By Heidi Glaus
KSDK -- No doubt, kids teach us plenty like how to enjoy the simpler things in life but the more complicated stuff is usually left to older people to explain.
"Hi, my name is Chaston Pryor and I am a Youth Nutrition Educator," explains Chaston to a class of four and five-year-olds.
Notice I said usually because at seven-years-old Chaston Pryor is trying to teach kids the dos and don'ts of eating healthy.
"What else is good for you? French fries," says one kid.
Obviously, he's already learned it's not always an easy job.
"Some don't listen," Chaston says.
But for the most part, this pint-sized professor is getting through to his peers.
"Can I have someone else show me what's unhealthy to eat?" Chaston asks the class.
It's a lot to think about when you're only four, but the earlier kids learn to eat healthy, the more success they'll have eating things that are good for them later on.
And not only does Chaston show his students better choices and explain the benefits of eating healthy, but he also brings along his big brother to get kids moving.
"Now let's squat," Rahkheme Dotson instructs the class.
"I teach them how to exercise," he adds.
It's obvious these two boys have had a pretty impressive teacher of their own.
"From the time when my boys actually started eating table food they were eating fruits and vegetables," explains their mother, Sheila Pryor.
"I saw that he had the love and passion for it and I was like this is something unique because I can go and teach it to children all day long but you're their peers. Children get motivated by other children their age because they speak the same language," Sheila says.
So now Chaston will go wherever kids will listen. The most important thing is, even if it seems as if these students aren't listening, they're leaving this classroom and little smarter about food than when they entered.
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