Lat breakfast it’s a moment important not only from a nutritional point of view, but also from an emotional point of view. Especially for children. Too often, however, we tend to sacrifice it due to the rush of having to get to school and work on time. It’s a big mistake, all the experts agree. To understand its value and discover how to ensure that parents and children live in an ideal way, we asked for advice from Professor Alberto PellaiPsychotherapist and Researcher of the Department of Biomedical Sciences ofUniversity of Milan.
A meal you should never skip
«Breakfast is defined the most important meal of the day. “It makes it possible for our organism, and all the vital systems and organs that compose it, to refill with energy to face challenges and activities that the new day brings with it. Pediatricians and nutritionists have one voice when it comes to breakfast: it must be done», says Professor Pellai. According to various scientific research affects in a positive way on academic performance and helps prevent the risk of obesitybeyond improve attention and memory. A study conducted byAmerican Dietetic Association highlighted how children and adolescents who have a varied and balanced breakfast every day pay more attention at school and achieve better intellectual and sporting performance.
Breakfast: the study
Yet, according to a study by Nesquik Biscuits led on around 5000 parents, for 6 out of 10 The return to work and school it generates stress for them and their children. Children’s breakfast there children’s morning wake-up call and the preparing to leave home they end up negatively affecting the whole family. The consequences are natural: i mum and dad bickering (45%), i reproaches to children (43%), the screams and shouts (41%), but above all the anger (48%). You can never leave the house calmly (57%).
Stop the war against time
«We must at all costs avoid war over time and slow down the race of awakening. We often wake up at a time that forces us to do everything in a hurry. If this it is sustainable by the adult who has the ability to orient and direct one’s motivations towards pre-established objectives, the same cannot be said for children. Breakfast makes it possible for our body, and all the systems and vital organs that compose it, to refill with energy to face the challenges and activities that the new day brings with it. It has to be done. It cannot represent a “possibility” or an option”, continues the expert.
A new way of experiencing breakfast
All this can be mitigated thanks to the new approach developed by the experts at Nesquik Biscotti, “Breakfast Smile”breakfast with a smile, that can help parents and children to face the new day with greater positivity. To start the day well, both adults and children must take care of themselves time to be together and do things calmly. It is necessary create a good relationship in the family and, as stated by the teachings of Montessori methodthe child must be at the center of learning with his need to learn in a rich, varied and stimulating environment. Breakfast Smile leverages techniques applied to well-being of groupsthat is to say motivation and building team spirit. Taste, environment, table design, lighting, colours, music, contact, are all useful elements for developing positivity.
The importance of breakfast for kids
Finally, it should be underlined that «for breakfast children are hungry for relationships. This moment it serves to fill the metabolic energy tankas well as the time of awakening and the early morning are useful for the child fill his tank with emotional and affective energy», concludes Professor Pellai.
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