Parenting Success

Written by Alvah Parker


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Another way this mother was helping her children was with support. Trying to eat and live in a healthy way can be hard for children. Having their mother’s support,repparttar support of each other and that of their school is a really great way to get encouragement.

So too when you market a law practicerepparttar 110192 attorney needs to have support. The Bar Association is one place to get that support. Other places might be through a coach, a mastermind group, or other attorneys.

Justrepparttar 110193 other day I was listening to a teleclass on parenting with Jack Canfield,repparttar 110194 author ofrepparttar 110195 Chicken Soup books. He has written a book called The Success Principles. Even as I listened to his discussion I thought how many of these Principles we use in our daily lives without knowing it. Let’s give ourselves credit for being successes in our own world! Here are a few that mother and her children used in that healthy living program:

Success Principle 13: Take Action Success Principle 20: Commit to Constant and Never-Ending Improvement Success Principle 21: Keep Score for Success Success Principle 41: Build a powerful Support team

Canfield will be speaking on a telephone discussion group on parenting again on May 17th at 9PM ET. This time his focus will be his book Chicken Soup forrepparttar 110196 Fathers’ Soul. Jack Canfield adds wonderful stories to a rich parenting discussion. To learn more about it click here: http://tinyurl.com/4t7uy



About Alvah Parker Alvah Parker is a Business and Career Coach as well as publisher of Parker’s Points, an email tip list and Road to Success, an ezine. Parker works with high potential professionals who want to make their work fun, fulfilling and profitable. Her clients are managers, business owners, sole practioners, attorneys and people in transition. Alvah is found on the web at www.asparker.com. She may also be reached at 781-598-0388.


Are you addicted to TV?

Written by Katherine Westphal


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Sudden changes is volume, cuts, zooms, scene changes, or sudden movements onrepparttar TV cause you to look atrepparttar 110191 TV. Repeated changes haverepparttar 110192 effect of "holding" your attention. Commercials, action movies, and music videos are notorious for containing large numbers of these sudden changes that "grab" and "hold" your attention.

Test it for yourself

Watch your own responsesrepparttar 110193 next time you watch TV. For a fun experiment, turn on a TV in a room full of people to watch howrepparttar 110194 orienting response works. It is pretty amazing to watch, if you can keep from getting sucked in. The next timerepparttar 110195 TV is playing see how many cuts, zooms, loud noises, and scene changes you can count.

What arerepparttar 110196 major symptoms of TV addiction?

*You want to watch less, but find it difficult to turn offrepparttar 110197 TV. *You tried inrepparttar 110198 past to limit your TV watching--but failed. *You feel anxious whenrepparttar 110199 TV is not on. *You think about TV when you are not watching it. *TV replaces other meaningful activities, like spending time with family and friends.

Television has become so common in our society that it may be difficult to recognize a TV addiction. When everyone atrepparttar 110200 office is discussingrepparttar 110201 latest episode of "Desperate Wives", it may be difficult to see that an unhealthy addiction is at work.

The Media *Addicted* Generation

The latest study by Kaiser foundation indicates thatrepparttar 110202 next generation is already addicted to TV. The study found that kids, age 8-18, still watch about 4 hours of TV per day. On top of TV, they spend a couple hours playing with video games and computers. The grand total for kids was 6 hours 20 minutes per day. The study avoidsrepparttar 110203 "A" word, but how else would you describe a generation who watches so much TV, videos, and games that they are labeledrepparttar 110204 "M" (Media) Generation?

Sources: Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor by Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Scientific American 2004 Generation M: Media inrepparttar 110205 Lives of 8-18 Year-olds Kaiser Family Foundation Report

Katherine Westphal is the founder of a daring new website TrashYourTV.com, that makes it fun and easy for people to get control of their TV set. Are you addicted to TV? Take our TV Addiction Quiz (http://www.trashyourtv.com/survey) and find out!


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