By now you probably have heard of the controversy over Thylane Loubry Blondeau, a 10 year old model who recently “graced” the pages of Vogue Paris. An absolutely beautiful girl, made up to look much older, to sell clothes to adult women. Make sense? As a parent of a girl & a child dev specialist, [...]
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The post-pregnancy body is a controversial topic these days. Isn’t that…strange? It used to be that we embraced the maternal figure– the robust, zaftig, rounded physique of a Mom was celebrated and revered. What happened? I sat down with Lara Spencer on GMA to talk about body image, mothers, and what the trend towards plastic [...]
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Do all disordered thoughts end when you decide that you no longer want to succumb to the weight of Eating Disorders? Rebecca Tishman, our resident teen blogger who has detailed her recovery for over a year now here at DrRobynSilverman.com, admits a hard truth: She still struggles but thankfully, she’s stronger than her eating disorder. [...]
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You know the commercials. They provide tight shots of taut bottoms and long, shapely legs. Skechers “shape ups” were given an extra jolt of “sexy” when Kim Kardashian was shown, part by part, sweaty and heavily breathing, in the Skecher’s commercial named “Break up to Shape Up” that aired on Super Bowl Sunday 2010. There [...]
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We had a great conversation on The Today Show today with Meredith Vieira, talking about the very controversial Abercrombie and Fitch padded, push-up bikini tops for the 7-14 year old age bracket. I’ve been receiving some questions about this, so here, I answer a view of the big ones. Early sexualization of girls is wrong [...]
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As you know, I often talk about asset development in our young people. When they find and take hold of their their SPARK (Support, Passion, Action, Reason and Knowledge), they are able to put their energy into something so positive that, while it may not negate the negative, it can create a louder, more convincing [...]
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“The aversion toward chubbiness has been shown to begin at a very young age. According to research conducted in 2009 by the University of Central Florida and reported in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology, nearly half of three- to- six year old girls worry about being fat.” — Good Girls Don’t Get Fat: How [...]
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It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011. After speaking with hundreds of girls about body image issues, eating disorders, and the intense pressure to lose weight, it’s vital that we know the signs of full blown, life-threatening eating disorders. Actually, one of the number one questions I’m asked when presenting to parents is “how do [...]
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