by Jenifer Truitt, Executive Director of Ziglar Family Smartphones, tablets, or the Internet can be addictive because their use can trigger the release of the brain chemical dopamine to alter mood — which is exactly what drugs and alcohol do. That's a pretty sobering thought, isn't it? (No pun intended.) And just like with alcohol [...]
In this week's Ziglar Family blog, we're going a little bit rogue, and instead of sharing written thoughts, we're sharing video! (So I guess that makes this a Vlog instead of a Blog?) Recently we've been hearing from many of our Ziglar Family community members with topics they'd like to see discussed here, and one [...]
September 2017 Thrive Monthly Community Coaching Call featuring Dr. Matt Hertenstein Dr. Hertenstein is a professor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He is the author of The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are and is the co-editor of The Handbook of Touch: Neuroscience, Behavioral, and Health Perspectives. His research on [...]
Technology. Thanks to smartphones and Wi-Fi, it’s everywhere these days. Sometimes I wonder how in the world our family ever lived without it, and other times I really wish we could find out! As an entrepreneur, I often feel the need to be plugged in 24/7. My team members all have my phone number and know [...]
Ziglar Family Digital Resources: Technology and Parenting Welcome to a Ziglar Family Coaching Call with Mark and Ann Timm, who are joined this month by Ziglar Family CEO, Bobby Hopper. Technology Questions that Mark and Ann Answer At what age or stage to you suggest that children be given access to technological devices, especially hand-held personal devices? What [...]
by Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family Whenever I have a conversation with parents about the biggest challenges they face with raising kids in today’s world, the single issue that comes up time and time again is technology. Because most of us who are raising tweens and teens didn’t have internet when we were kids, much [...]
