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Michael Andre Pearce deleted AMQNET-720:
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> Maintaining Balance in a Technological World
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> 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
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> 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. She writes the
> Soul to Soul Perspective
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