To my daughter on International Women’s Day, You are joy in motion. You are silly and fun and full of bliss. I hope to be the kind of woman to foster the delight you find in this world rather than stifle it and ask you to be something you are not. There are many messages [...]
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Dr. Robyn Silverman As I’m writing my body image book, due out in October of 2010, I’ve been thinking about the relationship between mothers and sons and fathers and daughters. Powerful Parenting certainly must deal with more than just same-sex relationships within the family structure. We often hear about the special relationship between parents and their same [...]
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Mothers can have it touch these days. Not only must they cope with their own body image insecurities, but they must be a positive role model to their daughters. It’s not that they didn’t always need to think about being a positive role model—of course they did. However, Moms need to cope with the “you [...]
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How can we build up our daughters’ self confidence? Parents can do so much to help our daughters’ thrive. You’ve read volume 1. Here’s volume 2 of raising strong, confident daughters: (6) Catch your child “being good:” We often are quick to jump when our child is exhibiting poor behavior, however, when our child is [...]
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How can we build up our daughters’ self confidence? Parents can do so much to help our daughters’ thrive. You’ve read volume 1. Here’s volume 2 of raising strong, confident daughters: (6) Catch your child “being good:” We often are quick to jump when our child is exhibiting poor behavior, however, when our child is [...]
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What does your daughter see when she looks in the mirror? Creating Powerful Girls (Volume 1) By Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman The diet commercials are in full force which can only mean two things; bathing suit season is right around the corner and nationwide body image is getting ready to plummet. Many parents worry that [...]
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What does your daughter see when she looks in the mirror? Creating Powerful Girls (Volume 1) By Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman The diet commercials are in full force which can only mean two things; bathing suit season is right around the corner and nationwide body image is getting ready to plummet. Many parents worry that [...]
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