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Family by God's Design

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Family by God's Design

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July 1, 2025
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We Need a Recess!!

by John Salmon
If you’re old enough, you might remember having recess at school. It was a break from the classroom as well as a chance to run around, socialize, and engage in unstructured play. After WWII, 60-90 minute of recess became the norm for elementary school students. And research supported it, suggesting that children benefit academically, socially,...
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June 21, 2025
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To Teach or Nurture Kindness

by John Salmon
I love children. They fascinate me with their innate intelligence, their rapid and changing development, their capacity for learning, their openness…. Truly, they amaze me. This study, exploring the helping behavior of a diverse group of 11- to 20-month-old babies (over half were Black and low-income), contributes to my amazement. To begin the study, researchers...
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June 16, 2025
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Just Something to Consider

by John Salmon
A study involving close to 2,000 children offers an interesting finding. The researchers examined children’s exposure to violent television content at the ages of 3.5 and 4.5 years. Screen violence included physical aggression, verbal aggression, and relational aggression intended or attempting to cause harm to others. When the same children were 15-years-old, the researchers interviewed...
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May 26, 2025
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The Pervasive Impact of Neglect

by John Salmon
Everyone recognizes that abuse has many negative impacts on a child. But do you realize that abuse comes in different forms? There is physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. Neglect occurs when a parent does not provide for a child’s basic necessities, their daily needs for such things as food, shelter, clothing, or...
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May 12, 2025
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Growing Neighborhoods by Growing Children

by John Salmon
Who wants to improve their neighborhood and the well-being of our youth? We all do. We desire safer, more well-connected neighborhoods; and we know that safe, well-connected neighborhoods will enhance the well-being of our families and our children. But how can we accomplish this? At least one person offered an idea that I believe holds...
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May 10, 2025
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Lost in a Smorgasbord of Parenting

by John Salmon
Parenting has become a smorgasbord of confusion. Reading through myriads parenting advice, you might find yourself confused about which parenting style proves most effective: gentle parenting, attachment parenting, or mindful parenting.  You might fly into the role of a helicopter parent or wander into the realm of free-range parenting. In search of the perfect parenting...
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April 28, 2025
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Reading, Language, Empathy, the Brain

by John Salmon
We all know how important reading is for our children. A study published in Neuroimage showed that this benefit reaches all the way down to the very structure of our children’s brains. That’s right. A study involving over 1,000 participants suggests that reading strengthens at least two regions of the left hemisphere. One region is...
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