Dr. Jim Taylor

Parenting: Is Technology Preventing Two Key Ingredients for Kids’ Relationships?

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2013-03-05T07:37:50-08:00 March 5th, 2013|Categories: Parenting|Tags: child development, children, empathy, media, narcissism, parenting, Popular Culture, relationships, selflessness, social media, technology|1 Comment

Selflessness and empathy are two of the most important ingredients for children to develop healthy relationships. Selflessness involves the capacity for children to place the concerns of others appropriately ahead of their own. It allows others to sense that, whatever children do, their interests will be considered. Empathy is the ability for children to understand [...]

Parenting: Are Online Relationships Healthy for Young People?

More and more these days, young people are establishing and maintaining relationships online. These “cyber” relationships often arise because parents, out of fear for their children’s safety, no longer allow them to be “free range” to congregate in local parks, at malls, and on street corners. The only place that they have permission to “meet [...]