Life; Think about it

When I was a young boy, I didn't take life to seriously.
 I just wanted to enjoy being where I was at the time.
  Imagination running wild!  Roaming free and doing whatever I thought to do, whether there was consequence or not.
  Taking chances and sometimes testing boundaries.  I still knew right from wrong however.
 Sometimes I orchestrated things to shift blame away from myself.  Clever and intuitive I was; but the conscience remained intact.
You realize as the years go by, how important it is to be responsible for your actions. "Man up," as they say.  Some of us need examples to be structured and molded after.  (Discipline and guidance along the way.) 

 It is something lacking far more today than when I was a young boy in the 80's.
 To many distractions and excuses these days to not parent, properly. 

 Sacrifices must be made and time is essential to make it all work effectively.

We all thought that parent's that smoked or often drank alcohol was bad; which it indeed is but they were still capable of, and actually followed through with parental structuring. 

Discipline was a little harsh,  although effective!   Maybe wasn't the best of times but it was parenting in a sense; better than those constantly distracted with the phones of today.

 Today, with the phones and all the social media or games; let alone the work they are doing away from home. There is little or no attention being given directly, as a result.  Their time, is far too important to actually engage as parents.

  So you have children growing up and being  baby-sat,  by that very distraction that consumes the parent's time!  No imagination or even the slightest tolerance for boredom for most children.  Where do you think all the anxiety comes from as a result?  (Certainly there are exceptions to the parents I just mentioned)

They cannot handle time, without something stimulating occurring.  Gradually over the years, we were introduced to these distractions(to include vehicle dvd players) so that a reliance or dependency developed.

  Convenient, it may have been but the long-term affect was destructive to the young minds as they matured through age.
Cause and effect; today the solution is prescribed drugs that we never before relied so much upon.  What a weak, weak  society we are raising our children in.  Dangerous for our future, no matter how they attempt to make it seem; so much better and convenient for our fast paced, daily lives we live.

If you want the answers to reverse most of what is already occurring; just look back on your own childhood and structuring.  Go back to the days before cell phones, video games and WiFi access.
Carefully plan and reconstruct your household or individual life so that you see these new technologies as tools, only used when necessary.  Not obsessive or mandatory in the everyday life you're living in.
Seem impossible? If you say so; You're not in control of much are you?   Your privacy is gradually deteriorating (more and more) with each passing year.  Get the bigger picture in life!
Slow down, and take away all the expectations you feel are placed upon you.                                       
Surviving, is first and foremost!
  

Don't plan too far into the future; only as far as you can manage.  You're not there, til you're there!