Maintaining a balanced lifestyle is something that we all know is good for us, and our children, but is something that is easy to lose. It doesn't take much for our lives to become unbalanced - life gets busy and things get hectic and before you know we can't seem to find the time to eat healthy meals, get enough exercise, or spend quality time with the family. Like everything, it takes deliberate effort and commitment to maintain the balance in our lives.
This
recent article on the
parentcentral website offers a good piece of advice for helping our children keep the balance in their lives - limit your child's screen time. As adults we know the benefits of taking a break from our computers, however, our children might not yet share this same wisdom.
Time to show our kids that the real world can be just as exciting and fun as the virtual one.
