Dr. Ron Taffel, a leading authority on child rearing practices, talked to Lon Woodbury, from Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on L.A. Talk Radio, about the cardinal ideas in his latest book, "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century."
About Dr. Ron Taffel
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.
Interview on "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century"
Ron contends that kids are different now compared to previous generations, and he attributes this to the fact that they reside in a significantly different world. Technological innovation has now made constant communication feasible. These changes, he thinks, occurred around 1995. Today, children habitually talk-back and challenge their parents' ideas. Still, this is something that parents prefer, considering it a better alternative to kids keeping things to themselves.
He also talked about how parents must ensure that they are not relegated to the role of a second family, the first being the peer group and popular culture. Actually, children still long to stay in touch with their parents, but parents often don't give them undivided attention because the parents are too busy multitasking or thinking of other things. It's a misconception, the author said, that youngsters don't wish to communicate 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 Dr. Ron Taffel
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.
Interview on "Childhood Unbound: Authoritative Parenting for the 21st Century"
Ron contends that kids are different now compared to previous generations, and he attributes this to the fact that they reside in a significantly different world. Technological innovation has now made constant communication feasible. These changes, he thinks, occurred around 1995. Today, children habitually talk-back and challenge their parents' ideas. Still, this is something that parents prefer, considering it a better alternative to kids keeping things to themselves.
He also talked about how parents must ensure that they are not relegated to the role of a second family, the first being the peer group and popular culture. Actually, children still long to stay in touch with their parents, but parents often don't give them undivided attention because the parents are too busy multitasking or thinking of other things. It's a misconception, the author said, that youngsters don't wish to communicate 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.
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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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