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Raising Children in an E-Mail World
by Mimi Doe
(c) 2000 Mimi Doe
All rights in all media reserved
Kids long for connection, and technology is fulfilling that desire by allowing
them access to worlds beyond their own neighborhoods. But with this vast
expansion of opportunity comes a need for balance and consciousness.
If our
child is exploring nature through vividly graphic internet sites without running
barefoot in the backyard or spying on birds building their nests, there is no
balance.
When our teenagers connect with cyber pals thousands of miles away but
don't take the time to toss a few balls with the kids next door, they don't have
the experiential opportunity to know people in all their complexity.
Children are huge spirits housed in little bodies. Nourish these precious
spirits and your own soul will be filled.
Try at least one of the following tips sometime in the next week. You will begin
to see a shift in everyone's attitude.
1. Take time to connect as a family. Dazzling technology can diminish the worth
of humans. Make your family time count.
2. Put the TV in a place that takes some effort to reach instead of allowing it
to take center stage in your home. Your computer, on the other hand, goes in a
central place so that technology is part of the family's group experience rather
than a solo activity.
3. Designate this week as We Care Week. Each family member does one caring thing
a day for his or her secret recipient.
4. Frequently remind your kids how grateful you are they were born.
5. Pick one day a month as FAMILY DAY. Mark them on your calendar and begin
planning now for all twelve magical days.
6. Don't forget the wonderful habit of note writing. Leave some unexpected words
of encouragement in a lunch box, under a pillow. If you travel, begin a postcard
tradition. Send your child a postcard from each trip you take.
7. Learn something new with your kids. Approach ideas from their perspective.
8. Come up with a secret sign that means, "I love you." It comes in handy at the
bus stop or in a crowded room.
9. Ask your kids to write a letter a week -- longhand. They can write to
whomever they choose: family, friends, heroes, someone they read about in the
paper.
10. Wish upon a star with your child. Listen to his/her wish.
Sign up for Mimi Doe's free bi-weekly newsletter "Spiritual Parenting Thought
for the Week" at:
http://www.SpiritualParenting.com
~*~Who Is Mimi Doe?~*~
Mimi Doe, M.Ed., is the author of "BUSY BUT BALANCED: Practical and
Inspirational Ways to Create a Calmer, Closer Family" (St. Martins Press, Oct.
2001). "Ladies Home Journal" called Mimi "a parenting guru" and her work has
been covered in publications such as "Child," "Parenting," "McCalls," "Family
Circle," "Publisher's Weekly" and "USA Today." She has appeared on talk radio
and television programs including Oprah.
Mimi's workshops and seminars have changed the way thousands of parents interact
with the children in their lives. Her popular on-line newsletter, Spiritual
Parenting Thought for the Week has over 30,000 subscribers from around the world
and she is a parenting contributor to Beliefnet.com.
Mimi is also the author of "10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing
Your Child's Soul" (which won the 1998 Parents' Choice Seal of Approval and was
a finalist in the Books for a Better Life Award) and the co-author of "Drawing
Angels Near: Children Tell of Angels in Words and Pictures." She holds a
master's degree in education from Harvard.
More Momscape articles by Mimi Doe:
5 Ways to Raise Joyful
Happy Kids, by Mimi Doe
Spiritual
Parenting Principles, by Mimi Doe
Raising Children
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