Return to a simple, straightforward lifestyle. Turn off technology and head down to the park for a walk. Back away form the flurry of peer interactions, and spend time with family instead. Turn off the TV and the smart phone, and just hang out in the house, play a board game or read a book. Get back to basics for a while.

Name calling, personal attacks, and outright abuse replaced the gratitude lists of previous years.

The kids are watching. They are listening. They are sitting within earshot overhearing adult conversations. 

Anxiety. Tension. Fear. 2016