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Parenting Q&A with Dr. Jim Taylor-Sponsored by MindJournal

Last night I was invited to speak as part of a TheMindsJournal.com series titled “Expert Mind Talks” on Facebook. I presented a parenting workshop followed by a Q&A based on three of my parenting books. I begin speaking at about 1:30 of the recording.

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Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #22-Message Conduits

Episode #22: Message Conduits of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the third of five episodes in which I explore the importance of messages in raising healthy young athletes and people. This episode  introduces you to five “message conduits,” that is, the different ways in which you can send messages to your children related to their […]

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Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #21-Send the Right Messages to Your Young Athletes

Episode #21: Send the Right Messages to Your Young Athletes of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the second of five episodes in which I explore the importance of messages in raising healthy young athletes and people. This episode  introduces you to how messages influence young athletes, the essential value of early positive messaging, how you […]

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Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #20-Children Become the Messages They Get the Most

Episode #20-Children Become the Messages They Get the Most of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the first of five episodes in which I’ll explore the importance of messages in raising healthy young athletes and people. This episode will introduce you to the power of messages, where messages come from, and the types of messages that […]

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Children Become the Messages They Get the Most

I was recently interviewed by the Naples Herald (FL) on my third parenting book, Your Children are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear from You. The interview focuses on one of my most basic ideas in parenting: Your children become the messages they get the most. In other words, the messages they get from you (most […]

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Latest News: Your Children are Listening to be Translated into Russian

I’m pleased to announce that my third parenting book, Your Children are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear From You, will be translated into Russian, following in the footsteps of translations into French and Korean.

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Use Rituals to Send Love to Your Children

Repetition is an essential part of ingraining healthy messages in your children. Rituals provide that consistent replication. Rituals communicate messages not only by what you say or do, but, more powerfully, by the actions your children themselves take. Plus, when they engage in rituals, and experience their positive consequences, your children gain “buy-in” and ownership […]

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Latest News: Third Parenting Book, Your Children are Listening, to Get French Translation

I’m pleased to announce that my third parenting book, Your Children are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear From You, will be translated into French in 2013. This brings to six the different languages that my books have been translated into.

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Healthy Values Protect Your Kids from Media’s Unhealthy Messages

So what values will children growing up in the 21st century need to thrive? Perhaps surprisingly, my answer is the same values that have enabled children to thrive in previous generations: respect, responsibility, hard work, integrity, compassion, just to name a few. The increased presence of popular media in no way changes that calculus. To […]

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