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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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How to make spring break more mindful in 2026
Spring break promises breathing room. Fewer alarms. Less rushing from one place to the next. But for many families, that extra time disappears into screens—a parent replying to emails, a child on YouTube, everyone technically together but mentally elsewhere.
That’s not a failure of willpower. Screens are designed to fill gaps. The moment things slow down, they step in.
Unplugging doesn’t mean banning phones or declaring a full digital detox. It means choosing, in a few key moments, to protect shared attention. Because attention is where connection actually forms—and without it, even long stretches of “time together” can pass without anyone feeling closer at the end.