Of course, fast food is far from useful food and it has a negative effect on the human body. But on the children’s organism, which is only growing and forming, it has an even more negative and dangerous effect. Therefore, if your child is addicted to this kind of food, then you should immediately wean him from this, until his state of health has worsened due to such food.
Psychological problem
Fast-food is now quite widely advertised, trying to attract new customers. The child perceives a campaign in fast food as entertainment. And all his friends probably go there. If your child visited fast food only once, then there are no obvious reasons for panic.
How to wean a child from fast food
However, it may be so that the child goes to such places, because all his friends go there, and he simply does not want to stand out and strive to be like everyone else. And this problem is already psychological. Therefore, you should explain to him that he cannot be good for everyone and therefore you need to do as he wants, and not like everything. Also, if a child visits fast food in order to meet friends, you should just offer him an alternative. For example, it can be a movie or bowling. In addition, show your child various videos and brochures about the dangers of fast food.
Tasty alternative
First, it is worth visiting his favorite fast food with your child and try to find the least harmful food there. Advise the child to continue to order these least harmful products. However, the problem is not to be solved, it is only the beginning and it is necessary to continue to act. If a child often visits fast food not only with friends, but one, then he has already become dependent on the additives that are present there. And this is what you need to explain to your child that special additives add to the products, which are addictive. It is worth inviting the child to practice his willpower. For example, if he lasts without fast food for a week, he is waiting for a prize.
How to wean a child from fast food
Then another week without fast food and reward again. And soon he himself will wean from this food. However, it also happens that a child perceives a visit to fast food as a holiday. This means that it’s time to start cooking holiday dishes at home. Recipes of such dishes are mass. For example, you can cook the same milk cocktail but from fresh berries. In addition, homemade food is much more useful and there are no special additives in it that will be addictive. Try to cook these dishes with your child, and then invite him to invite his friends to this feast. The opportunity to eat holidays at home with friends, and communicate with them will forever save your child from trips to fast food.
The form of protest
It happens that a child eats such harmful food to prove his independence and adulthood. Then, first of all, you should look for the reasons for yourself. You will not achieve anything in such a situation with some prohibitions. Perhaps you yourself have eaten fast food more than once in the presence of a child, but the child said that it was an adult food and he could not. Therefore, he strives to show his adulthood in this way. Therefore, in order to wean a child from eating fast food, you must first stop feeding on such food. And by your own example to show that healthy and healthy food is much better.
How to wean a child from fast food
The sooner you explain to the child that fast food is harmful, and what negative effect it has on the body, the better for the child himself. Do not be afraid to show the so-called “Fast-Food victims”, which are shown in various films, rollers and booklets calling people to get rid of such food.