Parenting: Who is More Powerful: Technology or Parents?
The Power of Technology Technology may be the most powerful force in the world today and, as the noted technology historian Melvin Kranzberg observes in his Six Laws of Technology, “Technology is neither good nor bad—nor is it neutral.” Technology isn’t neutral because it does, clearly, have an impact on our lives. The nature of […]
Read MoreDr. Jim Taylor’s New Parenting Book and Workshop
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my latest parenting book, Raising Generation Tech: Preparing Your Children for a Media-Fueled World. To accompany the book, I have created a compelling and entertaining workshop that can help parents and educators raise and educate children who are prepared to thrive in the 21st-century dominated by popular culture and […]
Read MoreLatest News: Free, Signed Copy of Raising Generation Tech in Exchange for an Amazon Review
I am offering a limited number of free, autographed copies of my latest parenting book, Raising Generation Tech, in exchange for writing an Amazon review within 30 days of receiving the book. If interested, email me directly at jim@drjimtaylor.com.
Read MoreLatest News: Publisher’s Weekly Review of Raising Generation Tech
My latest parenting book, Raising Generation Tech: Preparing Your Children for a Media-fueled World, received a very complimentary review from Publisher’s Review: “In his newest, child psychologist and parenting expert Taylor (Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child) imparts old-fashioned value-based parenting advice on raising “Kids 3.0” in an age when technology increasingly […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: De-Clutter Your Life
Have you seen the late George Carlin’s riff on “Stuff”? If you haven’t, it is brilliant, hilarious, and it exemplifies so much of what I believe about the over-filled, over-scheduled, over-thought, and over-wrought experiences that we now call life in 21st-century America. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of it. There is just […]
Read MoreLatest News: Taylor Business Post Makes HuffPost Front Page
I was excited to see that my latest business-related blog post was featured on the HuffingtonPost.com home page:
Read MoreBusiness/Sports/Personal Growth: A Little Self-deception Can Go a Long Way
Research has shown that deceiving yourself, what is called “positive illusion” in psych-speak, can actually increase confidence, influence over others, and performance. Of course, self-deception that is too disconnected from reality will not work so well. But telling yourself that you are just a bit better than you actually are can go a long way. […]
Read MoreLatest News: New Taylor parenting book just published
I’m pleased to announce that my latest parenting book, Raising Generation Tech: Preparing Your Children for a Media-fueled World, has been published by Sourcebooks and is available at online retailers and major bookstores. To purchase, visit here. And if you do buy a copy, I would appreciate it if you would post a review on amazon. […]
Read MoreParenting/Education: Time to Redefine Success
Teach Your Children Well, the new book by Dr. Madeline Levine, looks like a good read. Its premise is very much in line with my own views on the importance of parents defining success and failure in healthy ways for their children rather than relying on our popular culture or education systems to do so.
Read MoreBusiness: What is the Stock Market Thinking?
If the stock market was a person—gosh, if corporations can have the same rights as people, why can’t the stock market have thoughts and feelings?— he could be diagnosed with a wide range of psychiatric disorders (I don’t mean to be sexist, but the majority of people in the stock market are male and, if […]
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