Some Rave Reviews for Powerful Words Character Development

Greetings All…they say a picture says a 1,000 words…I guess a video says a million, right?
We’ve had a bunch of Rave Reviews lately from some of our Super Star Clients!
Here’s a quick clip from Mr. Mark Kline of Kaizen Martial Arts in New Jersey!

Here’s a great clip from Mrs. Sandi Stevens [...]

Integrate Honesty Games into Your Class!

It’s honesty month! Master Joe Pena from Powerful Words Member School, Boston Tae Kwon Do in Massachusetts suggests integrating some honesty games into your curriculum this month!  Here are two of his favorites that are working great at his school:

Dodge Ball: The children line up in two lines facing one another.  Each team has several [...]

Interview about Miley Cyrus: Dr. Robyn on the Dr. Drew Pinsky Show

I had the pleasure of being on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s radio show the other day (April 29th) to talk about the Miley Cyrus issue and the impact on parents and tweens. For your convenience, I took out all the commercials and just left the actual discussion between Dr. Drew and me. I believe the interview [...]

10 Ways to Teach Teens to Show Gratitude: The First 5 Ways

10 Ways to Teach Your Teen Gratitude: The First 5 Ways
*This article was posted on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog as a service to Powerful Words Family Schools. While this article is directed towards parents, as teachers and coaches, in the spirit of gratitude month, we can all learn something from it. Who [...]

Idol Gives Back: A Way to Teach Children Gratitude and Charity

*This article was posted in an altered form on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog as a service to Powerful Words Schools and their participating families.
Sometimes, the media can be used for the power of good. Perhaps some of your children stayed up to watch “Idol Gives Back” last night, a star-studded [...]

What we’re fighting against: 10 Ways to Help Teens Deal with Peer Pressure

This article was posted on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog in an altered form as a service of Powerful Words for Powerful Words Member Schools.
After an extremely disturbing YouTube video surfaced showing 8 teens from Florida beating of another teen, parents are confused and horrified. The victim was treated for a concussion and numerous bruises [...]

Randy Pausch: On Not Giving Up on Your Students

**This article is posted in an altered form on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog as a service to all of our fabulous Powerful Words family schools throughout the world. —————————————————————————————
“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 [...]

Teachers as Role Models: Seven Ways to make a Positive Impact

They want to be just like you. Are you being a positive role model?

Seven Ways to Be a Powerful Role Model
Br. Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman

Note: This article appears in an altered form on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog as a service of the Powerful Words Character Program for member schools.
A role model is a [...]

Dr. Robyn is a STAR!!

Wow! I had the most amazing weekend ever! As many of you know, our very own Dr. Robyn Silverman took on the role of Rosie Alvarez in Bye, Bye, Birdie…and I gotta tell ya…she was AWESOME!
I had the pleasure of watching the show on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon and it [...]

Taking good risks: Teaching courage by example

Teaching by example. We talk about it often. But how do we teach courage when adult life can often appear mundane or monotonous? Sometimes, we just have to do something out of the ordinary.
Just as our coach did with us, when I work with my coaching clients on envisioning their best year for [...]