Timeless Wisdom, Practical Guidance

Dear Rebecca, I keep getting calls from my six-year-old child’s camp counselor about misbehavior in camp. I’m not there during the day and can’t intervene. What am I supposed to do? Dear Mom on Call, Ouch. Phone calls complaining about our child’s behavior hurt. You are wisely not reacting emotionally or personally. Instead, you’re simply asking what you can do to help the situation. Good for you! You are correct that since you aren’t there during the day, there isn’t much y

Dear Rebecca, My ten year old daughter is so negative. She complains about what she doesn’t have that others do and isn’t happy with the good things she has. Her negativity is draining and leaves her, and those of us who have to listen to her, often unhappy. What can I do to help her stop complaining and start seeing the good in her life?

Every parent reaches this moment, and even though you know it’s expected, it still hits as a shock. At some point, your precious, sweet, adorable child will turn belligerent, resistant, and confrontational. Something will set them off. Maybe it will be something you say or do that starts the storm. Maybe it will be a reaction to someone else irritating them. But the frustration will boil over at you, the parent. After the first gasp of disbelief, you're faced with the million

Parshas Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins with Moshe (Moses) gathering the entire nation of Israel to hear Hashem’s (God’s)...

The greatest gift we can give our children isn’t a perfect life—it’s the ability to find joy in an imperfect one. That’s Purim’s lesson.

A typical conversation with a neighborhood mom begins, “I don’t know how you homeschool.” She often continues, “My life feels upside down when school is canceled for snow and everyone’s home together. I can’t imagine how you manage that every day.” What she doesn’t realize (though I’m quick to explain) is that I, too, wouldn’t know how to homeschool if every day felt like a surprise snow day. The key to running a smooth homeschool is the same principle that keeps schools and

I was once in a grocery store late at night when I noticed a toddler screaming uncontrollably. The child’s mother was visibly frustrated...