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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Exercise ……A Family Affair
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The other day my two and a half year old daughter pulled out my pilates mat, laid it on the living room floor and started doing her “exercises” as she explained to me. I was amazed, she was imitating exercises she had seen me do only a handful of times because I usually get my workouts done before I get home.
It made me stop and think about the power to teach our children the importance of regular exercise and fitness through example. As a parent, I can demonstrate to my daughter just how important physical activity is to me and in maintaining a healthy lifestyle by including her in my regular routine.
It’s really easy to blame the growing rate of obesity in American children on fast food or the lack of PE classes in school. But let’s look at what we as parents are teaching our children and start taking some responsibility for our role.
So I plan on mother/daughter pilates sessions a little more often in the New Year. And I’m pushing the stroller (with her 32 lb body in it) up the hills with vigor now. No better way to teach her than to show her.
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