Opinion Forum

Is Technology Changing the Way Children Develop Relationships?

February 11th, 2013

By Dr. Jim Taylor Popular culture and technology are redefining the meaning of relationships: what relationships are, how they develop and are maintained, and how many relationships we can have. Popular culture, for example, suggests that love can be found in a few weeks on shows like The Bachelor, real family’s lives mirror shows such […]

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Tags: children, development, parenting, relationships, social media, technology
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The Rio + 20 Summit Will Promote Sustainable Deterioration for All

February 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller It does not go far enough. The much awaited Rio + 20 conference on sustainable development of good stuff for everyone calls for full participation ultimately (although not necessarily at the Summit itself) by all because Sustainable development requires major groups – women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, non-governmental organisations, local authorities, […]

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Tags: Brazil, development, energy, green, poverty, Rio+20, satire, sustainable, UN
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Your Children Are Listening

July 2nd, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Consider the toddler. Having made it through the year of infancy, a year of almost complete helplessness, young children are entering a radical new phase of life. They are learning to stand on their own (a nice metaphor, don’t you think?) and are on their way to taking their first steps. […]

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Tags: development, growth, learning, messages, parenting
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