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Any parent of a teenager today who sees their child's face in full frontal view is lucky indeed. Many of us are accustomed to addressing the back of our offspring's head Wholesale AC Milan FC Jerseys , silhouetted against the glowing blue light of the computer screen.


It seems like pretty basic common sense that it can't be great for a kid's growing body to be sitting motionless in front of a screen all day, so I won't bore you with all the research. However, the computer is today's vehicle of choice for the social connections that are so critical to a teenager's world.


The developmental task of the teen years is to master autonomy. Toward this end, many parents wisely allow their teens plenty of freedom to make and learn from mistakes. It can be challenging to sit back and watch your teen experiment with spending too much time at the computer. But if you impose a mandate that he or she ?get off that computer this instant Wholesale AC Milan Jerseys ,? you are interrupting your child's natural feedback system before it has a chance to register its own protest regarding the prolonged physical stillness.


Here are my sneaky, tried, and true suggestions for helping your teen to find hisher own healthy balance of computer and non-computer time without turning your family life into one big power struggle:


Locate the computer within range of your sight and hearing. If it is in your child's room, have an open door policy. Find a friendly reason to drop in -- deliver a drink and a snack Cheap AC Milan FC Jerseys , the mail, or the laundry. While you are nearby, notice what is on display and ask casual questions. When your teen knows you could show up at any second, he or she is more careful about what makes it onto that screen.


Show your interest and curiosity by listening to your teen when he or she talks about what is happening in chat rooms or online activities. Pay attention! Don't freak out Cheap AC Milan Jerseys , but do feel free to share your values regarding ethics, morality, and problem-solving. Offer yourself as a resource if they should ever encounter a situation that troubles them.


Share news articles or stories you have heard about internet abuse. No lectures! Just information. Your teen will connect the dots.


When you feel they've been sitting still for too long, offer to do a more compelling activity together Cheap Suso Jersey , rather than simply lecture or demand they turn the computer off. Invite your teen to participate in a physical activity WITH YOU. Shoot hoops, play pool, go for a bike ride, go shopping. You know what they like to do best. Offer it! Challenge yourself to make real life more interesting than virtual reality.


Ask for help around the house. Often my son gets into command-following autopilot while playing games Cheap Riccardo Montolivo Jersey , so when I ask him to get the clothes out of the dryer he just does it! If he hears the whir of the kitchen mixer, he inevitably comes down to see what I'm baking, and a few minutes later is up to his elbows in cookie batter.


Help your teen access and acknowledge their body's signals. Ask how their eyes, back Cheap Ricardo Rodriguez Jersey , or arms are feeling. Just ask, don't tell!


Be an impeccable role model. Talk about why you are getting up to stretch now, or how stiff your neck feels when you work online for too long. Turn on loud music and dance around the house to loosen up. All the better if you dance on in to your child's computer space and hassle them a little bit in a playful way.


The bottom line is that the more you try to compel a teenager to do something that is your idea about what is best for them, the less successful you will be! Your mission Cheap Patrick Cutrone Jersey , should you choose to accept it, is to be a living and thriving example of balance. Enjoy real life to the fullest, and invite your teen to join you. Be irresistibly engaged in enjoying physical activity yourself, and you will become more magnetic to your teen than virtual reality.


Copyright 2005 Karen Alonge


A good part of the local property market here in Almeria is driven by external factors i.e. investment income from countries such as the UK where economic conditions have a bearing. The UK is a major driver of the market here so it is always nice to know what is going on back home as that gives us a little clue as to what we can expect as a knock on effect.


News from the UK's Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that house prices have started to rise again for the first time in 15 months. The three months to November saw 4% more chartered surveyors reporting rises in prices than falls. October's figures showed a balance of 8% reporting falls.


Buyer enquiries have consistently risen over the past six months and the market slowdown appears to have come to an end. Relatively low interest rates and a healthy job climate have helped avoid the housing crashes that have followed previous slowdowns in the 1970s and 1990s.


And surveyor confidence is at its highest in 18 months and property sales and bank lending figures for November have increased. Market conditions are tightening as the level of property coming onto the market continues to fall Cheap Nikola Kalinic Jersey , returning the bargaining initiative to the seller.


The decision by Gordon Brown not to allow residential property to be included as part of a Self Invested Personal Pension (SSIP) has diminished property investment possibilities in the UK and Spain, though RICS does not expect this to have an impact on the market next year. However, individuals may soon be able to take advantage of property investment tax breaks by using a Real Estate Investment Trust to invest indirectly in residential property.


In the coming year, RICS expects a rise in UK house prices of 4% in 2006 and 4% in 2007. RICS predicted an upturn of 3% for 2005 based upon the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister index Cheap Niccolo Zanellato Jersey , which is likely to be close to the eventual figure to be announced in February.


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