Kelly: A NEW YEAR, A NEW
YOU.
RESOLUTIONS AS WE KICK OFF 2019.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ONLY
FOREADULTS.
YOUR KEIKI CAN WORK TOWARDS
POSITIVE GOALS.
DR. ALLANA COFFEE JOINS US WITH
GOOD MORNING.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Kelly: HAPPY NEW YEAR.
EXCITING YEAR.
Kelly: IT IS.
SO MADE MY GOALS.
WRITTEN THEM DOWN.
THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR ADULTS.
WHAT TYPE OF GOALS COULD KEIKI
BE SETTING THIS YEAR?
I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH WHEN
ASKED TO DO THIS TOPIC.
POOR KIDS, I THINK THEY MAKE
RESOLUTIONS EVERY DAY.
GETTING UP EACH MORNING, AND
SAYING I'M GOING TO TIE MY SHOES
BETTER IS A NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION FOR KIDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN DO FOR
THEM IS NOT MAKE IT A YEAR LONG
THING.
FOR SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN,
THAT'S LIKES MOST OF THEIR LIFE.
*A YEAR IS FOREVER.
CHUNK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN
TERMS OF TIME.
A WEEKLY RESOLUTION.
A DAILY OR MONTHLY, DEPENDING ON
HOW OLD THEY ARE.
AND FOR THEM, THEY CAN DO
PERSONAL GOALS OR PERSONAL BEST.
THE WAY I LIKE TO SEE IT FOR
THEM IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT THEY
DID WRONG, BUT LET'S KEEP
CELEBRATING WHAT THEY DID THAT'S
RIGHT.
Kelly: RIGHT.
IS THERE A BETTER AGE THAT YOU
SHOULD START OR CAN ANY CHILD
IF WE SWITCH OUT GOALS WITH
HABITS, HABITS START VERY YOUNG.
IMAGINE IF WE START WITH THE
RIGHT REHABILITATE.
IF WE START OFF WITH RIGHT
HABIT, WOE HAVE FEWER NEW NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTIONS.
Kelly: AND WHEN YOU'RE
SETTING THESE HABITS, IT'S GOOD
TO BE A ROLE MODEL.
SHOULD YOU BE ADJUSTING YOUR OWN
RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR KEIKI?
WHEN KIDS COMING -- COME IN,
OFTENTIMES THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
WHETHER THEY WERE SASSY OR
DIDN'T CLEAN THEIR ROOM WELL.
THEY SORT OF DROPPED THE BALL.
KID SAY, WHY DO I HAVE TO DO
THESE THINGS WHEN MY PARENTS
DON'T.
OR WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THESE
THINGS WHEN MY TEACHER DON'T.
BEING A MODEL MOD -- ROLE MODEL IS
IMPORTANT.
Kelly: DEPENDING ON THE
DIFFERENT AGES THEY'RE GOING TO
BE WORKING TOWARDS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
FROM TYING YOUR SHOES TO EATER
MORE VEGETABLES ADULTS CAN HELP
SET AN EXAMPLE.
GIVE TO KEIKI?
REINFORCING IT REGULARLY.
ALSO DOING IT AS A FAMILY.
ET'S SAY EVEN PERSONAL GOALS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO EAT
HEALTHIER OR SPECIFICALLY
EXERCISE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
TIME AS A WEEK.
DO THAT AS A FAMILY AND KEEP IT
FUN.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A
REENFORCEMENT.
I LIKE THAT YOU SAID YOU HAD
WRITTEN YOURS DOWN.
WRITING IT DOWN AND MAKING IT
MEASURABLE IS REINFORCING.
KIDS CAN SAY, EVIDENCE.
I DID IT FIVE TIMES, AND I SAID
MEASURING IT I THINK IS EXCITING
FOR KIDS.
Kelly: THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC
ABOUT THE GOAL ITSELF.
WOULD YOU SUGGEST MAYBE STEPS
FOR REACHING A HABIT?
FOR KEIKI, IT'S NOT JUST AN END
GOAL.
YOU HAVE TO WORK UP TO IT.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S CALLED CHAINING.
SO DEPENDING IF IT'S A LARGE
THING.
LET'S SAY WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE
MONEY FOR SOMETHING.
YOU SEE AT SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE
THERMOMETERS THAT GO UP.
WE RAISED $10, SO FORTH.
OR IF IT'S HOW MANY.
LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO GET UP
IN THE MORNING AND GO RUNNING.
GETTING UP IN THE MORNING,
CELEBRATE THAT.
GETTING YOUR SHOES ON, CELEBRATE
THAT.
GETTING OUT THE DOORS WE THROW A
PARTY EVEN IF WE DON'T GO
RUNNING.
EVENTUALLY ONE OF THESE DAYS
WE'LL GO RUNNING.
Kelly: MAYBE WE CAN MAKE
THAT CHART FOR YOURSELF AND SHOW
THEM.
I HAVE SO MANY TO-DO LISTS
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
THE IDEA OF THE NEW YEAR'S RES --
RESOLUTION, IT'S A VERY ADULT
IDEA.
CHILDREN, FOR THEM, EVERY DAY IS
NEW AND FRESH.
IF WE COULD ALMOST LOOK AT IT
LIKE THAT, IT'S SO MUCH MORE
Kelly: IT'S A GREAT WAY TO
INTRODUCE NEW HEALTHY HABITS.
IT'S ALREADY A GOOD THING.
Kelly: DR. ALLANA COFFEE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
AND THESE GREAT KEIKI TIPS.