Unschooling is a radical form of homeschooling that throws the books out the window on traditional learning. School [School newly corrected: Learning] takes place out of traditional school doors and on the child’s own terms. Today, I sat down with Matt Lauer on The Today Show, to discuss it. How can this work? (1) Know [...]
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Today’s letter is from Joyce in Toronto, Canada, who writes: Dear Dr. Robyn, I was struck by the fact that you chose “charity” as the word of the month in August… I am embarrassed to say that the older my children get, the more stuff they seem to accumulate. I guess we shouldn’t wait until [...]
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I can do it! How to teach children to tie their shoes By Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Happy March! Since the Powerful Word of the Month is Self Reliance, it’s a good time for parents and teachers to help children exercise a “can do attitude” and challenge themselves to do some age-appropriate activities by themselves. [...]
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We love Leap Year because it gives us just one more day to go to our favorite activities and one more day to use our POWerful Words! No matter what kind of POWerful Words school your child attends– have your child impress his/her instructors or teachers by saying; “I’m so glad it’s a Leap Year [...]
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Sneezin’ Season! Parenting message boards are asking (and my email box is full!)— how do I keep my kid from getting sick again this year? Robyn J.A. Silverman, PhD As you probably heard, the CDC has suggested that every child over 6 months old get the flu vaccine. I know, you’re probably thinking…”Wait! It’s [...]
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Today I received the following question about children’s self discipline vs smarts from Mary in Charlotte, North Carolina: “I have a quick question–since the Powerful Word this month is Self Discipline, my husband got into this discussion about our son (age 14) and daughter (age 11) who have very different study habits. We were just [...]
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“Use Self Discipline to execute your plan or find that the lack of it will execute your dreams.” –Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman–February Self Discipline Quote of the Month As it’s now February and we are taking inventory on how well we’ve done so far on our New Year’s Resolutions, the February POWerful quote of the [...]
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