Can Dropping Acid Can Help Girls Feel Good About Themselves? Selma Blair has the Answer
and…everything you want to know about LSD
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
Well folks, it looks I could be out of work—I mean, who needs a body image expert to help teens when all we need is to tell girls to take some acid [...]
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Do magazine diet articles make an impact on girls’ body image?
In a 2007 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, researchers from the University of Minnesota suggest that when teen girls read articles about diet and weight loss, it could have unhealthy consequences years later.
Magazines feature impossibly thin supermodels next to “back-to-school” diet plans and tips [...]
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“Experience is what you get is when you didn’t get what you want…We send our kids out to play football or soccer or swimming or whatever it is… for indirect learning..we don’t actually want them to learn football… We send our kids out to learn much more important things; teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, etc. etc.” –Randy [...]
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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 making [...]
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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 making [...]
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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 between all [...]
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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 between all the [...]
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If you thought that only 20-somethings and popular celebrities worried about body appearance, you might be surprised to hear that even seniors have body image woes. While they may focus on different aspects of their bodies than they once did, many seniors still feel pressure to defy age rather than accept an aging body.
It’s not [...]
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Fitting In While Standing Out
Volume 1: 6 Tips to Help your Child Cope with Feeling Fat in a “Thin is In” World
By: Dr. Robyn Silverman
originally printed as one of Dr. Robyn’s monthly columns
in Bay State Parent Magazine
You probably wouldn’t believe it if you had heard it yourself. MaryBeth, a mother of three, [...]
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