Dr. Jim Taylor

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 [...]

Parenting: Is Technology Creating a Family Divide?

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2013-03-12T13:01:39-07:00 March 12th, 2013|Categories: Parenting|Tags: children, facebook, family, family guy, friending, parenting, relationships, social media, technology, texting, tool time, twitter, two and a half men|1 Comment

Nowhere is the impact of popular culture and technology on children’s relationships more noticeable than in families. Both influences have contributed to a growing divide between the traditional roles that children and their parents play while, at the same time, blurring those same lines between parents and children. Over the past two decades, children who, [...]