How often do you look across the dinner table to find family members so focused on their devices, they’ve barely touched their meals? It’s a dilemma that impacts families of all sizes, and explanations usually come down to the fact that everyone’s addicted. There’s plenty of proof out there. Scientists point to apps and games that are programmed to use “persuasive design” features that trigger endless dopamine hits.
If you’ve sought in vain for ways to help wean your family members off the constant lure of the next text message—but have yet to accomplish your goal—consider implementing the equivalent of the medical community’s rapid detox approach to drug withdrawal: Change everyone’s environment so dramatically, screen time loses its impact. How to do that? Bundle your family off for a Caribbean vacation. Make that destination English-speaking Belize, and you stand a fighting chance of modifying those behaviors—including yours!
Detox at Belizean Dreams Resort
You don’t need a doctor’s prescription, nor must you pay the equivalent of a therapist’s bill to accomplish your device-reducing aim if you come to Belizean Dreams Resort, an enclave of vacation delight in Hopkins, Belize. Everything you require for a carefree stay including lodgings, meals, and onsite amenities—are included within a choice of two all inclusive packages so you can pack each day of your stay with device-avoiding activities.
Further, you would be hard-pressed to find a property with more money-saving options, including Belizean Dreams’ Belize Unplugged special. It’s designed specifically for tourists working hard to unplug from their devices, too. Kudos from families seeking their own escapes from stressors includes this long, flattering Tripadvisor review from Melissa that you’ll want to read all the way through. Convinced this is paradise? You should be.
Savings. Fun. The proven change of scenery that accomplishes your mission!
Staying busy from morning to night via exciting, recreational, and cultural tours —plus a la carte and regularly-scheduled adventures means that there’s something on Belizean Dreams’ activity menus for everyone, so it’s easy to leave those cell phones in your lodgings.
And who doesn’t love a chance to explore markets, boutiques, shops, in-town eateries, and galleries located in nearby Hopkins in-between all those recreational outings? Belizean Dreams’ onsite Bliss Spa is a terrific way to celebrate small device victories—like limiting the number of times everyone checks on things back home and then turns that device off immediately.
Must this change in behavior last only throughout your Belizean Dreams Resort stay? Not if you make a commitment to keep tabs on your phone use when you get back home—and perhaps continue to reward family members who stick to this newfound behavior. Keep those photos of your getaway handy. When you’re tempted to go back to your old habits, a glance at a few of your vacation photos may be all you need to modify that urge!
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