Of all the resources humans fight over, the most valuable resource on planet Earth is being exploited at an astounding rate. Attention.
Powerful forces are constantly plotting new and effective ways to entice children to be addicted to the world of instant gratification with cheap and easy rewards. At a pivotal time when their minds are most susceptible to the outside influence, they are constantly bombarded with millions of bits of information to their sub-conscious mind. As a result, the youth are being neglected of mindful human interaction and attention. They will continue down this path unless we start to change ourselves.
With the tiniest of steps forward, we can make huge compounded differences in the lives of youth by leaving lasting impacts in their day. Tell them about your day and you will see that by opening up your vulnerabilities and sharing what you went through and also what you could have done better you will model positive behavior. This will open up the opportunity for them to mirror this behavior in their own lives. Children learn best by observing and if we just place a device in front of them when we need some peace and quiet at the restaurant, the message we are sending is that we have better things to do than interact with them. Thus leaving them to mirror what they find on those devices. If you think that child programming on devices is a safer alternative you should do the research on the effects of screens on the developing mind. The facts are there and I urge you to explore them and make the decision for yourself after knowing the truth.
I wish to make certain that the ideas I promote are ones of love and true happiness. Profound messages of positivity are found less often nowadays in the deceitful media set out to make consumers of their audience. I say this from my own experience because I was a part of it. An adherent to the shallow existence built on a web of deceit. Help me promote the movement back outdoors or with mindful human to human interaction.