Last weekend I participated in a Healthy Kids Day event at our local YMCA. It was a great opportunity to join with other vendors and businesses in helping teach our kids and parents how to live healthier lives. I was able to have a booth to promote my new health coaching business www.onepowerfulstep.com as well as promote future seminars on kids and family health.
My passion is educating parents on how to transform the health of their family, one simple step at a time. I know it can be overwhelming to figure out where to begin. So to make things more fun I had a game for kids and parents to play. What product has more sugar? I thought you might want to play too.
I initially asked each participant what their favorite drink was, and then started out with a product that was similar to their answer.
1) Simply Lemonade(13.5 ounces) or Pepsi (12 ounce can)
2) Gatorade (20 ounce bottle) or Orange Juice? (12 ounce bottle)
3) Snapple Kiwi Strawberry(16 ounce glass) or Lipton Iced Tea (20 ounce bottle)
4) Dr. Pepper (20 ounce bottle) or Orange Crush (20 ounce bottle)
5) Arnold Palmer Tea (24 ounce can) or Simply Apple Juice (13.5 ounce bottle)
I was surprised and not so surprised by their answers. There were some families where the children said all they drink is water. They are not allowed to have any kind of sugary drinks in the house. (And they didn’t seem to mind). I would give each kid a high-five and tell them how lucky they were to have a mom that was teaching them good healthy habits. I would also congratulate the mom as well for being a good example and teaching her kids the importance of water and making healthier choices.
Let’s face it, being a mom is sometimes a thankless job, especially when we discipline our kids, have standards and rules in our households and try to instill good moral values and habits in our children. Some mom’s really appreciated the compliment.
I encourage you to play along too. Use this as a fun activity you can do with your kids one night this week. I’d love to hear the experience you had with your kids and what their answers were.
Stay Tuned for next week, when I will share the answers…