Book Description
Popular culture used to reflect the values of America. No longer. Now it is a voracious beast of materialism, celebrity and excess that shapes those values to meet its own greedy needs. Every day your children are bombarded with sexually explicit music, violent movies and video games, shock radio, Internet chat rooms …the list goes on and on. You know this onslaught hurts your kids, and you want to do something to protect them. The reality is that your children’s defense against popular culture starts inside your home—with you! In Your Children Are Under Attack, psychologist and national parenting expert Dr. Jim Taylor exposes how and why today’s popular culture is destroying your children’s values. Popular culture takes the most despicable values—avarice, selfishness, gluttony, intolerance, deceit, and many others—and makes them admirable, all to sell more products to unsuspecting children. Dr. Taylor also describes how you can fight back and win this war for your kids. Your Children Are Under Attack shows you how, by focusing on six core values that popular culture works hardest to destroy: * Respect that is earned, not entitled * Responsibility for oneself rather than blaming others * Success that isn’t linked to wealth or fame * Happiness that can’t be bought * Family that strengthens America’s values * Compassion rather than indifference Your Children Are Under Attack helps you identify and reconnect with your values, and make those values the guiding forces in your children’s lives. Dr. Taylor shows how your own highest values can help your family resist popular culture’s assault and provides you with a reliable road map to lead your children to a solid future as successful, happy, and contributing adults. This powerful book shows you how to instill these six values (and many others) in your children so they become their own. By making these values a focus in your home, you can ally yourself with your children to create a united front against popular culture’s siege. Dr. Taylor gives you the tools to do this in ways that are clear, practical and grounded in the real world of 21st-century parenting. And they’re as effective as they are surprising: * Feel unconditional love for your children, but don’t always express unconditional love * Don’t be your children’s friend * Your children need to fail to succeed * Happiness is experienced, not pursued * And many more In the battle for your children’s future, Your Children Are Under Attack gives you the power to protect your children and ensure that they grow up to be positive, strong, safe, and caring people in a world that has never been more dangerous.

From the Author
Your children are under attack. This assault is not coming from terrorists within or outside our borders. It is not coming from disturbed people in our communities. This onslaught is coming from our own American popular culture: * Media violence and sexuality (e.g., video games, television, movies) instead of compassion * Bad behavior by professional athletes (e.g., Kobe Bryant, Terrell Owens) instead of respect * Celebrity-driven media (e.g., E!, the Osbournes) instead of substance * Physical attractiveness (e.g., cosmetics, plastic surgery) instead of character * Corporate corruption and greed (e.g., Enron, Adelphia) instead of integrity * Materialism (e.g., advertising, fashion, electronics) instead of meaning * Childhood obesity (e.g., fast food, soft drinks, candy) instead of health * Pressure to win in youth sports (e.g., over-involved parents, traveling teams) instead of fun. Popular culture used to reflect the values of America. Now it has become a voracious beast of materialism, celebrity and excess that shapes those values to meet its own greedy needs. Popular culture can no longer be trusted to act in your children’s best interests and communicate healthy, life-affirming values. With the information and tools you learn from Your Children Are Under Attack, you will again have the power to protect your children from American popular culture and ensure that your children grow up to become positive, strong, safe and caring people.

About the Author
Jim Taylor, Ph.D. has published more than 400 articles in scholarly and popular publications, and has given more than 500 workshops and presentations throughout North America and Europe. He is the author of eight books, including Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child. Dr. Taylor has appeared on NBC's Today Show, ABC's World News This Weekend, and major television network affiliates. His research has been the subject of syndicated sports columns that have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country. Jim has been a columnist for The Denver Post , and has been interviewed for articles that have appeared in The Miami Herald, The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun, The Denver Post, Skiing, Outside, and many other newspapers and magazines. He gives 5-10 presentations a month to parents, educators, children, coaches, athletes, and mental helath and medical professionals.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Popular culture used to reflect the values of America. No longer. Now it is a voracious beast of materialism, celebrity and excess that shapes those values to meet its own greedy needs. Every day your children are bombarded with sexually explicit music, violent movies and video games, shock radio, Internet chat rooms the list goes on and on. You know this onslaught hurts your kids, and you want to do something to protect them. The reality is that your children￯﾿ﾽs defense against popular culture starts inside your home with you!

In Your Children Are Under Attack, psychologist and national parenting expert Dr. Jim Taylor exposes how and why today￯﾿ﾽs popular culture is destroying your children￯﾿ﾽs values. Popular culture takes the most despicable values avarice, selfishness, gluttony, intolerance, deceit, and many others and makes them admirable, all to sell more products to unsuspecting children.

Dr. Taylor also describes how you can fight back and win this war for your kids. Your Children Are Under Attack shows you how, by focusing on six core values that popular culture works hardest to destroy:

Respect that is earned, not entitled Responsibility for oneself rather than blaming others Success that isn￯﾿ﾽt linked to wealth or fame Happiness that can￯﾿ﾽt be bought Family that strengthens America￯﾿ﾽs values Compassion rather than indifference

Your Children Are Under Attack helps you identify and reconnect with your values, and make those values the guiding forces in your children￯﾿ﾽs lives. Dr. Taylor shows how your own highest values can help your family resist popular culture￯﾿ﾽs assault and provides you with a reliable road map to lead your children to a solid future as successful, happy, and contributing adults.

This powerful book shows you how to instill these six values (and many others) in your children so they become their own. By making these values a focus in your home, you can ally yourself with your children to create a united front against popular culture￯﾿ﾽs siege.

Dr. Taylor gives you the tools to do this in ways that are clear, practical and grounded in the real world of 21st-century parenting. And they￯﾿ﾽre as effective as they are surprising:

Feel unconditional love for your children, but don￯﾿ﾽt always express unconditional love Don￯﾿ﾽt be your children￯﾿ﾽs friend Your children need to fail to succeed Happiness is experienced, not pursued And many more