The Power of Food is Amazing

Hello. I am KAKO.
This is my first post.

In my time working as a teacher in elementary and junior high schools, I have seen many mothers struggling with raising their children.
They try their best to reach out, but they are troubled because their efforts do not seem to get through to their children.

・Rebellion
・Obsession with video games
・Picky eating
・Lethargy
・Dislike of studying
・Inability to wake up in the morning
・School refusal

Mothers who feel insecure about their parenting methods, lose all confidence in raising their children, and suffer from physical and mental health issues.

Actually, I, who am writing this article, once had the same worries.
I am one of those people who spent days feeling gloomy, unable to escape from a negative loop.

However, in the school environment, everyone is smiling every day during lunch time.
Children who I thought might have entered their rebellious phase, children who arrive late every day, and children who fall asleep during class all show wonderful smiles.
From the morning, they check the day's menu and ask each other what ingredients are in it, and the excitement of the children is palpable.

The current school lunch is truly delicious and surprising.
Beyond the nutritional balance, the salad dressing is served in a separate container, and I can feel the kind consideration of the nutritionists and cooks who want the children to enjoy their meal.
Isn't the level of school lunches in Japanese public elementary and junior high schools among the best in the world?
I believe that the reason children smile is also due to this high level of school lunch.

“To eat is to live.”
“To learn about food is to learn the power to live.”
I am convinced that the power of food is great.

It was at such a time that I encountered a place called the Japan Kids Food Education Association. Under the wonderful philosophy that “proper food makes a child's future shine,” teachers with the Kids Food Education Trainer qualification are developing food education schools nationwide.
It is not about cooking, but activities that nurture the five senses through food and enhance children's thinking, judgment, and expressive skills.
I felt it was on the same vector as school education.

Having seen many children in the school setting and through my own parenting, everything I saw was convincing.

Rebellion, obsession with video games, picky eating, lethargy, dislike of studying, inability to wake up in the morning, school refusal

It is packed with things I want to convey to mothers who have these parenting worries.

And, I am currently studying to obtain the qualification.
I am aiming to obtain the qualification not only because the content is useful for my current work and the health of myself and my family, but also for my career in the near future.

Also, in my time working at schools, I have seen the shining talents of many children.
Every child has the sprout of a “strength” hidden within them.
So that those sprouts are not crushed, and to maximize their “strengths,” I want mothers to be energetic and smiling.

As someone who has struggled with parenting, I understand the anguish of mothers.

【Making mothers smile through the transformation of their children!】I will continue my activities with this goal in mind.