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Are Our Children Doomed to be Victims of Their Emotions? The Joy of Purim.
Allowing our children to believe that they are limited by their feelings dooms them to a life of sadness and anxiety. Empowering our childre
Mar 20, 2024


Should We Judge Parents By Their Children?
Social media is crawling with posts implying or explicitly stating that if a mom parents the right way, her child will turn out to be...
Mar 13, 2024


How to Get Your Kids to Listen Without Yelling or Arguing
The request from a young mother told a familiar story. Her sweet, adorable toddler was hijacking her night, every night. Bedtime to this...
Feb 22, 2024


A New Perspective on Chores
Every Friday morning, my children and I set aside our week’s homeschooling studies and work together to prepare for Shabbos (Sabbath)....
Feb 15, 2024


How to Teach Your Children to Think
In order to help them learn to make their own thoughtful choices, wise parents give children a window into how and why they make decisions.
Feb 7, 2024


Faith in the Future: The Ultimate Parenting Mindset
Faith is the hallmark of parents who dedicate themselves to raising the next generation long before they see the fruits of their labor.
Jan 23, 2024


What Makes Your Kid Lose It?
A mother can help her children make good choices by striving to keep them in a framework that helps them be successful.
Jan 10, 2024


From Victimhood to Empowerment
“I can’t do this!” “My teacher hates me!” “I never get what I want.” “You always punish me for every little thing!” Do these lines sound...
Dec 27, 2023


Why Are You Falling Apart Now?
As a young mother preparing for an expected birth, I knew my young children would probably struggle to adapt to life with a tired Mommy...
Dec 20, 2023


Addressing a Common Communication Challenge
A parent's job is to use language to build a bridge with our children, opening conversations and sharing thoughts and feelings.
Nov 28, 2023


Stumbling to Greatness
Making mistakes is not the problem. Viewing mistakes as definitive limitations instead of opportunities for growth is a problem.
Sep 14, 2023


Three Steps to Raising Grateful Kids
How can I stop my kids from being entitled, self-centered brats? This is the million dollar question for today’s parents, made more...
Aug 30, 2023


Gifts of Dependency
No one can parent a person who doesn’t want to be parented. The fact that our children depend on us for their needs allows our relationship
Aug 1, 2023


My Children, My Brothers?
The Torah stresses respect from children for parents, so a verse in Genesis should raise eyebrows. Let’s take a look at Jacob’s...
Jun 27, 2023


Youthful Impatience
Genesis 37:2 introduces us to Joseph at 17 years old, described in Hebrew as a “na’ar,” a lad. The transmitter of Biblical wisdom known...
Jun 27, 2023


One Day At a Time
Deuteronomy 18:13 says, “You should be tamim with Hashem your God.” Tamim is a difficult Hebrew word to understand. It is alternatively...
Jun 27, 2023


The Journey and The Destination
The last section of the book of Numbers is known in Hebrew as Masei – journeys. It recounts the 42 journeys that the children of Israel...
Jun 27, 2023


Come to Me or Go from Me?
The third section of the book of Exodus, starting with Exodus 9 begins with God telling Moses, “Come to Pharaoh.” The obvious question...
Jun 27, 2023


When Things Fall Apart
After 210 years of enslavement, the Jewish people are finally about to be redeemed. God gives Moses his mission to tell Pharaoh, “Let my...
Jun 20, 2023
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