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“Tech Cleanse” Your Life: 3 Nature Practices for Digital Detox

March 21, 2022 by Catherine Leave a Comment

AD Most of us spend our days with screens constantly tugging at our attention. If you’re old enough, you can probably remember spending hours finding shapes in clouds, or sitting with a sunset until the light shifted through every colour into night. Pursuits like this can feel pretty alien when we're caught up in today’s entertainment platforms, but it's exactly this type of slow-time which can help us regain focus, joy, relaxation, and ...

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Filed Under: Exploring Nature Tagged With: digital detox, gardening, gardening for wellbeing, mental health, Mindfulness, Nature, Screen time, Technology, water feature, Wellbeing

Healthy habits for TV, video games and the internet

January 24, 2017 by Catherine Leave a Comment

If you've got kids, you'll be only too aware of the increasing influence of TV, video games and the internet on their lives.  Naturally we all want to create a good balance between screen time and other hobbies, and today's guest post looks at positive steps we can take as parents to encourage healthy habits in our children - and ourselves too! TV, video games and the internet are excellent sources of entertainment and education for both kids ...

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Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Children, Computer, Family, games, Parenting, Screen time, Tablet, Technology, Top Tips

Hi, I’m Catherine. Welcome to Growing Family, a top UK home & garden blog sharing ideas, inspiration and tips for making the most of busy family life, indoors and out.
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