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Parenting
Values-Based Screen Framing, Not Rules-Based
Instead of counting minutes, ask: "What value do I want my child to live, and is the screen serving or blocking it right now?"
Parenting
Screen-Free Dinner — Family Tech Agreement
A written family agreement: the table is a screen-free zone for everyone in the home.
Parenting
Screen Time as a Values Conversation, Not a Daily Battle
Beyond a one-time signed document — a renewed weekly conversation asking "why," not just "how many minutes."
Digital & AI
In-Person Priority Over Digital
For every 3 important digital chats with someone, schedule one real meeting.
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Family Tech Agreement
Family sits, writes 7 collective rules about screens. All sign. All accountable.
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Parents Modeling Phone-Free Meals
Before asking your child to put their phone away at the table, put yours away first — modeling beats any spoken rule.
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Family Screen-Time Transparency Dashboard Habit
The whole family (parents and children) shares the weekly screen-time report openly — mutual transparency ends the "the rule is just for me" feeling.
Social
Naming the Other's Feeling Precisely
Do not say "I know how you feel". Name the feeling with a precise word and verify it.
Social
Daily Emotion Wheel
Pick 3 emotions on a Plutchik wheel (level 2) you feel now — precise labeling = calm.
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Self-Compassion Break
In suffering, apply Neff's 3 steps: acknowledge, common humanity, self-kindness.
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Restructure a Troubling Belief
Trigger event → thought → distortion → counter-evidence → reframe.
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Label Other's Emotion Precisely
Replace "you seem upset" with wheel-precise: "you seem frustrated because...".
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Mood Journal 3x Daily
Log mood (1-10) AM, noon, PM with a one-word cause — discover your patterns.
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ABC Trace for an Anger Flare
In anger, dissect: Antecedent → Belief → Consequence.
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Catch Emotional Contagion Before It Spreads
When entering a room or call, note your mood before and after to see what you "caught".
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Co-Regulating With a Distressed Person
When someone near you is distressed, lower your own voice and pace first — your calm body lends calm.
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Spot Your Own Alexithymia Pattern
When you reflexively say "I'm fine", pause and ask your body 3 questions before accepting the default answer.
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Notice Your Emotional Labor Today
Count how many times you "performed" a smile or enthusiasm you didn't actually feel at work today.
Social
Micro Mood-Repair Technique
When your mood dips mid-social-day, apply a 90-second intervention before it spoils your interactions.
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Test Your Empathic Accuracy
After guessing what a close person feels, verify explicitly instead of trusting your hunch alone.
Digital & AI
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CRTF Prompt Structure: Context-Role-Task-Format
Write a prompt that gives the AI model precise context, role, task, and expected format.
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Expert Persona Assignment
Assign the model a specific background and expertise so its answer matches a real expert level.
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Few-Shot Examples Before Asking
Show the model 2-5 examples of the desired output style so it mirrors the pattern with high precision.
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Chain-of-Thought: "Think Step by Step"
Ask the model to decompose the problem and show its reasoning before answering, raising accuracy on complex tasks.
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Plan Before Execute: Outline Then Run
Ask the model to write a numbered plan first and wait for your approval before executing.
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Explicit Negative Constraints
State explicitly what you do not want in the output (words, styles, assumptions) to cut later editing.
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Structured JSON Output
Request output as JSON with a defined schema to enable automated processing without manual parsing.
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Self-Critique: Review Your Own Answer
After the model answers, ask it to critique its own answer and improve it before final delivery.
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Reframe With "Explain Like I am 5"
Ask the model to explain a complex idea to a 5-year-old, then raise the level gradually.
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Detecting Model Hallucinations
Learn 4 signals that reveal the model invented info instead of citing documented fact.
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The Two Independent Sources Rule
Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.
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Knowledge Cutoff Awareness
The model does not know what happened after its training cutoff. Know each model's cutoff.
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Understanding RAG: Why the Model Sometimes Cites
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) fetches real docs for the model before answering. Know the difference.
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AI Email Drafting
Use an LLM to draft an email in 30 seconds, then edit by hand for personal tone.
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Auto-Summarize Meeting Transcripts
Convert a meeting transcript (60+ min) into decisions and action items in 2 minutes.
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AI Brainstorming 10 Titles
Don't pick the first title that comes to mind. Generate 10 with varied angles, then choose the best.
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Socratic AI Tutor
Ask the model to question you instead of answering, surfacing and deepening your understanding.
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AI Use Disclosure
When an LLM helps you with content you publish or send, disclose it clearly.
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Force Explicit Chain-of-Thought
Add "think step-by-step inside <thinking> tags before answering" — boosts complex-problem accuracy 30-40%.
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Diverse Few-Shot (Not Similar)
In few-shot, deliberate variety (positive/negative/edge case) matters more than count.
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Expert-Student Dialogue for Knowledge Extraction
Have the model play expert + student who asks "dumb" questions — extracts tacit knowledge.
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Explicit Constraints Beat Guidance
"Max 80 words, don't use 'innovative', start with imperative" beats "make it short and clear".
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Iterative Refinement, Not Restart
Instead of rewriting the prompt, say "this part good. this part fix to X". 4 rounds = perfect output.
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Ask Model to Critique Itself
After each output, ask: "What are 3 weaknesses in this answer? How to improve?" — use its intelligence against itself.
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Master the System Prompt
Don't repeat instructions every message — set them once in System Prompt, save 70% writing time.
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Ask the Model to Write the Prompt
Don't know how to ask? Ask: "What's the best prompt to get X?" — it writes a prompt better than any expert.
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Hallucination Check: 3 Questions Before Accepting
Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?
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Cross-Check from 3 Independent Sources
Every AI claim: search 3 independent sources. If absent from any, treat as hallucinated.
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AI as "Draft Zero" Writer
Use AI for a bad-fast initial draft, then YOU rewrite completely. Blank page is the killer.
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AI Editing Pass
After YOU write, ask AI for 3 improvements only. Don't let it "rephrase".
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Preserving Voice with AI
Identify 5 phrases/words that are "you". Ensure 2+ appear in any AI-assisted text.
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Plagiarism Boundaries with AI
"AI text didn't copy anyone" is myth. Ensure you don't publish someone's idea/sentence unattributed.
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Citation Hygiene with AI
Every AI claim needs a live source. Never cite a source you haven't read.
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Few-Shot Prompting Technique
Give the model 2-3 complete input-output examples before your ask, instead of explaining the rule verbally.
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Chain-of-Thought Prompting
Ask the model to "think out loud" step by step before the final answer, especially for logic and math problems.
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Testing 5 Thumbnails/Covers Before Publishing
Just as you brainstorm 10 titles, generate 5 different thumbnail/cover concepts, and pick via a small sample, not instinct alone.
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AI-Assisted Spaced Retrieval
After a Socratic learning session, ask AI to generate retrieval questions at increasing intervals (1 day, 3 days, a week) instead of relying on random memory.