We’re adopting a baby!
Dr. Robyn Silverman
We’re excited to announce to our Powerful Parent community that we’re adopting a baby, due March 1st! We’ve been matched with a wonderful couple since early July. We couldn’t be more excited!
The picture above is from our ultrasound appointment that we went to in early October with our birth-parents. We [...]
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Virginia Residents!
A Plea From Ashley’s Mother: Bringing Ashley’s Law to the Table
Dr. Robyn Silverman
As you know we’ve been following the tragic story of Ashley McIntosh, my niece’s teacher, who died in a horrible collision with a police officer, Amanda Perry, on an icy day last February. Witnesses had clearly seen the police car speeding [...]
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Just a few more reasons to turn off (or at least limit) the TV
Dr. Robyn Silverman
A study has been released that shows that children who watch a lot of TV, play a lot of video games, and spend a lot of time surfing the web are more likely to be in for lots of [...]
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Parent Alert: What a Recent Study About Teen Pregnancy Reveals
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By Dr. Robyn Silverman
It’s not hard to believe. We saw it with Jamie Lynn Spears in the news. We saw it with American Pie (among many others) in the movies. And yes, we see it on TV. A study, published today, found that those teens and [...]
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Attention Parents!
A Rise in Kidney Stones in Children Due to Salty Processed Foods?
Dr. Robyn Silverman
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As if we needed another reason not to feed our children processed foods.
We’ve talked about the rise in cholesterol, weight, and now…kidney stones in children.
“I thought older men get kidney stones, not kids,” Mother of 11 [...]
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How to Raise a Racist, Sexist, Ageist, Sizeist, Prejudiced Child
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
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Racism. Sexism. Ageism. Sizeism. Prejudice is ugly and transferable.
After Grandmother, Gayle Quinnell, declared that “Barack Obama is an Arab” during a John McCain rally (to his dismay), and justified that this, albeit false, information was good reason for her prejudice reaction to [...]
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Previous Powerful Parenting blog post article; Grow up! How were Treating Our Children Like Little Adults, in which we discussed 5 ways that children were forced to grow up too soon, was featured today on the internet radio show Bigg Success.
Click here to listen and read the write up.
Some recent comments related to the article:
This [...]
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How the Government is failing to be role models for our youth; Part 1
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
I was just talking to my husband, Jason, last night about how when I was little, I thought the president and everyone “in charge” knew everything. I also thought that when people became adults, they acted like adults. Oh [...]
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Ashley McIntosh: Justice Denied?
Dr. Robyn Silverman
Bad weather, No Siren, Red Light: A case of an Officer given preferential treatment? You Make the Call
As many of you know, my niece Evie and her schoolmates lost their beloved teaching assistant, Ashley McIntosh (affectionately known as Miss Mac), last February when a police officer, Amanda Perry, crashed [...]
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