Since 1928, the first Monday of October has been observed in the United States as Child Health Day. It is a day on which all agencies and organizations concerned with child welfare promote awareness of the significance of child health. 

Parents always seem conscious about their children’s health and well-being, from planning a safe and healthy pregnancy to ensuring their children wear seatbelts in vehicles.

Though this appears too difficult to manage all the aspects, we have shared the list of ten basic facts that can help you design a quality standard for the excellent health of your kids.

• Active play helps regulate children’s blood sugar levels, reducing the risk of developing diabetes.
• Singing and dancing improve coordination, language skills, and emotional bonding in young children.
• Regular interaction with diverse foods early reduces the likelihood of picky eating habits later in life.
• Frequent cuddling and physical affection boost oxytocin levels, promoting stronger parent-child bonds.
• Creative storytelling improves problem-solving skills and enhances memory in growing children.
• Exposure to sunlight for 15 minutes daily helps children synthesize Vitamin D, crucial for bone health.

Secondhand smoke refers to the cigarette smoke inhaled by the active smoker. Children and infants who have access to secondhand smoke are more likely to have breathing problems, severe asthma attacks, lung problems, ear infections, and SIDS, which stands for sudden infant death syndrome. 

So, children should have minimal exposure to secondhand smoke specifically.

Fruits and vegetables have a lot of good nutrients that appear beneficial for the more robust immune system. These nutrients help the body make more white blood cells that fight infections and prevent disease risk. 

Many research studies have declared that those children who ensure the optimal intake of fresh fruits and vegetables develop a more solid immune system than the ones who do not.

Similar to adults, exercise benefits children’s health in several ways. It maintains a healthy cardiovascular system and appears essential for keeping your children active. Doing exercise rather than individually helps children learn nutritional baits and a variety of activities. 

For example, if a child practices alone, and others do it with family, the second one develops more healthy habits and exercise themes than the first. 

These family workouts might include hiking, cycling, bike riding, and other sports.

Sleep deprivation is the primary cause of the disease and weakened immune system in children and adults. Studies have declared that every child must sleep between 10 to 16 hours daily, depending on age. 

So, resting within the specified ranges makes children stay active the whole day.

Cavities are the primary cause of diseases in children, not only in America but across the world. The pain and infection resulting from untreated cavities may affect their eating, talking, playing and learning abilities. 

According to various research studies, children with poor dental health miss school and receive lower academic scores than those with optimal oral health. Thus, parents should encourage their children to brush their teeth twice daily. 

 Doing so can help them stay disease-free and indulge more in healthy activities.

Hand hygiene’s importance has remarkably emerged after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. So, it has become essential to develop a healthy habit of hand washing in your children by practicing first. For example, when you practice before them, they will look upon you and will come up with adopting the habit. 

You can also teach them to sing songs while washing their hands with soap or water to set an exciting standard. It will develop their interest in hand washing in them primarily.

Providing a child with healthy meals is not the same as developing good habits in them. Involving children in meal preparation teaches them the basics of meal planning and skills like patience. 

So, it’s undeniable that your kids should accompany you while preparing meals.

Mental health is equally important to children’s development as physical health. Parents and teachers should teach children the basics of mental health and its techniques. 

For example, parents should teach their children how to be fit and active physically, emotionally, and practically by giving them basic health information and tools for dealing with everyday stress. 

Children need to learn that being mentally stable doesn’t mean always being happy. It can also be the successful encounter of grief, pain, and frustration phases.

It may be challenging to put your life on hold when your kid is ill. It’s important to remember that a child’s recovery can be massively improved by a few days of rest. A child can get a secondary illness or even transfer the virus to another child if they continue to attend daycare or school. 

So, it’s essential to make kids stay at home during illness to prevent them from catching a secondary disease.

It is not always so easy to teach and implement all the healthy habits in your children. However, children always perceive good or bad habits from their parents or caretakers. 

So, if parents opt to live healthy, children will follow their habits and opt for that soon. Whether the parents are wearing sunscreens every day or eating a variety of fruit, vegetables, and fluids, they should never forget that young, innocent, and loving eyes are watching.

Many factors contribute to a child’s health, including their family, social physical environments, genes, and actions. In large part, children’s health is determined by their developmental process, which changes and develops fast in response to these interactions. Many international, regional, and local data collecting and measurement initiatives routinely use adult-based methodologies to define and assess health and fail to capture the developmental core of children’s health or the many effects. 

Building a complete system of measuring children’s health plans will take a long time. This article presents the factors, including a new concept and framework for understanding children’s health, its impacts, and increased Parents’ and Teachers leadership in children’s health measurement. 

Following that, we have provided a list of specific recommendations focused on filling in measurement gaps in children’s health and boosting the use of existing data at different levels.