Makeover Madness for Children’s Cartoons? Less belly fat, more muscles, and a cell phone

It appears that our yesterday’s favorite cartoon characters are getting extreme makeovers to cater to the modern tastes of today’s kids. According to the New York Times, these classic characters are being “freshened up” in order to add upward momentum to the rough sloping economy.
Apparently, the YouTube generation is interested in less belly fat [...]

Disney Princesses Sexualizing Your Daughters? Dr. Robyn Responds

It can be difficult to cope when it seems that our children are growing up too soon. Parents often have a love-hate relationship with much of the media when it comes to their children. Especially their daughters. On the one hand you have the hypersexualization of women and girls in music videos, magazines, internet [...]

Eating Disorders Revealed: Interview with High Schoolers Who Used Their Challenges to Inspire Others

All teens deal with struggles in their lives. It takes a powerful teen to admit she has a problem, work through her challenges, and use what she’s learned to help others. This article is the result of an interview with Alex Shabo, a teen who is recovering from an eating disorder and helping others [...]

Clique it or Ticket to Loserville? 7 Tips on Talking to Children and Teens about Cliques

Parents of teens have asked me recently about parenting resources available to help moms and dads talk to their children about cliques. We know of popular books like “Queen Bees and Wannabees” or “The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander” and recent movies like “Mean Girls” which shows that cliques can certainly become a [...]

Creating Powerful Girls: For Parents Who Want to Raise Confident Daughters; Volume 2

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 [...]

Creating Powerful Girls: For Parents Who Want to Raise Confident Daughters; Volume 1

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 [...]

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 [...]