Children with Determination: Dr. Robyn Silverman Announces the Powerful Word of the Month
Dr. Robyn Announces July’s Powerful Word to Powerful Parents and Families
Have a Powerful Month!
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Lithia Move Changes
We have a few changes to make to our move plans. We were all set to get out of there on Saturday, but when we showed up to the new school our contract informed us that we weren’t going to have our meter hooked up by TECO until Monday or Tues.
So, that means we have [...]
Parents Lying to Children: Necessary or Hypocritical?
Lying to our Children: The Elephant in the Room Meets The Hypocrite in the Mirror
By: Dr. Robyn Silverman
Lying.
In the wake of honesty month, for Powerful Words, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Parents often lie to their children. It’s OK, right? After all, our parents did it. Most parents still do.
You eat a [...]
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Revealed: Secrets Food Advertisers Don’t Want You to Know
Teaching children that the media isn’t being honest!
Getting up to speed on media literacy for kids…
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman for The Powerful Parent Blog
As we are nearing the end of honesty month for Powerful Words Member Schools, I thought you might be interested in some dishonest behavior on the part of advertisers. Powerful Words [...]
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Body Image and Boys: The Adonis Complex and Steroid Abuse among Teens
Powerful Parents are certainly a passionate bunch. I guess my article on steroid abuse among teens stirred up some good discussion yesterday in light of the cultural response to body image problems among our youth. Perhaps you were surprised that boys were affected just as girls have been affected. What else can we expect? [...]
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New Theme for Blog
We’ve changed the theme here on our blog, just in case you haven’t noticed. We’re trying to make our blog look a little bit more like the rest of our website. Please be patient while we try and figure out how it works.
The button that says Archive, doesn’t work…
A Good Laugh on Tuesday
Hey Everyone,
Just thought I’d post a funny video I found while surfing the internet. Just so you know, the stuff that’s in this video we try VERY hard to avoid happening in our own school. More than likely, since this video appeared on “America’s Funniest Videos” the people featured are able to laugh about it [...]
Scary Things Teens Do that Parents Don’t Know About: Steroids
Steroid Use in Preteens and Teens
Perhaps you’ve noticed a few of them walking in the halls of your children’s schools. Or perhaps you’ve noticed something strange among your own teens. Are their chiseled bodies really of this world? With their six pack abs, bulging biceps and firm quads, these teens make others wonder if they’re [...]
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20 Ways to Start Conversations with Teens and Tweens
Hello Families!
Hope you’ve had a terrific end to your week and your having a wonderful weekend! For the last few days, I’ve been presenting at the United States Gymnastics Congress and Olympic Trials in Philadelphia, with scores of athletes, coaches, gymnastics school owners, judges, and children everywhere I turn! As you can imagine, the energy [...]
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FishHawk Classes Start June 30th!
We’re proud to say that it’s looking really good that classes are going to be able to begin on Monday June 30th at the new SIDEKICKS location. For those of you that don’t know the Lithia location of SIDEKICKS will be moving to a brand new state-of-the-art 4,000 square foot facility. The new school will [...]