The Hidden Dopamine Trap — Escaping Screen Addiction to Reclaim Your Joy
A Midwestern Doctor – A few days ago, while talking to a circle of friends about child-rearing, one mother compared an infant’s tendency to throw tantrums when sugary foods were withdrawn to what many parents were facing with modern children’s video programs and that she’d learned in the groups she belonged to that numerous parents were now switching to showing their children the shows they’d grown up watching as those shows did not have the same destabilizing effects on their children.
As we discussed this topic (e.g., many of us have banned screens after noticing how negatively they impact developing nervous systems), I realized this needed to be publicly discussed due to:
• How unfair and tragic it is that due to the modern toxicity they are bombarded with, so many children no longer have health and spark within them that bring joy to everyone around them. Continue reading
Deanna Chadwell – Hillary’s famous book title [It Takes A Village] may have some truth to it in that a village is a close-knit tiny community where everyone knows everyone and has a stake in each other’s well-being. But Hillary wasn’t talking about a village; she was talking about huge, faceless, unaccountable government bureaucracies.
Iain Davis – The world is apparently descending into chaos. With events such as the recent collapse of SVB bank adding to the problems allegedly caused by the pseudo-pandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.