Healthy Children, Healthy Minds: Creating a Brighter Future

IAFOR Journal of Education

卷:3

Marcel Lebrun¹ 

[1] Plymouth State University, United States;

关键词: Exercise;    children;    mindfulness;    media;    focus;    attention;    healthy living;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Children struggle with life today. Being children in the 21st century is both taxing and excitingand yet trying to cope with all of the technology and media that surrounds them. How do we asadults provide good models? Mindfulness, exercise, focus and attention, healthy living strategiesneed to play a role in shaping healthy children. Educators need to become well versed instrategies that both teach short and long term behaviors that will sustain healthy living andhealthy minds. Children are the future and what kind of adult do we want running our countriesand the world. The article provides many strategies for educators and parents to guide children inmaking choices that are both empowering and allow them the flexibility to be children.

【 授权许可】

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