In Part I of this post, we looked at why attention drifts so easily in today’s world. We learned that sometimes we choose what to pay attention to (top-down), and sometimes some things grab our attention so forcefully that the choice is made for us (bottom-up). We also saw why smartphones are the biggest hijackers […]
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Attention is important to understand. This is true now more than ever because the world we live in today is as attention-grabbing as it ever has been. There is so much content available at the click of a button that we don’t know where to start or end. In other words, we don’t know where
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“I feel like a broken record. Every night it’s the same conversation. Do your homework. Get off your phone. Go to bed. I hate the nagging, but if I stop, everything falls apart.” Does this sound like your household? If yes, please know that we know how this feels. We talk to….
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Why do we need to specially understand the brain of a teenager? Isn’t the teen brain exactly like the adult brain? No, it isn’t. There is a big and important difference between the brain of a teenager and that of an adult. And it is that the teen brain is not fully developed. To get
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Productivity is foundational to good mental health. Without it, we default to procrastination and struggle to function. You might have seen evidence of this with your own child. When your child is not productive, they are sleeping late, eating unhealthy, and on their phone all the time. At Kazivu, our aim is to get your
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“He is always on his phone! ” “She checks her phone first thing every morning.” “He even sleeps with his phone clutched in his hands.” “I have a better chance of getting through her if I text her than talk to her in person.” These are real remarks from real parents of teenagers. If you
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Often when a parent asks this question, I am curious to know why. What makes you want to be friends with your teen? Do you not like being your child’s parent? Are you worried that your teen has no friends and want to fill in? Have you developed a desire to hang with the ‘cool
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Our teens are on social media and we don’t know what goes on in that world. We don’t know who is creeping into their DMs, who is using a fake profile to get into their friend’s list, who is asking them for inappropriate photographs, who might be using their videos or what they might be
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For those unfamiliar with the new, much talked about Sapiens study, here are the main findings: 1-Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) are 3 times more likely to result in poor mental health. 2-While the effects of UPFs are the same on everybody, young people are the biggest consumers of UPFs. 3-UPF consumption shows links to depression.
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The problem is no longer a new one. We all know it and are dealing with it every day – our kids’ plummeting attention spans. Children today struggle to focus on a task for more than a few seconds, I still can’t wrap my head around how shockingly low that number is. Isn’t it really
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