Your Children Are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear from You

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Acknowledgments
     
    Special thanks to Kären Abbe, my stepmother-in-law, for doing what no one else was able to do, namely, come up with a compelling title for this book. Your time, effort, and creativity are indelibly printed on every copy of
Your Children Are Listening.
    I would also like to express my thanks to Stephanie Dargoltz and Paige Dunn for their outstanding work as my research assistants. Their commitment of time and energy helped make
Your Children Are Listening
a much better book.

About the Author
     
    JIM TAYLOR, P H D, a practicing psychologist, has consulted with young people, parents, and educators for more than 25 years. He has been a speaker at numerous elementary and secondary schools, youth sports programs, and performing arts organizations around the country.
    Dr. Taylor’s previous parenting books include
Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child.
He writes
Prime Family Alert!,
a bimonthly video and e-newsletter, and blogs on parenting for psychologytoday.com , huffingtonpost.com , and other Web sites around the U.S.
    He lives north of San Francisco with his wife, Sarah, and their daughters, Catie and Gracie.
    Dr. Taylor can be followed on Facebook (Dr. Jim Taylor) and Twitter (DrJimTaylor), and his interviews and video newsletters can be viewed on his YouTube channel (JimTaylorPhD). To learn more, visit www.drjimtaylor.com .