Comfort Cases: Unpacked Podcast | Episode 9 | Dr. Robyn Silverman
October 27, 2026
Comfort Cases: Unpacked Podcast | Episode 9 | Dr. Robyn Silverman
How do you talk to a child about something difficult without making it feel like a lecture, an interrogation, or one enormous “talk”?
This week on Comfort Cases: UnPacked, Rob Scheer welcomes Dr. Robyn Silverman, child and teen development specialist, bestselling author, and host of How to Talk to Kids About Anything. Known as “The Conversation Doc,” Dr. Robyn shares practical ways parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, educators, and other caring adults can build trust and help children feel comfortable opening up.
Starting with money and finances, Rob and Dr. Robyn explore how everyday conversations can help children navigate self-esteem, friendship, mistakes, grief, mental health, relationships, identity, and belonging. They also discuss how to approach sensitive topics with children who have experienced trauma, separation, or instability—and how to respond when a child shares something serious.
The goal isn’t to find the perfect words. It’s to keep talking.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS:
- Talking about money and finances in age-appropriate ways
- Why smaller, ongoing conversations work better than one big “talk”
- Building trust with children who have experienced instability
- Discussing grief, separation, identity, and belonging without forcing disclosure
- Responding when a child speaks negatively about themselves
- Talking about mistakes and failure without reinforcing shame
- What to do when a child shares something serious
- Why connection comes before correction
- Listening so children know they can come to you about anything
ABOUT DR. ROBYN SILVERMAN
Dr. Robyn Silverman is a child and teen development specialist, speaker, bestselling author, and host of How to Talk to Kids About Anything.
She founded Powerful Words Character Development, created Kidversation Cards, and developed the Empower-Launch Leadership Academy. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and in The New York Times.
CONNECT WITH DR. ROBYN
Website: https://drrobynsilverman.com/
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