Podcasts kids Cultivating Resilient Teens Podcast Episode 11 Help Your Daughter Stay Focused in a World Full of Distractions with a 3 Step Solution

Episode 11 Help Your Daughter Stay Focused in a World Full of Distractions with a 3 Step Solution

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, noon

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I\\u2019m so glad you\\u2019re here because today we\\u2019re going to talk about something your daughter\\u2019s probably doing every single day.

I\\u2019m guilty of it and, honestly, you might be too.

Welcome back to episode #11

Where you and your daughter are going to need two things:

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 your sense of humor

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 and a dose of honest self-reflection

Because it\\u2019s no secret that we live in a world full of distractions.

And, well, sometimes, we get totally sucked into the noisy vortex without even realizing it.

That\\u2019s why I want to introduce you to a concept call Continuous Partial Attention or CPA.

The concept, continuous partial attention was coined in 1998, by a researcher named Linda Stone, who, while working for Microsoft, noticed that many people in the tech industry worked with a split focus.

Meaning that, as they were working on an important task, they were also receiving partial input from a variety of other sources.\\xa0

Fast forward to 2020 and the introduction of full or part time at-home learning.

A laptop or chrome book in front of your daughter several hours a day.

She\\u2019s bored, she desperately misses her classmates, friends and teachers

Soooo, she starts playing Among Us, while \\u2026

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 simultaneously Snap Chatting her buddies

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 scrolling through TiKTok or Instagram

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 finish up a bit of overlooked homework

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 googling something that wasn\\u2019t clear to her

\\xb7\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 daydreaming about all the fun things she misses about school

And wa-la, her brain is receiving and processing input from several different sources

So, it no surprise that when it\\u2019s time to complete an assignment

She thinks, \\u201cI can\\u2019t concentrate on this\\u201d

And googles \\u201cDo I have ADD?\\u201d

That's why I want to offer you and your daughter a 3 Step Solution so she can stay focused in a world full of distractions.\\xa0

Find the 3 Step Solution and the full Podcast on my website:
https://cultivatingresilientteens.com/

Podcast Resources:
Podcast Episode #8 Put an End to the Teenage Comparison Trap and Build Rock Solid Resilience
Social Buddy | How Much Time Do People Spend on Social Media?\\xa0

Here's to cultivating a more resilient teen for all of life's adventures!

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