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 powerfully), peers, other adults, and popular culture shape who the people they become, the values they adopt, and the direction their lives take.

So, it is essential that you are aware of the messages you send your children and ensure that most of the messages are positive ones. Additionally, you want to cognizant of the messages they are getting from other places and be sure that those messages support, rather than undermine, yours.