Are Some Parents Too Overprotective? What do you think?
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
My mom and I were speaking on the phone yesterday about a recent New York Times article on overprotective “helicopter parents,” their children and overnight camps. Did you see it?
Parents are “bombarding the camp with calls: one wanted help arranging private guitar lessons [...]
{ 44 comments }
Dr. Robyn Reads Try and Stick With It and Interviews Author, Cheri Meiners
Dr. Robyn: We are focusing on the Powerful Word, Determination, this month. The students are learning how they can use determination in their lives everyday! What are some easy and interesting ways that parents can help their children learn determination?
Meiners: The ‘Try [...]
{ 0 comments }
Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose last lecture on following your childhood dreams became an Internet hit and bestselling book, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 47.
We spoke about Professor Pausch during gratitude month, as he reminds us to thank those teachers who push us to our potential and in the direction of [...]
{ 4 comments }
Girls Feel Anxiety about Pressure to Fast-Track Their Development
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
Between the magazine articles telling girls to lose weight, glossies teller her that she’ll never measure up , young celebrities withering away along with their clothes, models getting thinner and thinner, and the massive pressures in school and among friends to look [...]
{ 9 comments }
Girls Feel Anxiety about Pressure to Fast-Track Their Development
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
Between the magazine articles telling girls to lose weight, glossies telling her that she’ll never measure up , young celebrities withering away along with their clothes, models getting thinner and thinner, and the massive pressures in school and among friends to look [...]
{ 14 comments }
Strapped for Time? 5 Tips to Spend Time with Children when Parents Have No Time
By Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
The Powerful Parent Blog
Between work and martial arts and gymnastics and shopping and piano and swim lessons and school and dance class and babies and laundry and chores…we often find we’re strapped for quality time when it [...]
{ 2 comments }
Friday Reflection: Cholesterol- Lowering Drugs for Children
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman for Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog
As you know, I’m passionate about children’s positive body image– but that doesn’t mean I want us all to throw children’s health into the toilet. Let me know if you feel the same way.
Today, I’m feeling frightened. Have we [...]
{ 6 comments }
Friday Reflection: Cholesterol- Lowering Drugs for Children
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman for Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog
Today, I am frightened. Have we hit a new low? The diet, physical activity, school lunch options and overall health maintenance plan for school-age children has been so compromised in recent years that the American Academy of Pediatrics is now [...]
{ 11 comments }
Children’s Activity Level Drops Sharply in Teen Years, Study Shows
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
All you Powerful Parents out there whose older children and teens have the benefit of a great physical curriculum at their Powerful Words Member School, you just might be beating the odds. A long term study, out this week, has shown [...]
{ 5 comments }
