Dr. Robyn Silverman In partnership with Pampers, actress and humanitarian Salma Hayek has been spending time in Africa on a UNICEF mission to raise awareness for tetanus. One child dies every three minutes from Tetanus, a preventable disease. A recent ABC news report followed the actress and reported that Salma stood at a baby’s bedside [...]
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Dr. Robyn Silverman Dear Dr. Robyn, I’m worried that my daughter is depressed. She always loved to go to her classes and right now she doesn’t want to do much of anything. I’ve had her teachers talk to her and she just seems lethargic. She’s always been one to talk about commitment and other “Powerful [...]
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Ask Dr. Robyn Silverman: Creating a Respectful Environment in My Home (Video) Every parent has trouble with disrespect in the home from time to time. Children are going to test boundaries, push your buttons, and learn about risk and consequences. It’s part of growing up! Of course, parents need to teach children respect, expect respect, [...]
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Stuck, Stagnant and Stymied: Redefining your Who, What, Where, When, and Why for 2009 Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Where did the time go? Didn’t we have definite plans for 2008? Goals? We were going to get to it. But alas, we didn’t. And now it’s January…2009. My gosh, we waste a lot of time. Procrastination [...]
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The 7 Deadly Downers that Sabotage Your New Year’s Resolutions: Help Your Family Obtain Goal-Setting Success! Dr. Robyn Silverman Have a New Year’s resolution? Watch out. These 7 deadly downers can sabotage your goals. Many POWerful bits of information come in 7s. Seven numbers in a phone number, seven days in a week, and seven [...]
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I’m currently in Aruba on vacation– and since I’m in such a great mood, I thought I’d sprinkle some sunshine your way! PowerChat Funnies from Powerful Words Character Development Teachers… Last week during the POWer Chat for our students, ages 3 and 4, I was helping them with a hint to remember the word of [...]
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Explaining Racism to Young Kids: Exploring The Powerful Word Tolerance Hello Powerful Parents! Tolerance is the Powerful Word of the month. In honor of this important Powerful Word, we are exploring different parts of tolerance throughout the month. In this article, we’re talking about tolerance and racism and how one mother talks about this sensitive [...]
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What Makes Powerful Words So Powerful for Kids? I’ve received some questions about Powerful Words Character Development lately and I wanted to take a moment to answer why Powerful Words is so powerful for children and why powerful parents are choosing schools that teach Powerful Words. What’s so special about schools that teach Powerful Words? [...]
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How can parents teach tolerance to children? Dr. Robyn Silverman answers a reader’s question about teaching tolerance to her children who DON’T live in a diverse neighborhood. These are easy parenting tips that any parent can follow to inspire children to keep an open-mind, be more accepting of others, and show more tolerance for differences. [...]
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December is Tolerance Month! Tolerance Quotes: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (paraphrasing Voltaire) –Evelyn Beatrice Hall “The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try [...]
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