Hello lovers of kids, hope we're all having a great time. It's my pleasure to participate in this great contest organized by @prolee. When it comes to the healthy being of a child, it's something we should place as our highest priority. I know I'm not yet a mother but I've watched my younger siblings grow. To Grace it all, I've been a nanny for some years and I watched the beautiful set of twins grow healthily. Before I go to the contest proper, I'll like to start with letting us know what it means for a child to be healthy.

• A healthy child is one who's without sickness, sickness here can be mentally, physically and psychologically.
• A healthy child is one who does things when he/she should do. Like crawling when it's time for crawling, eating when it's time for eating, sleeping when he or she should be sleeping,playing and not crying always.

1. Food

Feeding a child with the right food at the right proportion makes such a child Healthy. The food should be rich in protein, vitamins and minerals so as to enable the child grow. The food should be a balanced diet. Also children shouldn't be given things that are too sugary all the tine, this is because Sometimes parents go out of the way to please children and it's not helpful

2. Cleanliness

A child Should be kept clean at all times, I know this is somehow difficult especially for children who are at the crawling stage, they'll want to go everywhere and this makes it difficult for their clothes to be clean.

Therefore, at this stage, their clothes Should be changed regularly, including their diapers. A child Shouldn't be allowed to carry one diaper from morning till night. It's not safe. Also the environment Should be kept clean, the floor Should be mopped always because children like picking things from the floor to eat. Their food shouldn't be preserve for a longer period of time.

3. Environment

I also observed that an environment can contribute to a healthy being of a child. Some children are mentally or psychologically unhealthy today because of the environment he or she grew from. During an early stage of a child, parents should be mindful of the environment the child is growing, if it's an abusive environment, The child will grow up to be abusive, if it's an arrogant and insultive environment, The child will grow up to be very arrogant and insultive.

Also to add to this, parents should be mindful of what they do or say in the presence of their children, especially young children because it can affect them negatively. This reminds me of what happened some time ago with my neighbors. The story goes that;

These two couples had a two year old son and they were always fighting, abusing each other and doing all manner of things, sometimes this young boy will watch them and Start crying but this other day, as he was watching them fight, he fainted and they stopped fighting and rushed to pick the child.

This was the same boy who was playing with other kids before the parents started fighting. So with this, we can see that he was affected psychologically.

4. Medical Check-ups

A child doesn't need to be totally sick before he or she is taken to the hospital and even when symptoms of sickness are showing, parents should avoid self medication because this might cause more danger to the child. Drugs should be kept out of reach of children and children shouldn't be given expired drugs, very important.

In addition to the above mentioned, a child needs a safe environment to grow, sharp objects and instruments Should be kept out of reach of children because a child can't be healthy when or she has wound and bruises all over the body.

Children as they always say are leaders of tomorrow. A child can't grow to become a leader if he or she is unhealthy so it's very vital that a child should be healthy to enable his/her growth. This might sometimes be difficult especially with children who are very strong and active but we will always sail if we put in our very best and through with God by our side.

Best regards @steemkids

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