If “giving something up” for Lent seems excessive or hard, try to moderate something. For example, if you don’t want to give up a food item, cut in half your intake of it. Or if you don’t want to give up movies or TV, cut in half the amount of time you spend watching them.
This is a good way to introduce the idea of fasting to children. It allows them to have whatever but in half the normal amount. For example, if they normally watch TV for an hour after supper, cut it to half an hour and keep a record on the frig so no one “forgets.” If the program they want to watch is one hour long, then they have to forego the next day’s TV time. Or if they normally have dessert at both lunch and dinner, cut one out.
Fasting has to be trained in for it to be effective. Using a system of controlled moderation is a good way to start this practice with adults as well as children.