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January 26, 2025
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Parents, Don’t Leave a Hyper-Critical Legacy

by John Salmon
Effective parents discipline their children. They lovingly teach their children family values and priorities. They promote healthy lifestyles and healthy interactions. Some parents, however, become overly critical in the response to the stress of parenting. They have well-meaning desires to instill healthy values in their children but become hyper-critical in the process. Their children don’t...
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January 20, 2025
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They’re A Bad Influence on My Child

by John Salmon
Have you ever found your children hanging out with peers you believe are “bad influences”? You might even fear those “bad influences” will get your children involved in negative behaviors. After all, most delinquent activities occur outside the home and away from adult supervision. It’s a legitimate concern. The question, however, is what can a...
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January 6, 2025
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A Doubly Pleasurable Reward for Parents

by John Salmon
Parents want their children to experience happiness. Still we, as parents, must ask ourselves: what really makes our children happy? Is it simply getting what they want? Or is there something more to their happiness? If we believe that children only experience happiness when they get what they want or obtain their personal desire, we...
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December 9, 2024
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Simplicity: Security & Peace in Your Home

by John Salmon
Families teach their children values without even speaking a word. Our children learn what we value by observing how we invest our time and our attention. Unfortunately, our time and our attentional investment don’t always match our true values. That’s where this gift, a gift of simplicity, comes in. This gift can be given any...
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November 30, 2024
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Gender: A Social Construct or Hard-wired

by John Salmon
Gender has become a hot topic today. As with all hot topics, we often end up “dying on a hill” of simplified rhetoric and avoiding the nuanced truth. Is gender socially constructed or hardwired? Yes, it is both. Some aspects of feminine and masculine characteristics vary from culture to culture and, as a result, are...
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November 16, 2024
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Our Children: Curious or Confident?

by John Salmon
Curiosity compels us to explore, to find things out…often with no material reward. We just enjoy learning about those things that arouse our curiosity. Researchers at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute showed what the brain looks like when curiosity arises. Specifically, they showed people ambiguous visual images and used fMRI scans to witness how their brains responded....
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October 19, 2024
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“Boys Will Be Boys”

by John Salmon
If you have sons, you know they can be a handful. They’re constantly on the go and full of energy. In fact, boys are wired to learn through experiential play and activity, especially in their younger years. They learn by touching, moving, and interacting. Running around, picking up frogs, sticks, & rocks, building ramps for...
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October 14, 2024
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Are Screens Robbing Your Children?

by John Salmon
How do you respond when your children get upset? When they “throw a tantrum”? How do you help them calm down? What do you do when they complain of boredom? In today’s environment, I often witness parents giving their child a digital device to—a smartphone, a tablet, a handheld gaming device—to help them calm down...
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