Have you seen the stats that suggest our children are more lonely than they have ever been?
Connection to each other is a fundamental requirement for human survival. We are hard wired to ‘fit in’ to our tribe because for most of human history not doing so would have meant certain death!
This connection through healthy relationships requires physical face to face time and lots of eye contact. It also requires the social skills to listen effectively and being able to empathise and read body language.
Unfortunately the infiltration of smart phones and other digital media is robbing many of our children (and adults) of this quality time and as a result our children are now more anxious and depressed than ever.
Lifestyle First is working with our communities to prioritise healthy relationships and to find ways to make technology work for us as a useful tool rather than letting it dominate our behaviours.
Connection to others has been shown in a famous Harvard study spanning nearly 80 years to be the most important predictor of longevity and health span! It is that important!
If you would like to find out more about how Lifestyle First could help to develop healthy relationships in your communities then enquire here.
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