Our children are living with socially acceptable addictions because we offer them prizes for performance. Two things happen when we let our children find their strength to do what is required of them from the motivation of "I can get what I want if I do what you ask:"  

1. We allow a fueling system to be built in their bodies that requires a "rush" to literally move them to do what needs to be done.
2. What is missing from their fueling system is the chemical of relationship (oxytocin)--that builds inner strength.  Without it, immaturity isn't transformed.  The weak stay weak.
   
   Janet and Doug offer these vital BRAVE LOVE steps to take in relationship with our children to help the weak become strong:

• Build relationships of trust so your children can ask for help in conversations without shame.
• Have "hard" conversations with your children when they're young, so you can have them when they get older.  They'll never be as young as they are today.  Start now.
• The resolution of addiction is not sobriety--it is connection.  We are created to need healthy relationships; without them, we will be addicts--by design, not default.

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This episode promises a link to this article:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fortnite-and-the-collapse-of-parenting