Education Guide

For some families, the admission of children in school facilitates the establishment of a routine. The commitment, parents are organized using the times of entry and exit to decide what the child will do at home and at school.

For me, on the contrary, when Gabriel entered the school, the times were messed up. I think for anyone who wakes up around 8 hours at 11.30, took breakfast and snack, and lunch is to have already gone too. Over the weekend, is completely different.

In my opinion, for both the lunch and for dining, the intervals between meals in schools are very short. Last year, for the class of Gabriel, the lunch was at 9 am and lunch at 10:40.

And this issue of time is not unique to his school. In general, lunch is before noon and dinner 18 hours before. In other stores I visited, was also well. And when I talk to other mothers about it, the organization is similar. The schools plan to the routine of the availability of cafeterias and staff, not the children need.

The President of the Scientific Department of Nutrition at the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, Roseli Sarni, suggests a supper for the children who eat dinner early. It is not routinely recommended dinner at a school around 17:30, go home, sleeping in the car and go without eating anything else until the next day.

According to the pediatrician, the correct procedure to avoid a very long overnight fast is to establish more an evening meal.

She said the meal is a good opportunity to offer healthy foods, such as a vitamin in fruits without sugar. Depending on the age, the child takes the glass or bottle. Roseli Sarni argues that this is the ideal alternative as it helps the child to meet your needs for calcium, vitamins and minerals.

“The prolonged fasting, even though night is not recommended at any age. The smaller the child, the lower the glycogen stores, then the child should be fast, “he said.

The pediatrician said that the need for that meal before bedtime varies according to age. For children under two years, the dinner is “essential” because the rate of growth to that age is higher. And a child of one year should not be fasting 12 hours.

Roseli Sarni stressed the importance of cleaning teeth before the child sleep, and the recommendation that this power is at least two hours after dinner.