Dr. Robyn’s Articles

Parenting

Ongoing: Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog

2008

• Parents Magazine (Interview) Don’t Go! We’ll Help Make Goodbyes a Little Easier on Both of You (As They Grow 1-12 months). By: Jennifer Fink. Parents Magazine, July 2008.
• baystateparent I Can Do It Myself: 10 Ways to Teach Your Child to Pack His Own Bag for Summer Vacation. Bay State Parent Magazine, July 2008.
• baystateparent I Can Do It Myself: 10 Ways to Teach Children Self Reliance. Bay State Parent Magazine, May 2008.
• baystateparent Raising Fit Kids: 5 Ways to Encourage Your Children to Make Healthy Choices. Bay State Parent Magazine, April 2008.
• baystateparent Three’s a Crowd: 7 Ways to Teach Your Preschooler How to Make Three Feel Like Company. Bay State Parent Magazine, February 2008.
• baystateparent The Waiting Game: 8 Ways to Help Your Child Develop Patience. Bay State Parent Magazine, January 2008.

2007

• baystateparent Mind Your Manners! 10 Tips for Helping Children Show Manners During the Holiday Season. Bay State Parent Magazine, December 2007.
• baystateparent Fitting in While Standing Out: 7 Tips to Cope with Your Child’s Need to be Perfect in a Win-at-all-Costs World. Bay State Parent Magazine, November 2007.
• baystateparent Fitting in While Standing Out: 5 Tips for Helping Your Child Deal with Coming Up Short in a Tall-is-All World. Bay State Parent Magazine, October 2007.
• baystateparent Fitting in While Standing Out: Feeling Fat in a “Thin is In” World. Bay State Parent Magazine, September 2007.
• baystateparent Back to School Tears and Fears: Eight Dos and 5 Don’ts to Help your Child Cope with New Situations. Bay State Parent Magazine, August 2007.
• baystateparent The Time that Binds: 5 Tips for Spending Time with Your Children When You Have No Time. Bay State Parent Magazine, July 2007.
• charlotteparent I Wanna Quit! Ten Ways to Teach Respect for Commitment to Children. Charlotte Parent Magazine, June 2007.
• baystateparent Liar, Liar Pants on Fire: 7 Questions That Will Help Your Children Choose Right Over Wrong. Bay State Parent Magazine, June 2007. Winner of 29 awards this year!
• baystateparent Go Forth, Good Sports! How to Teach Children the Way to Play the Game. Bay State Parent Magazine, May 2007. Winner of 29 awards this year!
• baystateparent The ABCs of Cooperation Bay State Parent Magazine, April 2006. Winner of 29 awards this year!
• baystateparent I Hate You! 6 Ways to Deal with the Hurtful Things Your Child Says in Anger. Bay State Parent Magazine, March 2007. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America .
• baystateparent Planting Money Trees: Five Ways to Teach Your Children about the Value of Money. Bay State Parent Magazine, February 2007. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America .
• baystateparent Jr’s New Year’s Resolutions: Five Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Set Goals . Bay State Parent Magazine, January 2007. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America .

2006

• baystateparent Serving up Tolerance for the Holidays : Six Ways to Embrace Diversity During the Holiday Season. Bay State Parent Magazine, December 2006. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America .
• baystateparent Thanksgetting? Bay State Parent Magazine, feature article, November 2006. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America .
• baystateparent Who is the Boss in Your Home? Five ways to lay the groundwork for struggle-free discipline. Bay State Parent Magazine, feature article, October 2006. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America.
• baystateparent I Wanna Quit! Ten Ways to Teach Respect for Commitment to Children. Bay State Parent Magazine, September, 2006.
• baystateparent Parenting 1-2-3: The ABCs of Parenting and Stress Management. Bay State Parent Magazine, August 2006. Gold Award Winner for Overall Reporting from Parenting Publications of America.

Body Image

• ElegantPlus Self Esteem and Body Image: Creating Powerful Girls, Part 1. Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, April 2008
• ElegantPlus Fitting in While Standing Out:7 Tips to Cope with Your Child’s Need to be Perfect in a Win-at-all-costs World Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, April 2008
• ElegantPlus Fitting in While Standing Out: Feeling Fat in a “Thin is In” World. Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, October 2007.
• ElegantPlus Holiday Survival for the Body-Healthy Gal : Seven Ways to Keep Healthy (and still enjoy yourself!) During the Holidays. Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, December 2006.
• ElegantPlus The ABCs of Destressing and Confidence Building. Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, October 2006.
• ElegantPlus Back to School Shopping Battle: Is Fit the New Four Letter F Word? Kiss My Assets: Self Esteem and Body Image Column. Elegant Plus, August 2006.
• Contact Dr. Robyn about Square Peg Round Hole: A Body Image StoryBook for Children of all Ages!
  
