You are what you watch.
UCLA School of Public Health released a study this month providing additional details to the link between television viewing and childhood obesity. It demonstrates that the link is not all about the amount of TV watched, but rather, the number of junkfood commercials witnessed by the viewer over time.
{ 0 comments }
Trying to kick your smoking habit? Have an older teen/young adult who needs to quit? Let smokers eat cake! Well, that’s what the studies show. Our self control (our Powerful Word of the Month) can only go so far.
This may be the reason so many struggle with restrictive New Year’s Resolutions. It turns out, if [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 1 comment }
The Powerful Word of the Month is Empathy! What a great way to start the New Year– thinking of others, not just ourselves. As we figure out our goals, our plans, and our ways to stay accountable to our New Year’s Resolutions, let’s think of how our actions and behaviors affect others. Can you imagine [...]
{ 0 comments }
Dear Dr. Robyn,
My child does not stop talking about what he wants for the holidays this year. Every time a new toy or game is shown on TV, I hear “I want that!” I think the media has it in for us. What am I supposed to do?
–Josie K., NC
Dear Josie K.,
Holidays and commercialism. I [...]
{ 0 comments }
