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Anthony Cupo is a Trained Mindfulness Facilitator (TMF) from the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is a co-owner of Stepping Forward Counseling Center, LLC and has been meditating for over 30 years.

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Creating a more mindful summer—without constant screens

Summer promises freedom. Fewer schedules, later nights, and that hopeful idea that kids will be outside more and glued to screens less. 

But for many families, the reality looks different: one quick episode turns into half the morning, tablets sneak into car journeys, and suddenly it’s dinner time and no one’s quite sure where the day went.

A digital detox for kids doesn’t have to mean strict rules or taking devices away in a dramatic stand-off. It’s really about creating space; space for boredom, for movement, for conversation, and for those slightly chaotic moments that don’t come with an on/off button.

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