Sylvia Rimm, PhD

Dr. Sylvia Rimm is a psychologist and author of the best-selling See Jane Win. She has gained a national following with her practical and commonsense advice. She directs the Family Achievement Clinic at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Rimm speaks and publishes nationally on family and school approaches to guiding children toward achievement. She hosts the popular national call-in program on public radio called Family Talk With Sylvia Rimm, where she answers listeners' questions on parenting. Her newspaper column is syndicated nationally through Creators Syndicate. Dr. Rimm appears regularly on television including a monthly parenting series on NBC's Today show called Raising Kids in the 90's.

Dr. Rimm has published many books, audio and video tapes. Among the favorites are: ·

  • Raising Preschoolers
  • See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on how 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women
  • How to Parent So Children Will Learn
  • Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades - And What You Can Do About It
  • Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids
  • Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child

 


Articles Written By Dr. Sylvia Rimm

The Foundational Principles of Parenting
Learning Disabilities
Tips For Your College Students

Questions Answered By Dr. Sylvia Rimm
Gold Ribbonned questions are exclusive to WholeFamily.com

18-Month-Old Twins
Daughter Having Social Problems in School
Daughter Is A Strong-Willed Screamer
Daughter Lacks Compassion
Daughter's Mood Swings
Disrespectful Grandson
Does My Teen Need Counseling?
Eleven-Year-Old Girl With Add
Exasperated With Children's School
FATHERLESS GRANDCHILD
Fear of Moving
Five Young Children
Four-Year-Old has Rude, Mean Friends
Four-Year-Old Jealous of Baby in Home
Frenzied Mom
Gifted Four-Year-Old
Grandson Is a Poor Sport
Great-Grandmother Concerned About Three-Year-Old's Safety
Help For Hyperactive Three-Year-Old
Home Alone?
Is My Son Gifted?
Math Disability
Allowance and Chores
Bright, Demanding Five-Year-Old
Medication For Depressed Child
Mom and Stepmom: Which Names to Use?
Monday Morning Blues
Mother Sets No Limits
Musical Teen Doesn't Work In School
One-Year-Old Son Wakes At Night
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Overwelcomed Child Syndrome
Pencil Anxiety
Private or Local School?
Reading Problems In Middle School
Sensitive Two-Year-Old
Seven-Year-Old Perfectionist
Severe Sibling Rivalry
Single Mom Coping with Eighth-Grader
Six-Year-Old Daughter's Destructive Behavior
Six-Year-Old With Learning Disabilities
Stepchild Has Discipline Problems In School
Survivor of Sexual Abuse Tells Children about Grandpa
Tactile Sensitivity
Teaching a Nine-Year-Old About Sexuality
Teaching an 11-Month-Old
Ten-Year-Old Doesn't Do Homework
Terrific Teen
Third-Grader Not Working To Her Potential
Three-Year-Old Having Trouble At Daycare
Three-Year-Old Acts Up In Preschool
Three-Year-Old Fearful At Bedtime
Toddler Hits And Scratches
Treating Siblings Differently
Tween Always Needs Company
Two-and-a-Half-Year-Old Waking At Night
Two-Year-Old Won't Sleep On Her Own
Unappreciative Stepson
Underachieving Son
Unevenly Gifted Kindergartner
Unsure Parent
Whining Daughter
Two-Year-Old Shares Mom's Bed
11-Year-Old Grandson's Temper Tantrums
Nine-Year-Old Doesn't Like School
Eight-Year-Old Talks in Class
Buying Children Too Many Toys
Obese Daughter
Teen Son Involved With Drugs
Fustrated Mother of Teen
Mature Eight-Year-Old
Everything is Struggle With Three-Year-Old
ADD or "Pencil Anxiety"
Eight-Year-Old Adult
Is My Six-Year-Old "Attention-Addicted"
"I Don't Care" Attitude
Babysitting Policy
My Seven-Year-Old Chews His Clothing
Six-Year-Old Having Trouble Concentrating
Parents Disputing in Front if Children
Holding Back A Kindergartener
Immature Five-Year-Old
Three-Year-Old Nail-Biter
Pencil Anxiety
Five-Year-Old Reacted Mean and Nasty to any Male Relationship
My Three-Year-Old Stutters
Twelve-Year-Old Getting into too Much Trouble
Underachievment Syndrome
Sixteen-Year-Old Son Using Drugs
Nine-Year-Old in Love
Grandparents Keep Distance from Autistic Grandchild
Help! Puberty Strikes
Ten-Year-Old Hates Homework
Violent 12-Year-Old Gets F's
Four-Year-Old Only Wants Mom
Adult Son Has ADD
Five-Year-Old Doesn't Respect Authority
Four-Year-Old Acts up with Single Dad
LD Testing at School
My Son's Father is Brainwashing Him Against Me
Over-Empowered Five-Year-Old
Should We Tell Our Son He is Adopted?
Six-Year-Old Granddaughter Feels Abandoned
Six-Year-Old Has Language Processing Disorder
Son Unhappy with School Move
Where Should Teen Son of Divorced Parents Live?

 

 

 

 

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