Everyone comes with baggage; roads traveled, tears cried, and scars of recent and distant past. But we also come with gifts, strengths, and dreams. Don’t let your “once was” dictate your “to be.” Write the ticket. Then go! –Dr. Robyn Silverman, from Creating a Community of Character, Keynote presentation Tabula rasa is dead. And it’s [...]
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Much more than 10 parenting tips to reduce your stress and get you from a to z! What? Nobody gave you a manual giving you the abc’s of parenting and stress management when you gave birth to your bundle of joy? Why stop at 10 parenting tips—let’s give you the full alphabet! Here’s something for [...]
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Well, I like to think of it as an indicator of just how close my family is– when one has a cold, we all get it. It’s hard to avoid, you know, with my almost 3 year old giving lots of hugs and kisses to everyone and my 19 month old putting his mouth on [...]
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Steve Jobs, innovator, inventor, and game-changer died yesterday at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. The news of his death, while bringing on mourning of an amazing thinker, prompted those who revered and respected him to focus on his noteworthy influence on the current way we live, work, and enjoy entertainment. It got me [...]
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Dear Dr. Robyn, My daughter often seems a bit timid when it comes to doing things on her own. She asks me to help her do things even when she can probably do them by herself. I admit that I find myself doing many things for her. How do I get her to be more [...]
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There has been a very consistent downgrading of girls happening lately. It seems like one thing after another telling them that their looks are most important, that smarts are to be hidden (if they even had them in the first place) and that they need to hurry up and dress like, behave like, and believe [...]
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Two weeks ago I was on The Today Show talking about the “loungerie” that 4 year old models were wearing in a French advertisement. The children were made up to look much older and we posed in very inappropriate and sometimes alarming poses. It felt like de ja vu. I had just been on The [...]
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“My child goes back to school next week. He’s really nervous. What can I do to help him?” Questions about back to school fears are some of the most common questions I get at this time of year. Take a look at some of the segments I’ve done for Mom’s Homeroom (MSN- brand new!) and [...]
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How Can I Talk to My Children about the Leiby Kletzky Murder? 10 Tips Parents Need to Know A horrific story about a 8 year old boy, Leiby Kletzky, gone missing, murdered and dismembered in Brooklyn this week, has parents wondering how to talk to their children about this tragedy. As a parent myself, all [...]
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