I'm going to use EPHRA2 myself after my current run of ASC (Day 5). I'll see how it goes with me before I expose my son to that.
The E2 journals detail some intense emotional turmoil depending upon the starting state of the user.
The result people experience depends on how healthy the user is to begin with. It also works at the user's speed preference. So for example you may experience more turmoil than your kid because you are a grown adult and because you may want to deal with emotion more aggressively. Use it very progressively on your kid if you intend to do it. And you may want to wait for Shannon advice for your kid.
(06-03-2016, 02:27 AM)Alpha360 Wrote: [ -> ]The result people experience depends on how healthy the user is to begin with. It also works at the user's speed preference. So for example you may experience more turmoil than your kid because you are a grown adult and because you may want to deal with emotion more aggressively. Use it very progressively on your kid if you intend to do it. And you may want to wait for Shannon advice for your kid.
That is my perception.
I'm also much more willing to experiment on me than on someone else... much less my own child.
I don't think it's bad at all to introduce a 16 year old to lifting, it's awesome. I would have loved to have started that early and especially have someone experienced to learn from.
I've come pretty far from when I started but alot of it i've had to work out by myself from books and programs and i've not had someone actually there in the gym to guide me.
There's a kid in the gym who is like 19 and must have started a few years ago and he was deadlifting like 170kg and I was like "damn I can't even do that".
What better than lifting to develop yourself, challenge yourself, feel stronger etc... apart from looking good those are the things I love about the gym.
As someone who has used EHPRA (the free 1.0) and ASC, I would say that I wish I had at 12 years old the kind of positive encouragement that both have given me at 30/31 years old. The free EHPRA is very powerful if one has been through significant emotional traumas and I originally couldn't handle it.
Hey Jones! I'm 20, a college student. I've used ASC, EPRHA, and EPRHA 2.0. If I could go back to when I was 12, I would listen to E2 for at least a year.
Why? Well yeah I was bullied. I could fight, but it was verbal bullying mainly. E2 would handle all of that, give confidence, and set me up emotionally to be prepared for middle school, high school, and the real world. I'm telling you, starting in middle school emotional health is something to be concerned about. If it were me, I'd run E2 for at least a year, then ASC for a year, and rotate between them until I turned 18 and run AM. In the long run, E2 would help ASC be more effective as well.
My advice is that the best thing for him to run first is E2. It's not designed for just people who have issues, it's designed for everyone to be able to benefit from. And given the focus on self confidence, self esteem, self respect, self worth, self awareness, self love, self validation, etc.
Clearing out the current accumulation of garbage is a much better thing to do now than later. Makes for a much healthier kid and much stronger ability to handle the rest of the incoming BS kids have to deal with.
I suggest you consider that ASC is free, but it's also ancient technology by current standards. I have to upgrade it soon. E2 is much more advanced, complex, better balanced, and more universally helpful and useful.
At the end of the day... you are the parent. It's your choice.
(06-08-2016, 05:04 PM)Shannon Wrote: [ -> ]My advice is that the best thing for him to run first is E2. It's not designed for just people who have issues, it's designed for everyone to be able to benefit from. And given the focus on self confidence, self esteem, self respect, self worth, self awareness, self love, self validation, etc.
Clearing out the current accumulation of garbage is a much better thing to do now than later. Makes for a much healthier kid and much stronger ability to handle the rest of the incoming BS kids have to deal with.
I suggest you consider that ASC is free, but it's also ancient technology by current standards. I have to upgrade it soon. E2 is much more advanced, complex, better balanced, and more universally helpful and useful.
At the end of the day... you are the parent. It's your choice.
Thanks, that's good perspective. I'll plan to start him on E2 along with me and wifey.
I know your plate is full moving forward, but I'd love to see LTU in 6G (or 5.5G) in the coming months as well. Tentatively, I'd like to move from E2 to LTU.
(06-08-2016, 07:03 PM)yeah! Wrote: [ -> ]Jones, please watch the volume levels with your son too!
Funny you should say that!
I've been casting about for a way to play subs for him in the background. Ultrasonic will simply not do, it bothers his ears (kids have much more sensitive hearing that us old folks).
I'm going to have to EITHER experiment with the volume of the ultrasonic on the mp3 player/Oontz angle 3 speaker combo I got him... OR stick with the babbling brook (his preference) in the background on a shelf.
I understand that's not ideal, but a kid needs to be busy playing during the summer, not being conscientious about keeping the ear buds in.
(06-10-2016, 09:08 AM)Sky_Wolf Wrote: [ -> ]Krav Maga is probably the best one to learn, British SF have even adopted it
Yeah, he did Wado Ryu Karate for a few years, but if I'm going to enroll with him, it's gotta be something without all the formality.
Aside from the fact that he's rapidly closing in on 6 feet tall (5'10" now), he's a typical 12-year old boy, and has become enamored of Ninjas and Special Forces, Krav Maga, and other hardcore type stuff.
One thing, and this is being said for CYA purposes because I'm sure this would be a no brainer for you, but make sure that you guide him as the program starts to dissolve his fears. He may need some guidance to know what is reasonable in how to respond, since he's young.
(06-15-2016, 07:12 PM)Shannon Wrote: [ -> ]One thing, and this is being said for CYA purposes because I'm sure this would be a no brainer for you, but make sure that you guide him as the program starts to dissolve his fears. He may need some guidance to know what is reasonable in how to respond, since he's young.
Good to know. And not necessarily a no brainer for me ;-)
Thanks!