Dr. Robyn Silverman is a leading child and teen development specialist, success coach and parenting expert who speaks internationally on topics from leadership to character education, female empowerment and how to talk to kids. An author, frequent guest on national news programs including "Today Show" and "Good Morning America," and founder of Powerful Words Character Development, she lives in New Jersey with her husband and two kids. You can learn more at DrRobynSilverman.com, follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and listen to her podcast, How to Talk to Kids About Anything.
-From US News and World Report
“As a body image expert, I hear from students all the time that they feel it allows for a lot of comparison... So if you have a body that’s a plus-size body, a curvier body, a very tall body, a very short body, those girls often feel that they don't look their best.”
“At a time where teens and preteens want to express themselves, clothes provide a vehicle, a benign vehicle, to allow them to express themselves and say, ‘I’m different,’ without having to approach more risky ways of saying the same thing,”
