As a parent, I often wonder about how the toys and role models in my children’s lives translate to behavior. I tend to be the kind of mother who encourages a wide range of toys, games and books. I am less about banning (unless it is truly counter to our family’s core character-based values) and [...]
Parenting
This morning I was on the set up for a segment on Dara-Lynn Weiss- the mother who was made famous for publicly putting her daughter, age 7, on a diet. Her daughter’s doctor had told Dara-Lynn that her daughter was obese and was immediately put on a strict diet of limited foods and counting calories. [...]
The first thing my daughter, Tallie, wanted to do this morning was go downstairs and have me read her two Spiderman stories from her brother’s new Adventures of Spiderman book he received for Hanukkah last night. So that’s what I did. It was from that book that I read her a good night story before [...]
Navigating new friendships can feel complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether you are 3, 13, 33 or 63, certain rules of friendship are constant. Here are some things I teach my children and also, remind myself of to this day: (1) Allow great friendships to happen organically: We may feel lonely. And we [...]
Dr. Robyn Silverman answers one parent’s question about how to teach her children to be responsible and accountable for their own messes and mistakes. Question answered: Dear Dr. Robyn. My sister’s kids are always leaving a mess for her to clean up. My kids are young and I just don’t want them to do the [...]
It was exactly 4 years ago this week that I received a call that changed my life. I was in Whole Foods. Hingham, Massachusetts. Frozen Foods section. “Hello, Robyn? It’s your social worker, Carla. Are you sitting down?” I looked around at the walls of freezers and the cold linoleum floor. “Ummm, not exactly.” I [...]
My daughter loves to twirl around in a tutu. She loves to play “trucks” and “doctor.” She pretends to be a fairy princess and a dinosaur. She climbs. She runs. She kicks. She investigates bugs and touches worms. She plays with dolls, gets elbow deep in water play at the sink and digs in the [...]
From Princess to Trucker: How Our Children Can Color Inside & Outside the Gender Lines is a post from: Dr. Robyn Silverman – Child Development Specialist, Body Image Expert, Success Coach & the Creator of the Powerful Words Character Development System
“I hate you!” No…your child’s body has not been taken over by aliens. You do not need to clean out your ears. That’s right. You heard it correctly. Any person who has ever said that “words will never hurt you” never had their child say “I hate you” to his face. You know. It has [...]
“I hate you!” Six Tips to Help Parents Deal with Their Child’s Angry Words is a post from: Dr. Robyn Silverman – Child Development Specialist, Body Image Expert, Success Coach & the Creator of the Powerful Words Character Development System
I can’t believe I’m saying this…Parents are forgetting their kids at the children’s play place, Chuck E. Cheese’s. While this may sounds like the makings of a Saturday Night Live skit to you, it’s actually the truth. Yesterday, Good Morning America called me to do a piece (which was squashed at the final hour) about [...]
