Lon Woodbury from Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, a radio show hosted on L.A. Talk Radio, recently interviewed Dr. Ron Taffel who is a leading expert on how to raise children. The interview focused on the ideas in Ron's book, "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century."
About the Author
Dr. Ron Taffel, a leading authority on child rearing practices, serves as the Chair of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and he also keeps a private practice in New York City. He himself is a parent of two children. His work has been featured on popular television talks shows like 20/20, Dateline, and Good Morning America. Besides writing numerous articles on child-raising, he has also authored eight books. "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century" is his last book.
Reflections On "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for 21st Century."
Ron shared his view that youngsters are different now compared to previous generations because they reside in a new world where technology has drastically changed life as we used to know it. He believes this change took place toward the last decade of the last century. The result is that children are now much more open and candid, which, interestingly enough, is what parents prefer to having their children keep secrets from them.
Ron talked about how parents should make sure that they were not the "second family" after the peer group and pop culture. In truth, kids still want to stay connected with their parents. They also want undivided attention from their parents without parents multitasking or thinking of 50 things at the same time. It's a myth, he said, that kids don't want to interact with parents.
His popular book, "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for 21st Century," is designed to assist parents from using anachronistic parenting ideas and it offers much good advice on some of the best ways to be a good parent in a new age of swift technological development and perplexing social changes.
About the Author
Dr. Ron Taffel, a leading authority on child rearing practices, serves as the Chair of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and he also keeps a private practice in New York City. He himself is a parent of two children. His work has been featured on popular television talks shows like 20/20, Dateline, and Good Morning America. Besides writing numerous articles on child-raising, he has also authored eight books. "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century" is his last book.
Reflections On "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for 21st Century."
Ron shared his view that youngsters are different now compared to previous generations because they reside in a new world where technology has drastically changed life as we used to know it. He believes this change took place toward the last decade of the last century. The result is that children are now much more open and candid, which, interestingly enough, is what parents prefer to having their children keep secrets from them.
Ron talked about how parents should make sure that they were not the "second family" after the peer group and pop culture. In truth, kids still want to stay connected with their parents. They also want undivided attention from their parents without parents multitasking or thinking of 50 things at the same time. It's a myth, he said, that kids don't want to interact with parents.
His popular book, "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for 21st Century," is designed to assist parents from using anachronistic parenting ideas and it offers much good advice on some of the best ways to be a good parent in a new age of swift technological development and perplexing social changes.
About the Author:
Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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