Healthy Kids make healthy Home
Ria was leaving for office and thought of checking if her
daughter has finished eating breakfast or not. As she looked over the table, she
found Jia’ breakfast plate totally filled, untouched. She was shocked to see
her daughter’s falling appetite and summoned her quickly. Jia came from her
room promptly on her mother’s behest but she was dull as ever and found
difficult climbing the dining chair given her feeble weight. Ria, worried over
her daughter’s falling health, left her car keys aside and sat on the table in
bid to make her 6 year old daughter take a proper meal.
The little girl looked over the contents in her plates and
started making faces. Like a lot of other girls of her age, she resisted eating
greens and yellows in her plate. She has built a strong disliking towards milk
and would only eat chips and cold drinks. Chips and cold drinks? Well they are
not a very healthy thing to eat and are definitely not a substitute for
nutrition. Since Ria was a working mother, she insisted to have her daughter
fed a substantial meal before she leaves for her work. Today was no different.
When he returned this morning from his trip, he saw a
worried Ria nagging their daughter to eat her food. AS soon as Jia saw her
father coming, she kept the spoon aside and rushed to hug her father. Papa Papa
she yelled from the table. The doting father ran forward and took his darling
daughter in his arms. He glanced at his worried wife and signaled her to calm
down. When Jia asked what her father bougt for her from his trip, he took her
near his suitcase, opened and took out two medium size paper bag from it and
asked Jia to choose one.
“How can I choose without knowing what is in the bag papa.
It is so not fair” quipped the young girl.
“Hmmm, you are right” said her father and opened one bag which
was full of medicines, syrups and injections. The daughter was shocked to see
and said- “So many medicines papa?”
“Yes honey, the way you are falling sick and not eating your
food properly, you may need to eat lot of these medicines. Also, let me tell
you that they are very bitter. And the injections will become painful when doctors
will give it on your little bum again and again.”
“Oops, what is the other choice papa?”
“Well the other choice is a spoon of chywanprash. Just one
spoon every day post your food and you will be strong girl. Now choice is
yours, baby” said the father
“If I eat a spoon of it every day post food, I will become healthy,
papa? Then I need not have to eat these medicines and the one in my room”.
“No you may not have to eat any medicines as you will become
healthy” Said the father
“If I become healthy, you will become happy papa”
Yes, If you become healthy, you will be happy. If you become
happy, we all will be happy” said the doting father.
The girl noded in affirmation and ran back to the dining
table where her mother was waiting to feed her. Jia without making any faces
further, started eating the spinach – pulse soup, all by herself. She realized
that her parents are unhappy with her health and if she becomes healthy, her
family will become happy. After all, A healthy child makes a happy home.
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Need to understand the value of right eating helps in long run as you rightly highlighted , Ekta! Best wishes for the contest!
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