Playing The Pokemon Craze

My youngest son Kade was walking his dog and at the same time looking at his phone. I asked what are you doing and he said, "we have a pokemon at our house". Hmmm, a pokemon at our house. I guess that explains the cars pulling up at our house and sitting in the driveway for a couple of minutes and then driving off. I had thought maybe they were lost. Our street name was changed a couple of years ago.

This  pokemon craze has really taken off. I'm not sure who decides where the pokemons get placed but we were privileged to have one placed at our house. I have seen people at 1 in the morning pulling into our driveway and then leaving after a few minutes. I have seen at least 15 to 20 cars come by in a day. Pokemon must be a fun game to play. I wouldn't know I have never played. Gaming has taken our world by storm. Kade plays these games on his xbox or whatever the latest "box" they play on, with people from other countries. China, Australia, Switzerland and many others. Amazingly the language barrier seems not to be a problem. Most of the kids gaming know English.

As a father who grew up watching the greats of Magic Johnson, Roger Staubach, Larry Bird, Pete Rose and many other star athletes of the 70's and early 80's, my only gaming was to watch these guys on TV and then go out an pretend to be them while playing the game against my buddies. However, kids today can be a superstar athlete like Tom Brady in this incredibly real gaming world of today. I'd have to say it must be great fun to play football on TV and actually feel as you are LeBron James.

I grew up watching Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone kill the bad guys in war movies. I would then get my toy gun and get my buddy and we would "play Army". Sometimes, we would get another neighbor to play the enemy and we would have a true war. Only problem, nobody wanted to be the Germans or the Russians. So usually we had to come up with some other type of us vs you armies. I have watched my son play this game called "Call To Duty". My first words were, "WOW". Its as realistic as it can get. The skill level that you have to have is also amazing. I realize it might be taking time away from outside activities however, there has to be some value to these kids interacting with other kids around the world and having to work together and communicate with each other.. If you take time and watch them it's really something to see. Who knows, maybe kids playing war against each other through a video game worldwide will help bring them together and eliminate war between other countries. May seem a little dreamy but when you watch these kids play these games they don't just play "Call of Duty' they also play video games such as "Minecraft". This is a game that allows you to build cities and countries and people can join your county and visit. Neat stuff.

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Your Sleep Question Answered

Today's question comes from Katie B. in Dallas 

"Hi Derek  Love your newsletters, keep them coming!  I have a question for you about sleep - or actually a lack of it.  I usually get about 8 hours of sleep a night, however I have a big problem actually staying asleep.  I don't feel refreshed in the morning.  What do you think? Any ideas?"

Great question Katie.

I've talked about this before, but sleep is probably the most overlooked factor when it comes to your health. If you're getting 5 hours of bad sleep each night, no amount of healthy eating and exercise are going to make you feel good. You'll always feel worn out. For me personally, here's what has worked...

First, I noticed a big difference in the quality of my sleep when I started eating better.  A lot of the foods that we eat everyday, particularly sugar and processed junk, will really throw off your sleep at night.

Second, I have a few little tricks I use before bed that always seem to work well for me...The first one involves a cup of hot water, and I mix a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and a teaspoon of honey (real honey) in with it. I usually drink this about 30 minutes before bed. I couldn't tell you the medical reason for why this works, but it does.  My gut tells me that it helps you breathe better, which ends up making you sleep more peacefully through the night. After I drink it, I instantly notice that breathing through my nose is much easier than normal.  Which makes sense. I don't have any double-blind, placebo based studies to prove that it works.  But I use it a few times a week before bed and it always does the trick.  

Also there is a great magnesium drink that you can find on Amazon.com and places like Whole Foods called "Calm" that will knock you out pretty well.  I've used this before, and it definitely does the trick if I drink it about an hour before bed.

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Hope that helps with your sleep troubles.

God bless,

Derek Fitzhenry

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Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Teachers

This is great new for teachers. They need to jump on this while the gettin is good. "Monday morning, Amazon said that it would introduce an online marketplace with tens of thousands of free lesson plans, worksheets and other instructional materials for teachers in late August or early September." We all know this is for sure the way of future for teachers. The demand for exciting and inspiring lessons to be taught daily will be helped by technology. Currently there is some good technology out there but not all subjects have a variety of lessons that are adapted to technology. It appears Amazon is bring that to teachers. 

Derek Fitzhenry

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