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Published July, 1, 2026, by Jenny Grant Rankin, phd

Psychology Today

An interview with OFC cofounders Steven Shapiro and Nancy Shapiro Rapport, who serve alongside Rankin on the publication's Board of Advisors, exploring how intentional family culture helps kids withstand pressure from social media influencers and AI companions. The piece cites recent research: nearly half of teens now see social media as having a mostly negative effect (up from 32 percent in 2022), one in three kids already use AI for social and emotional support, and heavy screen time correlates with higher anxiety and depression rates. Steven and Nancy lay out their three-step framework for building family culture: identifying core values, translating them into behavior-based language (drawing on David Friedman's "Fundamentals System"), and practicing consistently through small daily moments. They argue that this work strengthens the parent-child relationship so kids turn to parents first, not last, when they encounter difficult content online.

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Family Core Values

October 2, 2026

How to choose the three to seven that actually describe your family, and what to do once you have them. Ask most families to name their values and you’ll get a list of nice words. Honesty, kindness, respect, love. Everyone nods, someone writes it on a chalkboard sign for the kitchen, and by Friday nobody in the house could tell you what was on it. We’ve watched this happen for years, and we want to say plainly: the problem is not sincerity. Every family we’ve met means it when they say those words. The problem is method. Here’s our thesis,

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How to Write a Family Mission Statement

October 2, 2026

Plus 12 real examples: short, long, funny, and serious. We’ll admit it: “mission statement” is not a phrase that makes anyone’s heart race. It sounds like something a bank writes and hangs in its lobby, and honestly, if you search the term right now, a lot of what comes up really is banks. We understand the eye roll. But a family mission statement isn’t a corporate exercise, and it doesn’t have to sound like one. Think of it as writing down the thing you’d want your kid to be able to say about your family when they’re thirty, sitting across

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What Is the Fundamentals System? The Weekly Method Behind Our Family Culture

October 2, 2026

Most parents we’ve interviewed build family culture in one of two ways.  They sit down once, agree on what they value, and never really revisit it. Honesty gets said out loud one time, over dinner or a long weekend, and then life happens and nobody mentions it again until something goes wrong. They leave it to chance, addressing issues as they occur and having kids kind of know what’s important to their family but kind of not. Typically, they parent one of two ways…either exactly the way they were parented or definitely NOT the way they were parented! And…that’s different

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