Channette's Early Childhood Studies Blog

  Nutrition For as far back as I can remember I have been overweight. Therefore, teaching children about proper nutrition is important to me. I do not want children to have to experience the struggles I went through due to my own obesity. It is essential that as a caregiver I teach children how to make proper healthy eating choices and be a good example. I appreciate that at the facility I work at children that want to bring their own food must only bring food that meets the same nutritional standards of our facility. I can recall one time a parent sent their child to our facility with a giant bag of Doritos potato chips, soda and a Lunchable. We immediately contacted that parent and reminded them of our nutritional standards. According to the journal article, Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy, “Improving nutrition knowledge in children and young adolesce...

       I've been working with youth for about 20 years. I definitely thought by now I would have my own children. However, I do not have my own children. The above picture is of a new born baby. I do not believe I will ever have the pleasure of experiencing a  personal birthing experience for a child of my own. I cannot recall my own birthing experience. However, I do know that I was born at 6:30 pm, weighing 6 pounds and 5 ounces. I have never witnessed a child birth. I have visited several friends in the hospital after the birth of their children. I can recall a feeling of excitement for the child's arrival. Thankfully, none of my friends experienced complications during delivery. The birth of my friends children was a long time ago, 20 plus year. Therefore, I cannot recall a lot from those moments. However, I do remember when my god son, Michael, was born a sense of responsibility for him came over me. He was the first child born to a friend of mine. I have a...