In recent years, the problem of a healthy lifestyle has become not so acute than if we talk about the ever-memorable 90s, but it still persists. In this case, by “healthy” we mean a lifestyle based not only on the prevailing role of sports and fitness activities, but also on a certain moral component (which teachers often forget about, unfortunately).
Simply put, the promotion of a
healthy lifestyle in schools should focus on a rationally organized way of life that protects against the negative effects of the environment, in all its manifestations. It allows you to maintain not only physical, but also mental health until old age. It should be conveyed to students the simple idea that compliance with the basic principles of this methodology will allow them to maintain an improved quality of life throughout its duration.
Main problems
It is not by chance that we focus on morality. The fact is that a decrease in social culture leads not only to a large-scale growth of completely wild crimes in the teenage environment, but also to an increase in the number of such diseases (cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, pulmonary emphysema) that were recorded in past years mainly only in completely asocial layers society.
In principle, advertising of a healthy lifestyle is widespread in the media today, but it does not give a 100% effect, since the consequences of the last 10-15 years will have a very, very long effect.
Unfortunately, the fascination of young people with drugs reached completely unacceptable values. The recent outbreak of the use of so-called “spice” is a prime example. The incomplete education and complete destruction of the individual’s life long before his physiological and physical heyday are just sad consequences of all this. Do not forget about light alcoholic beverages.
Doctors have long proved that the harm from beer, alcoholic cocktails and energy drinks often exceeds that of strong alcohol by an order of magnitude. Meanwhile, a condescending attitude towards this problem is widespread in society, which is completely unacceptable and must be completely eradicated. Teenagers should be clearly aware that alcohol is a powerful drug, a poison. Using it at such a young age leads to a complete degradation of the person, a decline in health and premature death.
General principles
Parents and teachers often ask at what age should propaganda for a healthy lifestyle begin? World and Soviet experience still clearly indicates that everything is laid down at the stage of conception of a future member of society, but here it all depends on the parents. As for the children themselves, the first concepts should be laid down at the age of two or three years.
This process should go on all life. There is no limit to human self-improvement, but the foundation of an adequate, healthy personality should be laid exclusively in childhood and adolescence.
Depressing situation
In recent years, it has increasingly been the case that children cannot independently cope with ordinary school problems, they constantly manifest such forms of neurosis that were previously diagnosed exclusively in mature people who have worked in a difficult environment for many years. Unable to express their feelings, not wanting to cope with problems in a natural way, adolescents are increasingly beginning to "sorrow" in alcohol or, even worse, take drugs for this purpose.
There are frequent cases when children under the age of ten are registered with drug treatment clinics. All of this should suppress precisely a healthy lifestyle. This topic is extremely topical, and therefore it is worth understanding the root causes, the origins of the problem.
Why is this happening?
Alas, for some reason, primary school age, even among specialists, is not considered problematic. Why are we surprised to ask about where the fierce, embittered, and mentally broken teenagers come from? After all, everything is laid down just in this “hassle-free” period! Thus, the concept of a “healthy lifestyle of a preschooler” should include not only physical activity, but also educational (but not moralizing!) Conversations conducted in an easy playful way.
The success of the child in subsequent life depends on this time. Moreover, by “success” we mean not the psychology of uncontrolled consumption, which is so popular in recent years, but the education of a rational, educated and healthy person in every sense. A person who can become a full-fledged participant in public relations and create a normal, lasting family.
That's what healthy lifestyle promotion should do . Pictures in HLS textbooks are rarely taken seriously, so the teacher must convey to the children the importance of proper nutrition, physical and spiritual development.
It should be clearly remembered that at primary school age the child is especially susceptible to all negative manifestations of the external environment, it was at this time that children often received deep mental injuries, which subsequently poison their whole life. They literally absorb all the information they receive, like sponges, but their psyche is not yet capable of filtering. At this age, children are extremely susceptible to everything that adults tell them.
The main preventive work
In short, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle should be actively conducted, starting with the youngest grades of elementary school. Children should not even allow themselves to try alcohol, drugs or smoke their first cigarette. The younger generation during this period is interested in any information that they perceive extremely quickly. Important! The process of educational work in no case should be annoying. Learning such things should not be a dry bureaucratic procedure performed "for show".
You should know that stories about the same drugs need to be kept, bringing only information about the harmful effects that they have on the mental and physical health of a person. Children do not need to know about the methods of their manufacture, places of growth of narcotic plants, and more. “The forbidden fruit is sweet”, and therefore such information may well provoke them to use such drugs.
In no case should you intimidate or threaten a child by talking about the dangers of an antisocial lifestyle. Adolescents tend to neglect safety standards, and therefore they need to understand the truly irreversible harm of drugs and alcohol. These psychological aspects of adolescence must be taken into account by really effective promotion of a healthy lifestyle at school.
Key principles for delivering important information
It is necessary to say that
drug addiction and substance abuse are completely unpredictable, that addiction develops immediately, without any “trial period”. We need to talk not about abstract physiological problems that teenagers often simply do not perceive, but about the specific effect of narcotic and toxic substances on the human brain.
We should not forget to talk about that taking all these drugs very soon turns anyone into a limp vegetable, which is not even capable of independently satisfying its own basic physiological needs. Young and healthy people are very afraid of becoming helpless people with disabilities, so such an example would be much more effective than simple and thoughtless bullying.
