Teaching Children about Leap Year 2008

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 [...]

Sneezing Season! How can I keep my child from getting sick?

 

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 enough! I don’t want [...]

Top Students: Does Self Discipline Trump IQ in Children and Teens?

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 [...]

I did it! Teaching Children the Rewards of Self Discipline

You know several tips on helping children learn self discipline since you read it in the Dear Dr. Robyn column in your Powerful Words package this month. But I thought I would expand on one of the tips (number 4) in the following article on children and self discipline, in particular: “Help your children [...]

Hey Sugar, Sugar! How much sugar is in my child’s juice?

Since writing several articles on how much sugar children are eating or drinking, I’ve received additional questions from POWerful Parents regarding this topic. Specifically, “how much sugar is in juice?” “how many grams of sugar are in a teaspoon?” and “how much juice can my child have in a day?” Let’s answer these questions [...]

The POWer of Self Discipline: Three Reasons Goals Fail to Reach the Finish Line

“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 month [...]

Using Self Discipline to Get Organized

In my recent post, Being a Role Model: Am I self disciplined?, I must have hit a nerve. Several people wrote in and told me that the self discipline questions prompted them to take a good hard look at their own ability to discipline themselves. Question #2, “How much time do you waste [...]

Dr. Robyn Silverman in the News

Here’s a link to a great article by Jennifer Fink on Preschool Friendships. It’s currently featured on KOAM-TV. Jennifer interviewed me on helpful parenting tips as they relate specifically to playing in groups of three. Enjoy!

POWerful Praise: 5 Ways to Properly Praise Children

Praising our children is important to their positive development. They need to know what they are doing right and how you appreciate their effort and achievements. Praise makes them feel loved, appreciated, noticed, and secure. We want to help build their self esteem, however, can we really praise too much?It turns out, [...]

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 [...]