Winning the Candy Wars

Our children are bombarded with candy from every direction. Chocolate bars, gum, suckers, gummy candy and various starting line the streets for food. School fundraisers sell candy, cookies and brownies in the hallways during lunch hours. Each center, skating rink, soccer complex, movie theaters, and even the video store is a place to buy sweets.

And then there are the holidays. Halloween "Trick or treat bags bulge with everytype of candy imaginable. Christmas stockings are topped with chewing gum and chocolate bars. Candy Valentine messages printed on the heart and boxes of love are the main food of the communication. Easter baskets overflow with jellybeans and chocolate bunnies.

Candy is everywhere and its presence devastating for the teeth of our children and lifelines. Children visiting the dentist with serious tooth decay at younger ages every year.Childhood obesity is a national problem.

With candy to a widely available and regularly by children, to do what a parent in sight? How can combat its influence on your children? How can you reduce the influence of advertisers and get candy consumption under control in your family? How can you win the candy wars?

The following tips may help reduce the consumption of sweets your children. Use it to increase the health andThe welfare of your family.

Before Start to follow a model for your children.

If you're a chocoholic and find foraging through the cupboard in the last candy bar or eat a whole bag of M & M's, once you start to reflect the message you are sending your kids are. It will be difficult for you to reduce the consumption of sweets for your children when they are not even able to see your stem. Sun's message model. Eat a small portion of sweets and setthe rest aside for later. Talk to your children your desire and your desire to remain conscious and to take decisions on their healthy eating candy. The positive images that they, you'll love this candy from them will help, the more likely it will also be set aside.

According See candy as a wonderful opportunity to set limits with your children.

As parents we set limits around television, computer time, video games and waiting times, friends anda variety of other products. Setting limits with candy does not mean it is completely off limits. This means that they offer opportunities for your children enjoy Candy guidelines defined parameters o.

Children want guidelines. They thrive on structure. And 'the structure from adults, which allows them, provided that, to relax in the life of a child. Of course they will push and test the limits. This is the task. Pressing and testing the limits, does not meanthat your children want changed. Usually means that to see them, if the structure really want to place.

Set the initial limit before going to the store before the Easter Bunny comes before the bags are full of Halloween candy before bringing indoors. "We will be purchasing a treat in store today," sets the limit. How it works: "We buy food for tomorrow. This trip is a non-candy."

Discuss with your children, as CandyConsumption, before collecting a bag full head Halloween time. Some of you will be eaten on a portion of every day and keep the position. Do not allow candy to be included in his bedroom. Do not leave bags of candy in the cupboard for easy access. This is part of setting the boundaries and it is your responsibility as a conscious, committed parent to see that you do.

Setting a limit does not mean you have to say, "No!" Sometimes saying "Yes" with aQualifier helps you power struggles.

"I have a candy?"

"Yes, you can immediately after dinner."

Another important way to set limits and structure candy consumption and your family strength and reduce the resentment is to provide choices for children.

Third Offer your children choices when it comes to consumption of desserts.

"You can now select five pieces of candy on Halloween from his pocket and set aside the restfor another day. Leave all your candies spread and watch your choice. '

"You can choose one candy now or two pieces of candy after dinner. You decide."

'You choose, you can select your Easter candy kept in the kitchen cupboard, where we can keep in your eyes, otherwise you can do for sweets, access to your account.

With sweet, I remind you that your children equal opportunities responsibilities. Your children Possibility of having sweets. If. Are responsible for the following set of parameters you can then, if they choose desserts continue to be responsible not, select to lose available, have the chance it. In this example, access to candy is removed.

This could mean, could be home to remove all the candy and make it available for everyone. This would help you too.

Fourth Be Eating> Candy special.

Educate your children to eat candy that is not. This is rubbish and has no nutritional value for the body. Candy and the opportunity is to eat something special and are reserved for special moments. Keep sweet and pleasant to eat often. Once the line is crossed and sweet on the agenda, there is less specific and is now expected to submit ..

They have candy around at different times in differentbring attention to the particular case that may represent the candy. Focus on the event and how the different types of candies are significant for years in different moments des spoken of the family or cultural significance of what type of candy may be some. Change the focus from mass consumption, which is important for you and your family.

Fifth Use candy as any reward.

If candy to children to motivate your motivationa particular activity or behave in a certain sense, are positioning themselves as an instrument of manipulation. With candy to children to behave is a form of corruption and children, the material produced for a carry. Thus, by the end of producing a "candy junky," someone who follows the next update of the matter is desirable.

Candy should not be used with children as a reward from parents, teachers, or any other professional working environment. This distorts the role candyhave a young people's lives and teaches children that the reward (in this case candy) .. is more important than the task performed

Sixth Help your children set up an interior.

Will not always be present when your children have access to sweets. They are not there to impose a limit for your children or their choices. They want the opportunity to curb the consumption of sweets to their already inside. This control is for the development phaseWhen children can start early and consistent use of the suggestions above.

Another way to help control your child build is internal debrief or discuss your choices son with him after returning from a place where Candy is known, is easily accessible. Help him to think and speak for their decisions. Ask them to articulate what it wants to remain the same, and what he would like next time differently. Help him create a plan to build on its successes.

Yourchild's inner authority is the only authority that will help her wherever she goes to learn to choose their skills and make healthy, responsible decisions for the trust.

Through the following six proposals that you and your children can enjoy the taste of chocolate and other sweets. The holidays can be filled with pleasant moments of consumption of sweets in particular. The "Candy Wars" is no longer necessary. Instead, eat sweets and pass by a weightproblem of tooth decay, a wonderful time if you enjoy a sweet taste on the pallet.