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Educate Your Child On Smoking
Studies show adults
can quit smoking under care of a counselor and physician. But
this possibility is next to impossible with teenagers. Pre- teen
age is an age in which we want to gain each and every experience
whether good or bad. Our habits start forming at this stage like
smoking. Most of us take first puff only to boast it about to
our friends and later on it becomes a harmful habit. Some steps
can help parents to ensure safety of their child:
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Generally a child learns from
the habits of his parents. If you are a smoker then the
foremost step needs to be taken by you. Get yourself free from
the smoking habit and try to figure out the bad effects of
smoking in front of your child. If a child sees his parents
using good manners like eating healthy food then he is likely
to follow those good habits. On the contrary if he sees his
parents smoking, he surely takes up that. Only verbal
explanation would not help. You have to practically put them.
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Talk to your kids. You can start
with explaining them functions of heart and lungs and how bad
habits harm their smooth functioning. Insert a mental picture
of the outcomes. Instead of praising the smoking trend, try to
criticize actors who smoke in movies and TV programs. Make
sure you do that in front of your kids.
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Tell him about the harmful
effects that smoking leads to like it blocks the bloodstreams,
robs the face charm, causes pale look. Try to encourage kids
more abut good habits by telling them about its consequences
like healthy skin, active body, physical fitness.
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Help your child to get involve
in the activities in which they are interested. A child should
learn to develop an optimist point of view towards life.
Encourage them to make good friends and not to get involve in
bad company. Appreciate your youngsters on their good deeds
and also not forget to scold them on their bad ones. Do not
pamper them. Your child should be able to judge between right
and wrong so they are able to say no to their bad habits when
the trying time comes.
Spend some good time with your
ward. Be aware of your child activities. Talk to him about
different topics. Start with asking him how he spent his day.
All you need is the tact to handle your kid with care.
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