Contents:
- Medical Video: Screen Time Bad Habits To Help Your Family
- How long do you need physical activity for your child every day?
- Misunderstandings that make children lack physical activity
- 1. Just participating in Penjaskes lessons is enough
- 2. If the child's body is not fat, no need to exercise anymore
- 3. Playing after school is just a waste of time
- 4. Vulnerable physical activity makes children injured
Medical Video: Screen Time Bad Habits To Help Your Family
Because there is no place to play, no one accompanies the sport, and another reason, many children end up lacking physical activity. There are still many parents' misconceptions that make children end up not moving and doing activities every day. Check out the full review below.
How long do you need physical activity for your child every day?
According to recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years need physical activity as follows.
- At least 60 minutes of physical activity with moderate to moderate intensity every day
- Physical activity for more than 60 minutes can provide additional health benefits
- Doing physical activity involving bone and muscle strengthening exercises at least 3 times a week
Misunderstandings that make children lack physical activity
Some of the following assumptions may often make parents wrong and believe that your child has fulfilled his daily physical activity, but not necessarily.
1. Just participating in Penjaskes lessons is enough
Some parents consider that Penjaskes (Physical and Health Education) subjects in school are enough to meet the child's needs for physical activity. Penjaskes does teach children to exercise. However, just insurance is not enough to keep a child's body fit and healthy.
In accordance with the 2013 curriculum, elementary school-age children only get once-a-week health education with a duration of about 70 minutes. While the children of junior high school and senior high school age attend lessons once a week with a duration of 80 to 100 minutes.
Whereas WHO recommends children to exercise physically at least 142 minutes a week. This means that just following the education program in school cannot fulfill the child's physical activity needs.
Children still have to be physically active every day. For example riding a bicycle, walking to school, swimming, playing soccer, or playing hide and seek.
2. If the child's body is not fat, no need to exercise anymore
Child's weight cannot be used as a standard to determine whether the child is fit enough. Because, every child needs exercise, regardless of how much weight. Remember, the goal is not just to exercise the body. For children in times of growth, exercise plays an important role in exercising coordination, strengthening bones, muscles, and joints, increasing immunity, maintaining mental health, and building a healthy personality for children.
3. Playing after school is just a waste of time
Many parents consider playing after school such as playing in the park, playing soccer, playing hide and seek, and other games will only make children tired and unable to learn. In fact, games like this are a very effective way to meet children's needs for physical activity.
Yes, physical activity is not just from sports. Children's games are also classified as physical activity. However, the intensity is different, depending on the rules of the game itself.
4. Vulnerable physical activity makes children injured
Inevitably, almost every parent must have been pounding and feeling anxious if his child is injured while playing or doing physical activity. However, do not let this anxiety become a reason to prohibit children from physical activity.
To prevent children from being injured and injured during physical activity, you must teach your child to be careful. For example, before a child plays outside the house, make sure the shoes are properly tied so he does not trip. You also have to be diligent in checking the condition of your child's bike, is the brake empty and the tire flat?
After all, the more physically active, the child's coordination will improve. Therefore, the child becomes more agile so that the risk of falling or injury is minimal. Also make sure there are adults who can monitor children when they play.
