Dr. Robyn Silverman Appears on the Tyra Banks Show Again!

Did you catch The Tyra Show Halloween special? This was a fun show…check out this clip where I helped Caitlyn (along with Top Model, Toccara!) overcome her fear of all things Halloween as she conquered Blood Manner in NYC. The courage technique I used with Caitlyn which I created for my coaching clients, is called [...]

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Rock Bottom Feeders: American Apparel’s Flack on Back

by DrRobyn on February 3, 2010

Sesame Street Shirt Girl from American ApparelUnderwear from American Apparel…$24

Elmo shirt from American Apparel…$14

Saving your daughter from being sexualized by American Apparel? Priceless.

I want you to think about a tween or teen girl that you love.  Your daughter. Your niece. Your best friend’s little girl.  She’s a good person, isn’t she? She has a lot to offer.  She’s probably pretty talented, and smart, and interesting.  Maybe she’s generous, a good athlete, musical, or has a knack with animals or kids.  She has assets.  Oh yes, she does. And yet, there are corporations that are telling our teens that their assets are not in their brain, or their heart– but…in their pants.

American Apparel Welcome to American Apparel’s rock bottom contest– or as they call it, “the search for the best bottom in the world.” Yes, on the same website where you would find Sesame Street Clothes for your favorite girl, you can also find an ever changing array of bottoms flashed in your face.  Stock photos? Nope. In an unfortunate, disgusting, and sadly, successful attempt [click to continue…]

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Dr. Robyn Introduces the February Powerful Word: Self Control

February 2, 2010 Character Education

Self control is a vital part of our character as it allows us to operate in our society in an acceptable way. It’s imperative that our children learn self control because its part of relationship management, violence prevention, and positive problem solving. It is also a foundational component to our children’s success in school and [...]

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More Fat Talk: Are you Skinny-Fat, Fat-Skinny, Fat-Fat?

January 28, 2010 Body Image

Oh boy. Hold onto your body image! Considering the dreadful body image people already are coping with in America and in many western nations, we are no stranger to seeing skinny people think they’re fat.  Now the Mayo clinic is confirming our fears– you can be skinny and fat at the same time.
A new report [...]

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Mean Girls Bully A Girl to Death

January 25, 2010 Character Education

Think it can’t happen? Think that someone needs a weapon to kill? Nope, just a bad attitude and no empathy or respect for anyone else– not even themselves.
Bullying happens. Believe me I know. As you may have read in past articles or in the Patriot Ledger the other day, I was a victim of bullying [...]

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How can children help the people in Haiti?

January 22, 2010 Character Education

As I discussed in today’s Powerful Words Q&A seminar, kids have the power to raise money for Haiti. As children can feel helpless and fearful when natural disasters hit, it’s vital that we allow them to help– contribute– so that they can feel that they are making things better.  This creates a better sense of [...]

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Why Empathy Now? Empathetic Response to Haiti

January 18, 2010 Character Education

As you know, we’ve been talking about empathy as the Powerful Word of the Month– which is so fitting, considering the devastating empathetic response and outpouring of help Haiti has been receiving after the tragic Earthquake last week. How has your heart opened up to Haiti? Have you been able to imagine yourself in their [...]

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How can we help Haiti? Turn Empathy into Action

January 14, 2010 Parenting tips

AP Photo/Medecins Sans Frontieres, Stefano Zannin

It’s Empathy Month for Powerful Words. Given the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that recently occurred in Haiti, it’s time to connect our new understanding of empathy with a real world disaster and real world consequences. Talking to your children about how to cope when a natural disaster occurs [...]

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Fat is Bad! New York Post writer adds to the ugly commentary

January 12, 2010 Body Image

People love to talk. Blah, blah, blah.  When it comes to body image, weight, size, obesity, waify models and women, everything gets lumped up together into a convenient black and white argument where fat is bad and thin is good. Ridiculous.
Thank you, Kyle Smith, of the New York Post,  for writing another article to fuel [...]

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Did Santa Steal Your Beauty? “Fatties” banned from dating website for gaining holiday weight

January 7, 2010 Body Image

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…accept when it comes to weight. Where do girls get the silly notion that gaining weight means they are ugly and will be excluded? Hmmmm. Well, as we are working to try and help our daughters understand that:
(1) Beauty comes from within
(2) Don’t judge a book by it’s [...]

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