtime or their next mealtime. And the more you reinforce the habit by actively and positively encouraging it, the faster it’ll form! 

By Watching You!

Kids pick up the most about life by watching their parents. Even small things, like the way you smile and tilt your head, or the way you sit on the sofa to watch TV, your kids will notice and do it too. You’re their parent – they want to act like you! 

So, when it comes to helping them build good habits, you need to be their number one role model. Someone they can look up to, that you personally know they can trust and should be following along with. 

Otherwise they may learn elsewhere without you knowing, from their favorite teachers, TV shows, and online creators. While this isn’t necessarily bad, it can make for a mean deficit in the way they learn from you, or even follow the rules you set. Remember that above all else healthy habits start at home! 

Kids build good habits in ways unique to them, but you can use some general tips like these to help them along. And if your child has any questions about these healthy habits, be open with your answers.

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Tips on being the best version of you

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If you spend a lot of time socializing, you’ll want to feel like you are being the best version of yourself, in order to impress others. Feeling like you are being the best version of yourself can help with your confidence, it can help you engage with others more easily and improve your mental health. 

It’s important to always be working on yourself – after all, nobody is perfect – and by being aware that you are trying to be your best self, you can make subtle changes that can make a big difference. 

From dressing your best to looking after your wellbeing – such as drinking enough water, visiting your dentist, eating correctly – and ensuring your attitude is positive, below are our top tips on being the best version of you. 

Looking after your wellbeing 

Your wellbeing is an extremely important part of being the best version of yourself. If your wellbeing isn’t being looked after, you may feel sluggish and unmotivated. There are many ways in which you can look after your wellbeing. You can ensure your health checks are up-to-date, make sure you are eating a healthy diet, get the correct amount of sleep and make sure you drink plenty of water on top of other bits. 

Look After Your Teeth

Quite a few people don’t look after their teeth well enough, with this making them look worse and worse. If you want to be the best version of yourself, then it’s more than worth looking after your teeth. You’d be surprised how amazing your smile looks once you’ve put even a little bit of work into it. Whether that’s brushing properly and regularly or getting All-on-4 in Australia, there’s more than enough you can consider with this. Your smile more than deserves it.

Dress your best

There is a lot to be said about dressing your best. Dressing your best can have a big impact on how you feel about yourself on the day. By putting your best outfit on and being proud of your appearance, you will radiate positivity and feel better about yourself. Often when making an effort, others will compliment adding an extra tick to your confidence box. You don’t have to do this every day, however, try to do it once a week – even if you are working from home. 

Try to have a positive attitude 

Just like dressing to impress, your attitude that day can have a big impact on being your best self. If you are smiling and being positive to others, this can help improve your mood and present a more positive self. If you are feeling down, this will put your overall mood down, including your body language. Tips on having a positive attitude are to surround yourself with positive people, try to be aware of your responses and allow yourself to have bad days and good days – it’s impossible to be happy 100% of the time. 

We hope the above tips give you some help in being the best version of yourself. As mentioned above, it’s ok to have bad days as everyone has them. Be kind to yourself and reach out to others if you are struggling. Don’t try to make drastic changes, instead make several small ones, master them and then apply some additional changes – you don’t want to overwhelm yourself. 

What tips do you have for being the best version of yourself? Are there any tips that you would like to add to the above list? Which of the above tips do you most agree with? Let us know in the comment box below.

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How You Can Help Create A Healthier World

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Keeping ourselves healthy is, naturally, priority number one. Taking care of the health of our family is tied with that. But, even if you weren’t already concerned with the wider world, that’s a feeling that can tend to come as we get a bit older. The desire to help leave one’s mark on the world and to help face health issues across society is a common one. But you might be wondering, what can you do to help? The truth is, you might be able to do quite a lot.

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Raise awareness

The age of information technology and digital media has done a lot to make us all much more aware of health problems out there than ever before. However, you can help, when it comes to things like cancer awareness or campaigns around specific illnesses, lend what platform you can, talk to family members, and be aware of symptoms and warning signs to look out for.

Donate blood

When it comes to offering some practical and accessible help, then you should never doubt the importance of those who donate blood, especially on a regular basis. That blood can be used to save lives, including for infusions for those who are going through life-saving surgeries. Finding a blood donor center near you is always a good idea.

Contribute to disease eradication

It’s not always that diseases are here to stay and we just have to accept them and find ways to better live around them. Smallpox and rinderpest have already been eradicated and there’s a good chance that we can get rid of some others. Polio eradication is one of the big medical fights going on right now. Contributing donations to help with the eradication of this disease could end up in another major win for the history of human medicine.

Volunteer your time

There could always be more people on hand to help those who are in need. Volunteering your time and learning the skills necessary to be there in a crisis situation can result in life-changing help for people in your community. You can learn to become a volunteer EMT, for instance, when there’s an emergency and the usual services really need some additional help. For those who don’t want to be in a crisis situation quite as much, there are plenty of care services that can use volunteers, too.

Teaching good family health habits

While “charity begins at some” shouldn’t be used as a cop-out to avoid helping those beyond your front door, there’s no doubt that some of the biggest influence you play is going to be felt at home. Taking a serious look at the health habits of the family, from how much everyone works out to the meals that you’re putting on the table every night, will have a ripple effect on the health of your kids for years to come, and perhaps even how they raise their own kids.

You’re not going to cure cancer by yourself. However, by contributing and collaborating with the helpers already out there, you can do a lot more to improve the health of the world than you might otherwise.