Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Looking Ahead by Looking Back

Tonight I'll be conducting the first of my Parent Workshops out in Northeast Philadelphia. The goal is to give parents a more formal opportunity to have a conversation about healthy snacking and the real consequences for our future. That's the key to unlocking the group identity: recognizing our common future in the children. A common future meaning the present opportunity for collaborative work for the sake of our children.

Coupling this conversation about the future skills and habits of their children with a cooking demonstration will give them the skills needed to begin incorporating healthier foods and enjoyable recipes into their child's life.

I see the session proceeding like this:
A. Introduce myself with a little personal history and detailing the Eat.Right.Now program.
B. Before engaging in a conversation about healthy snacking demonstrate easy/affordable/healthy snacks with a "cooking" demo.
C. Begin a conversation about our snacking goals and daily obstacles to providing youngsters with healthy snacks. How can we affect the desired goal? ==> Snacking cooperative?

In order for students to be working and playing within healthy environments parents have to take on a leadership role (and hopefully pass that same leadership attitude to their kids) to provide home support and opportunities for young people to make and eat healthy inside and out of their homes.

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