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May 26, 2012

Give Your Child the Gift of a Lifetime

by John Salmon
One of the best gifts we can give our children is the ability to bounce back from failure, to overcome adversity, and to remain persistent in the face of disappointment. In a word, giving the gift of resiliency can impact a child’s life forever! What does a child need to develop resiliency? Here are some...
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May 19, 2012

Teaching Your Child Perspective Taking

by John Salmon
Children are not born with the ability to see the world through another person’s eyes. They have to learn to take another person’s perspective. If they do not learn this, they grow intolerant, self-centered, and uncaring. How can a parent help their children develop the ability to see various situations from another person’s perspective? Here...
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May 12, 2012

Children, Perspective-Taking, & A Soccer Game

by John Salmon
My wife and I were playing ball with our 3 1/2-year-old daughter. We rolled the ball, bounced the ball, threw the ball…you know the drill. At one point, my wife ran inside to do something. I suggested to my daughter that we “hide the ball from Mommy” and ask her to find it when she...
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May 5, 2012

3 Ways Parents Shape Their Children’s Mind

by John Salmon
Children learn from everything their parents do and say. That is a bold and rather frightening statement; but, it is true. Parents cannot not teach, lead, and guide their children. Children are watching, listening, and learning from their parents every moment of every day. Children learn to show politeness, express gratitude, and practicing kindness by watching...
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April 28, 2012

The 5-Fold Mission of Parents

by John Salmon
Parents, your mission should you choose to accept it, is to prepare the way for your children as they mature. This mission will involve the following steps.      ·         Explore the community in which you choose to raise your children. Identify your allies and locate the safe areas in your neighborhood. Your allies can support...
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April 21, 2012

3 Attributes Every Parent Must Balance

by John Salmon
Children want parents. Even when they yell in anger that they do not want or need a parent, deep down every child wants parents. Not just any parent either. Children want and need two things from their parents. First, they need parents who demand respect. Parents who are strong (“My dad’s bigger than your dad”). Parents...
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April 21, 2012

Parents, Are You Involved or Over-Involved?

by John Salmon
I recently read an article (Welcome to the Age of Overparenting) in which the reader was asked to recall their happiest childhood moments. Think about those moments. How many of them included adults? Interestingly, the majority of our happy childhood moments did not include adults. They were not scheduled or orchestrated by our parents; they...
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April 14, 2012

5 Steps of Moral Development (and What’s a Parent To Do?)

by John Salmon
One day my 5-year-old daughter came to the top of the stairs and called my name, “Daddy.” She sounded somewhat panicked. I knew that she and her sister were both upstairs so I wasn’t sure what to expect. “Daddy,” she called again. When I arrived at the bottom of the stairs, she said, “We don’t hit...
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April 5, 2012

Investing the Coin of Your Life in Children

by John Salmon
I remember sitting in class during middle school staring at the clock and thinking that “time was really dragging” or, maybe, time had actually come to a stop. Now, I look in the mirror and realized that “time is slipping away.” I guess I’m getting older. Or, according to Zall’s Second Law stating, “How long...
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