Dr. Jim Taylor

Fascinating Article about Being ‘Cool’ at 13 (Hint: Not a Good Thing)

A fascinating article about a study that examined so-called cool kids as they entered their teenage years lost their way by the time they reached early adulthood. 'Pseudomature' behavior that resulted in popularity and being labeled 'cool' at age 13 was predictive of all sorts of problems at age 23. My takeaway is that the rush [...]

Eating Marshmallows Doesn’t Predict Future Success

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2014-01-14T09:01:54-08:00 January 14th, 2014|Categories: Parenting|Tags: academic success, achievement, child development, delayed gratification, education, emotional intelligence, marshmallow, maturity, Mischel, SAT|0 Comments

Many of you may be familiar with the famous "marshmallow" experiments conducted by the psychologist Walter Mischel in 1960s and '70s. In the studies, 4-year-old children have two marshmallows (or another treat) placed in front of them and told that they can either eat one right away or wait to eat two when the researcher [...]