IDENTIGENE has signed psychiatrist and television personality Dr. Janet Taylor as a spokesperson for the first half of 2013. Dr. Taylor is helping to educate the public regarding healthy approaches to paternity testing, ensuring that those with paternity questions feel respected and informed. As part of the partnership, IDENTIGENE and Dr. Janet Taylor are producing educational videos, conducting interviews with media and creating informative online content.
IDENTIGENE first connected with Dr. Taylor during their mutual involvement with ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show,” a national syndicated television talk show. Dr. Taylor provided advice to guests on the show, while IDENTIGENE’s laboratory arranged for DNA sample collections and processing for guests, as needed. Over the past two years, IDENTIGENE followed Dr. Taylor’s work nationally and within the New York community, and determined that she would be a great asset to their customers, as well as the general public who have paternity questions.
‘We are thrilled to have Dr. Taylor work with us on our public service messages regarding paternity questions,’ says Steve Smith, Executive Director at IDENTIGENE. ‘She brings a wealth of family and relationship counseling experience, as well as life-coaching skills to our customers,’ Smith adds.
Recently, IDENTIGENE commissioned a research study that concluded one in ten Americans have personally been in a situation where a paternity test was needed, and nearly one in five said that they or a close friend or family member have questioned paternity. Recognizing that paternity questions are so common, IDENTIGENE is responding to the community need for education, focusing on the emotional impact paternity questions bring to women, men and children and how they can best handle this potentially life-altering information in the healthiest of ways.
ABOUT DR. TAYLOR
Dr. Janet Taylor is a nationally-known psychiatrist, public speaker, writer and life coach. She holds a medical degree from the University of Louisville and a master’s degree in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention from Columbia University. Dr. Taylor is a frequent contributor to CBS ‘This Morning’, NBC ‘The Today Show’ and ‘Good Morning America’ on topics such as motherhood and parenting. Her column in Family Circle Magazine is entitled, ‘Ask Dr. Janet,’ and you can follow her on Twitter. Dr. Taylor has been featured on many television shows, including Celebrity Crime Files- TV-One, Discovery Health/Own- ‘Facing Trauma’ and a syndicated talk show, ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’.
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Don’t Make These Common Parenting Mistakes
Never making mistakes while parenting your children is unrealistic. However, what really counts is what you do on a consistent basis.
Slipping into certain mistakes can cause many problems over time, and many parents do without realizing it. Avoiding mistakes is as easy as reading articles like this one and becoming aware of your parental mistakes.
If you find yourself frequently yelling at your child, you’re making
a common mistake. Eventually your kid will figure out how
to disregard you altogether. As irritated as you may be; you aren’t going to make any progress by yelling. Your everyday yelling will wear your child down and result in absolute disrespect. It also tends to create a feeling of hostility in the child, as no one likes to be yelled at. You will accomplish more with your children when you approach them with an even temperament. It would certainly be fitting to yell at your child if they seem to be in an urgent type of situation and you need to grab their awareness as soon as possible.
Parents can make a big mistake not getting involved actively in the school that their children attend. In this area, some parents differ as to how they should participate. Many parents are very happy to help with the schoolwork of their children. Many other parents believe that the responsibilities of education is only with their teachers.
It is a fact, when children get help from their parents, they do much better. Some areas where the children need help can be addressed by the teacher to the parents. After looking at your children’s report cards,
ask them how they think they are doing in the classes
they are taking. It can make a huge difference on how your children are doing at school if you are actively concerned with their schoolwork.
A big parenting mistake is trying to be a child’s best friend. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a close relationship with your child. However, you still need to understand that being a parent isn’t the same thing as being
a friend. As a parent you will, once in a while, need
to do the things that keep you from (hopefully temporarily)
being your child’s favorite person ever. Your job is to enforce rules and standards and to sometimes be the person to say “no.” When you’re constantly trying to win over
your child, you are going to have a difficult time living up to your role as being a
parent. Your child, more than anything else, needs a parent so step up and act like one.
Being an ideal parent is difficult, especially with all of the pressures
of the modern world. Parents are really challenged to handle work and home and educate their children and participate in all the needs of their
family. We all can make mistakes, even if we try to do our best.
What’s important is that we catch ourselves and start doing things differently.