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 Harmful and Addicting Activities

Children need time to be alone so they can reflect and explore. They require the freedom to think about what is important in life and to master knowledge and develop skills that will help them to accomplish their goals. Soft addictions are enemies of reflection, exploration and skill development.

The media has documented the epidemic spread of soft addictions. Many of these reports reveal that kids spend more time than ever in front of computers, TV's and game screens.

Other studies reveal an alarming percentage of children who are overweight, addicted to unhealthy foods including fast food restaurants, preoccupied with celebrity worship and dedicated to shopping is also rising. Parents need to be in charge of helping their kids control these mild addictions. Too often, they actually model the very behaviors oil gas exploration encourage their kids to fall into soft routines instead. For example, many parents return home from work and spend the majority of their free hours watching television, they eat too much and some exercise religiously, unwilling to take a day off from their exercise routine no matter what else is happening in their lives. Other parents model rumor-spreading behaviors, spending hours every week writing and calling friends to let them know who is fooling around with whom.

I am definitely not saying that parents or their kids quit all their soft addictions at once. Most of us have some addictions. Living a meaningful life is possible when these habits are kennel for dog of our life, however, they need to be a minor part. We work with many adults who admit the same exact thing about their lives: "There must be more than this."

There is! However, they won�t find it until they redirect their time and energy to more conscious, meaningful activities. This doesn�t mean they have to try and save the earth and work in soup kitchens feeding the hungry (although pet boarding kennel are not bad activities. Reviving the fine art of conversation, visiting friends, taking walks in the woods, expressing their feelings to people they really care about, listening to uplifting music�all this can add meaning.

It will also provide a healthy behavioral example for their kids. Consciously or not, kids are great copycats, and softly-addicted parents generally produce softly-addicted kids. It is very hard for parents to tell their kids to stop watching so much oil gas exploration when they are guilty of the exact same type of mindless, habitual behaviors. Parents will find however, that if they learn to use their time in more meaningful ways, not only will their lives be more satisfying but they�ll help make more satisfying lives for their kids.