Social aspects
In general, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle should take into account modern fashion trends. Tell us that taking narcotic drugs and alcohol will quickly leave nothing from the strength and health of young men, from the beauty of girls. It must be emphasized that the addict is just an empty shell of a former person, a robot controlled by an uncontrollable passion. Revealing the theme of drunkenness, one should cite living life examples of how young, successful and healthy people in the past ended their lives as extinct, having lost interest in everything except the next bottle, “remnants”.
In this case, in no case should you focus on any personal problems of students originating from families where one or both parents suffer / suffered from alcoholism. This not only hurts children very much, but also makes them targets of peer ridicule.
It is necessary to convince adolescents that there are no hopeless situations, and it is stupid to get away from problems by injecting yourself drugs or getting drunk. The teacher’s task is to educate socially active people who are not indifferent to other people's problems from “windy” adolescents.
Preschool period
And what should be based on a healthy lifestyle of a preschooler? As we have repeatedly emphasized, during this period all the foundations for the future life of man are laid. The main tasks at this time are quite simple, but at the same time extremely important:
- First, children should be accustomed to a measured, thought-out daily routine.
- Secondly, they need to instill a love of outdoor activities, active games. More precisely, to remain interested in this, since with games in children usually everything is in order.
- Thirdly, preschool children need to be taught to perceive the beautiful, the beautiful. Reproductions of artists who clearly show the beauty, harmony of a healthy and strong person should be demonstrated.
- Fourthly, it is necessary to regularly talk about strong, courageous and purposeful people who, even having some physical handicaps, always strived to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Basic preventive work in schools
All of the above is especially important in the light of current realities. Many teachers shift the educational function exclusively to parents, they practically do not carry out general promotion of a healthy lifestyle at school. In general, they are partly right, but most people are now busy for days at work, so they don’t have time and energy left.
In addition, many parents simply do not have a sufficient educational level, they do not have pedagogical makings. Because of this, it often turns out that adolescents from quite prosperous, well-to-do families feel lonely and deprived, which is why the problems begin. To correct this problem as well, propaganda of a healthy lifestyle should be directed. The agitation program is somewhat different for each educational institution in particular, but its general provisions are the same for everyone.
The main directions of work in schools, preschool institutions
General work in educational institutions should be aimed at achieving the following results:
- Decrease in demand in the teenage environment for taking risky pleasures, the development of rejection of these concepts in principle.
- Reducing and eliminating the incidence of drug addiction and alcoholism.
- Improving the overall social environment.
The revival of the moral principles of society and the raising of the prestige of playing sports helps to cope with all these tasks.
Extra-curricular physical activities
You should start with the elementary grades. An extra-curricular event “Healthy lifestyle” can be a great way to increase the prestige of playing sports. Within its framework, it is necessary to show children what advantages the maintenance of one's body in shape has. What better way to do this? Of course, in the form of a playful, fun extracurricular activity.
The easiest way to convey to the children is the idea of ​​the importance of sports, telling them about the history of the Olympic Games. This is all the easier to do, because quite recently in our country this most important event in world sports was held. What kind of scenario to come up with? The promotion of a healthy lifestyle should include the following steps:
- The host talks about Ancient Greece.
- In an accessible and interesting way, tells how and where the first Games were held.
- Then you should make a brief excursion into the history of this event, from ancient times to this day.
- After that, you need to hold a series of gaming competitions with awards.
- Closing speech on the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
This is how an extra-curricular event “Healthy Lifestyle” can be held. This will certainly interest children.
The importance of sports, physical education
As for sports. Many teachers of the "old school" often do not think that physical activity should be normalized not only depending on age and curriculum, but also taking into account the physical development of each student. Often you can observe a sad situation when a group of students begins to genuinely hate physical education lessons just because teachers do not at all discount their general condition.
The task of the teacher is to interest every (!) Student in sports. It is important to make it clear to students that sport is not a constant run, not a struggle for wear and tear with your own body. Physical education should be a joyful, interesting activity, and physical activity should be normalized so as to contribute to the harmonious development of the body. If someone does not cope with one-time loads, they should be reduced, posted in time.
Other important events
The emphasis should not be solely on outreach. From time to time, it’s worth checking how the guys learned the material. For this purpose, drawings “Healthy lifestyle” are perfect. As in the case of extracurricular activities, it is quite possible to conduct a school-wide competition of works from all students. As usual, the winners should receive some kind of reward that will stimulate them.
What general requirements should these figures meet? A healthy lifestyle is far from an abstract concept, and therefore the guys should depict in their works what needs to be done, what needs to be eaten in order to remain awake, energetic and full of strength until late old age. You need to give them the idea of ​​comparing people who play and do not play sports.
Thus, the comprehensive project “Promotion of a healthy lifestyle”, which includes both a drawing contest and an extra-curricular sporting event, will help children personally express their attitude to the right lifestyle, which will better fix all their important information in their memory concept.
conclusions
It should be noted that at the present time all of the above is more or less actively carried out in many schools and other educational institutions throughout the country. And there is already a positive effect. Among young people, the “fashion” for the use of tobacco and alcohol has sharply decreased; the role of sport in society is beginning to increase again. In most cases, the attitude to drug addicts is purely condescending; many are well aware of the consequences of this ailment. But to reduce the intensity of work is still very early, as the problem remains very urgent.