Monday Motivation….. October 05, 2015 (243)
Once upon a time there lived a well behaved 8 year old kid named Krish. His mother never had any problem with Krish except that he did not eat vegetables. Her constant efforts to make Krish eat vegetables were in vain. One evening, when Krish returned from school, Mother seemed very happy. She hugged Krish and said, “Krish, my youngest sister Hema, your Aunt, is coming tomorrow. She will be with us for a week. Krish was elated because Aunt Hema always brought lots of gifts for Krish. Next day, Krish woke up to meet Aunt. He jumped on to her lap and she hugged him and kissed him and opened her suitcase and took out all the gifts and Krish placed them all over the bed.
5 crayon color packets of all sizes, acrylic color paint bottles, a painting brush packet with brushes of all sizes, a dozen draw yourself books, a packet having 24 sketch pens, colorful story books, Australian chocolates, half a dozen T-shirts, 4 watches with colorful straps, 2 pairs of fancy shoes, Mickey mouse, Donald duck, Scooby doo stickers and a pearl white T-shirt with Krish’s photograph embossed on it.
Hema Aunt went to the kitchen to give Mother an Atta kneader. Krish’s happiness knew no bounds. He kept all the gifts around him and was counting them. Suddenly, he rushed to the kitchen and said, “Mom, today I am not going to school, I will be with Aunt, we will go to the park in the evening. Mother thought for a while and said, “Ok Krish.”
Krish was overhearing the conversation between Mom and Hema Aunt as he was playing with the gifts.
Mom was asking, “Hema, you are younger to me by 10 years, why are you using such high power spectacles?”
Hema sighed, “Laxmi, you know when we were young, you were an obedient girl and you ate all the veggies Mom gave you, I never ate any vegetable except potato despite Mom’s constant pleads. Your eyesight is fine because of your childhood habits, my habits have taken a toll on me. Even if I eat vegetables at this age, they are not having any effect on me. That is the reason for my glasses”.
Krish imagined himself with spectacles having high power lenses. He could not bear the sight and shouted, “NOOO!”
Mom and Aunt came running to him, “Krish, what happened?”
Krish said, “Nothing Mom, nothing Aunt”. Next day, during lunch, Krish asked Mom to serve him all vegetables. Mom was awe-struck. She saw her son eat vegetables for the first time with wide open eyes. Her happiness knew no bounds. Slowly, by the time Hema Aunt left for Australia, Krish started relishing all vegetables.
Moral:
The childhood impulse to imitate is strong, so it’s important we act as a role model for our kids. It’s no good asking our child to eat fruit and vegetables while we gorge on potato chips and soda. By encouraging healthy eating habits now, we can make a huge impact on our children’s lifelong relationship with variety of food and give them the best opportunity to grow into healthy, confident adults. The learning and convincing approach to have proper and adequate nutrition can always be manipulated by whatever traits works for the future generation.
Have a great week ahead!
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