Why are children rewarded for losing?
Why de-value the winner by rewarding everyone for “TAKING PART”
I was at my daughters netball game recently and her team were rewarded at the end with biscuits and cookies.
The winning team who were from another school got nothing but a “Well done”
I actually asked my daughter to refuse the biscuit and juice and I would explain why when we arrived home. Needless to say she was not amused and to the point where she had a face like thunder all the way home:(
“MY REASONING”
I was not punishing her but teaching her values. When she is older, she may well expect to be rewarded no matter what she does or achieves and maybe not try as hard to strive for the dream she has.
If you reward everyone for just taking part then surely no one is a winner? Maybe it wasn’t a reward just a gesture?
Same message as far as I am concerned.
Either way I wanted to take advantage of teaching her values and throw in the health part. Where opportunity knocks ;))))
I also was unhappy with anyone offering my child sugar after a game of netball? Reward with sugar is not how I reward at home so school should be the same.
In my oppinion that is, I know many others do not agree.
Here is what I taught her………
When home…..
I measured out the amount of sugar per biscuit (2.6g) and showed her the amount, I explained this was per biscuit.
RESPONSE!
“Oh my god per biscuit”, “well I had exercised for 40 minutes at a medium level so why couldn’t I have sugar this time”?
Well I explained as best I could as I could see she was less than amused.
What you eat after exercise produces a different effect on your body’s metabolism.
Generally speaking, after exercise your body is nitrogen-poor and your muscles have been broken down.
That’s why you need amino acids from high quality animal proteins like humanely raised organic free range chicken, grass fed beef and eggs, as well as vegetable carbohydrates.
No, she doesn’t know about “Nitrogen poor“, I explained it in the end as “MUM KNOWS BEST” I explained I loved her to the moon and want only the best for her, when she wants sweets, cakes she can have them but not after a light game of netball at 4.30pm before dinner?
Time and place for everything!
Now that in mind, I couldn’t turn up with an evening meal, but I did have protein balls made with fats, protein and carbs but she had to eat them after we left as the school is nut free.
Totally understad that.
These protein balls can be nut free by the way.:)
My point is the reward system, sugar as a reward is sending the wrong messages to the children, instead of reward just provide water and fruit and vegetable slices?
It is not as exciting, but teaching young children about health and maintaining that health with a good intake after exercising is important.
I have seen many people provide sports drinks and energy bars too when the children are intensly training at school clubs.
The vast majority of these energy bars and powders only add hazardous toxins, chemicals, and useless calories to your diet. Probably the worst of the worst would be fructose.
You simply should avoid this in a sports drink at all costs unless you are losing more than a quart of water in sweat in 30-45 minutes.
Different sports require different replacement meals and this post is not about givingthe correct intake for each work out, training session, if you do needmore information on that please email direct……
maria1tait@gmail.com
Lets keep it simple for the children though and even a protein shake after until they get home will do the trick. I make a shake for my children when they have been playing
Tennis/football/gymnastics for an hour after school as they need post work out fuel.
Please email for more advice or recipe for protein balls.
Have a great day
Maria
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