  

Teaching

• maSUCCESS Hang Up the Pink Tights: Why Martial Arts is Great For Girls. MA Success Magazine, feature story, August 2008.
• TECHNIQUE 10 Ways to Prepare Your Gym for the Olympics. Technique Magazine, June, 2008.
• maSUCCESS Character Education: One Size Does Not Fit All. MA Success Magazine, feature story, September 2007.
• TECHNIQUE How to Deal with Overprotective Parents. Technique Magazine, July, 2007.
• maSUCCESS Helicopter Parents: How to Cope with Overprotective Mommies and Daddies. MA Success Magazine, feature story, March 2007.
• TECHNIQUE Steps for Retaining Your Students. Technique Magazine, March, 2007.
• TECHNIQUE Raising the Bar: Transforming your Gymnastics Academy into a Personal Development Center. Technique Magazine, January 2007.
• USGA- United States Gymnastics Association 8 Reasons Why Children Should Take Gymnastics. The Guide to Gymnastics 2007.
• maSUCCESS I Wanna Quit: Winning the Retention Battle. MA Success Magazine, feature story, October 2006.
• maSUCCESS Beyond Kicking and Punching: Transforming your martial arts academy into a Personal Development Center. MA Success Magazine, feature story, August 2006.
• About.com That kid is driving me nuts: Five tips for dealing with a disruptive student. About.com , http://martialarts.about.com/od/martialartsbusiness/a/disruptive.htm
• POWerful Words! Special Report. Dr. Robyn’s tips: Jumpstarting your character development program. E-book for After school programs.

Blogs/Articles

• Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog. Ongoing articles.
• The Body Image Resource Blog. Ongoing articles.
• Parents of Ethical Marketing: Fitting In While Standing Out: 6 Tips to Help Your Child Cope with Feeling Fat in a Thin is In World
• Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten. 7 Tips to Cope with Your Child’s Need to be Perfect.
• Shaping Youth. Body Image Expert and National Board Member.
  • Articles: Beyonce’s Dereon Divas: PopTarts and Sesame Street Walkers
  • Are your Children Takign Steroids…or Viagra?

Quoted/Interviewed

Magazines/Newspapers

• Parents Magazine: Don’t Go! We’ll Help Make Goodbyes a Little Easier on Both of You (As They Grow 1-12 months). By: Jennifer Fink. Parents Magazine, July 2008.
• Washington Post: Celebritology Live with Liz Kelly. Topic: Beyonce’s Dereon Girls Collection Ads in bad taste for young girls. May, 2008.
• Washington Post: Celebritology-Comment Box-The Naked Truth about Miley Cyrus. Quoted by: Liz Kelly. Topic: Miley Cyrus and her photos in Vanity Fair being Inappropriate.
• KidComplishment. Three Friends and a Meltdown. Jennifer Fink, KidComplishment, 2008
• Prevention Magazine: Kick Together! Family martial arts classes boost confidence, improve fitness, and cement family bonds. By Jeanette Moninger, Janurary 2007.

Blogs

• JunkFood Science: Topic: Body Image
• Parenting Blog. Topic: SuperModel Parents.
• Third Culture Mama. Topic: Body Image
• Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten. Favorite Resources.
• The Weary Parent. Sunday Reading.

Character Education

• POWerful Words! (Ongoing) This comprehensive character education curriculum was made available to children’s development, activity, and after-school centers around the world starting in 2005. We currently have over 500 member schools using our program. If you are looking for a school in your area, please contact us and we’d be happy to help you.

Coaching

• All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide My advisor hates me! Five strategies that lead you to walk rather than walk out. ABD Newsletter, April 2006. Also available here.

Psychology & Development

• Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science: Silverman, Robyn J.A. (2005). Body Size and Image, Female Attitudes and Perceptions About. Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, 1, 155-160.
• Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science: Silverman, Robyn J.A. (2005). Body Size, Societal Views of. Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, 1, 160-164.
• Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science: Silverman, Robyn J.A. (2005). Body Types, Appraisals of. Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, 1, 164-169.
• UMI Dissertation Services. Silverman, Robyn J.A. (2004). Fitting into America: The Status of Developmental Assets and Sources of Positive Youth Development among Young Adult Plus Size Models. UMI Dissertation Services.
• Attachment and Human Development: Easterbrooks, M.A. & Abeles, R.J. (2000). Windows on the Self in Eight-Year-Olds: Bridges to Attachment Representation and Behavioral Adjustment. Attachment and Human Development, 2 (1), 85-106.
• School-Age Notes: Miller, B & Silverman, R.J.A. (2000). A Beginners Guide to Evaluation and Outcomes. School-Age Notes, XX (7), front page.