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Childhood then and now – what we can learn from our parents

Yesterday I talked to a friend about how different our childhoods are compared to the lives of our children today. We had to laugh at some things, others were almost negligent. I wrote down the best facts from earlier for you and compare them with today’s time – 80s, we are coming! Oh yes, it could contain a hint of satire.

Freedom to the point!

In the past, we were allowed to play outside alone as a preschooler – and we even managed without a drinking bottle and Tupper can. We were called in for dinner and then stormed out immediately. Those who were thirsty got something for themselves, and otherwise the mums were happy to have their rest. But today? Forget it! We would never leave our tots unattended for so long, traffic and all the bad people out there! The children would also either feed themselves or die of thirst or starve if we did not keep adding our salt sticks and pinchies to them.

Christina Cherry

Childhood nutrition

Introducing children to a wholesome and needs-based diet is certainly of great concern to all parents, because the diet influences health and well-being to a great extent. In the following article you will find recommendations for food selection for children of kindergarten and school age. The explanations are based on the current recommendations of the German Research Institute for Child Nutrition and the German Society for Nutrition.

The “optimized mixed food” – the basis of a child-friendly diet

A child-friendly diet meets the following requirements:

  • It provides sufficient nutrients, i.e. H. it is full.
  • The energy content is adapted to the child’s needs.
  • It takes into account foods that children particularly like.
  • It can be implemented without great expenditure of time and money.
  • It allows small “extras” like cakes or sweets.

In order to meet these requirements, the German Research Institute for Child Nutrition in Dortmund has developed the so-called “optimized mixed food”, in which all these aspects are taken into account. The optimized mixed food is based on the recommendations of the German Nutrition Society. It covers nutrient and energy needs and prevents nutritional diseases. Additional nutrient-enriched foods or vitamin preparations are not necessary. This diet is ideal for the whole family, because in principle these nutritional rules apply to all ages.

Christina Cherry

Dysfunctional family as the cause of difficult childhood

The dysfunctional family is a catastrophic community characterized by repeated malfunctions. Its destructive effect is realized much later when it has an enormous form of destructive psychological effects on the children.

Characteristics of a dysfunctional family

  • Lack of trust and security
  • Lack of love and togetherness
  • Lack of understanding between family members
  • The parents do not support their children
  • The child’s needs and desires are always neglected
  • Verbal, physical or sexual abuse is part of family behavior
  • Family members create an unpredictable unhealthy climate
  • Insignificant disputes regarding problems such as money, love, work or etc.
  • Negative treatment of stressful situations
  • Family values ​​and rules are rigid and illogical.

Serious effects on child psychology
Distorted worldviews have a traumatic effect on the children. Such unnatural relationships shape the child’s norms of life. In adapting to deficient parents, each child shows different characteristics. Some or all of the following can be seen in the affected child, individually or in combination:

Christina Cherry