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Michael Andre Pearce deleted AMQNET-720: ---------------------------------------- > Maintaining Balance in a Technological World > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: AMQNET-720 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQNET-720 > Project: ActiveMQ .Net > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Nerea Kaufman > Priority: Major > > In the modern age of texts, tweets, and status updates, it is of utmost > importance that parents maintain open lines of face-to-face, soul-to-soul > communication with their children. This does not mean resisting a highly > technological world that is not going away, but rather continually exploring > new ways to connect with one another both on and beyond the keyboard. The new > technology in and of itself is not detrimental to children and can be quite > useful to them in many ways, but it must be coupled with daily opportunities > for personal reflection, creative inspiration, and heart connection with > others. It becomes the parents' role to both monitor technological use as > their children's sole means of communication and to provide the space and > encouragement for life-affirming communication and choices. > Today's children often become immersed in a world of technology and > friendships that may seem quite foreign to parents. The more attuned parents > are to their children's interests other than technology, the better able they > are to utilize those interests as opportunities for expanded connection. > Parents can view all interests as possible pathways to enhance real life > interactions. Parents must observe closely what truly brings their children > joy, where they are most authentic, and what makes their eyes sparkle. To > light the path of infusing deeper meaning into everyday life, parents must > continually assess whether they are offering a true understanding of core > concepts like authenticity, self-love, connectedness, gratitude and presence > in tandem with their children's inevitable foray into a fast-paced and > ever-changing technological world. Parents must not only teach these concepts > but also model ways for their children to integrate them into life > experiences and relationships. > The invitation for all parents is to actively participate in as many areas of > their children's lives as possible without decreasing their natural move > towards independence. Children's passions when viewed from an expanded > perspective offer rich material and opportunity to connect with them in deep > and joyous ways. Songs, movies, and all veins of creative expression (even > technology) provide optimal entry points into daily conversation and in-depth > discussion. Parents can utilize everyday life to dissect and review the core > concepts mentioned above to expand perspective and enhance the parent/child > bond. The space and opportunity to discuss the touchstones of the day can be > created through a weekly family discussion, a nightly chat at bedtime, the > family dinner, or time spent together in the car with technology off. Parents > must be continually on the lookout for a bridge into their children's world, > while at the same time enforce time-outs from computerized communication. > Due to the fact that the new technology is here to stay, to resist it > outright will create a backlash for parents and children alike. Instead, the > best strategy is to discuss often and enforce expectations regarding > appropriate use. Parents must explain to their children why balance in this > area is vital to their overall well-being. The capacity to be inspired to > create in any venue requires downtime, reflection, openness, and connection > to the deeper space within. It is important for children to understand that > there is a place for multi-tasking and technological communication, but it is > the relationship with their own interior and life itself that ignites their > highest potential. > As parents give their children permission to be authentic in their choices, > they must also offer them the parental insight that there are multiple angles > to every choice. Parents can encourage transparency and honesty by creating a > family structure that helps children monitor their choices-such as computer > use on the first floor only and no hand-held devices allowed during meal > times, family outings, or after 8pm. Parents should not be afraid to expect > and enforce accountability, while at the same time remain open to the child's > new world. It is imperative that parents take the time to teach children that > current choices affect future reality. In other words, parents should assist > them in coming to understand that they are the source, not the effect-joy > begets more joy, inspiration begets more inspiration, and also the opposite. > Conscious parenting requires active participation in all aspects of family > life including the explosive use of technology. Parents must remain extremely > aware of their own technological use and their presence within the family. As > parents feel their way in regards to their own relationship to technology, > they can begin to intuitively reach for the openings to interact richly with > their children that occur *[beat > saber|https://complextime.com/beat-saber-why-do-people-love-to-play-it/]* > naturally rather than push too hard at the wrong time. The teenage years are > fast and fleeting. There is much sharing, laughter, togetherness, and JOY to > be had. As parents model balance, authentic living and deep connection, their > beloved children will follow suit in their own way, through not only their > face-to-face, soul-to-soul interactions, but through their inevitable online > interactions as well. > Bio: A modern bridge between the mainstream and the mystical, Annie Burnside > is an author, educator, parent, and soul nurturer specializing in conscious > relationships and spiritual development. As a soul nurturer she helps others > awaken to their own truth in all aspects of life by providing the tools and > encouragement to experience direct divine connection in everyday reality. > Annie created a spiritual support practice in 2005 to support others in > balancing the exterior world with an interior focus. Her recent book Soul to > Soul Parenting: A Guide to Raising a Spiritually Conscious Family > (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2010) inspires parents to utilize everyday mediums to > infuse greater spiritual awareness into daily family life. 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