Hmm. Habits are created either by inspiration or compulsion. That's true.
About your kids that don't like going outside or watch TVs again, it reminds me of myself. I don't stay in the living room to watch TV anylonger, I am always in my room, either with my system or on phone. If I want to watch movie, I use Netflix, everything is already there.
Good that you got your father to meditate. You wouldn't have done it without learning to do it yourself.
Do you mediate then ?
The only way I meditate that keeps me connected it when I play my guitar. I think that's how I get connected to my soul. I get to the point that my eyes get close, feeling the music I play and being connected to the inner me.
That justifies.