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Have your children ever felt you were cold-hearted? If you’ve never been a “Mean Mommy”, then it’s high time you step into the role. 😉...

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

What is the difference between the following two scenarios? A mother and her fourteen year old son are at loggerheads. Although she tries...

Have you ever been in public while your child has a complete meltdown and you feel pressured to do or say something because of all the...

How to teach your children the importance of keeping their word and the significance of speech.

Recently, I found myself with two children who, one right after the other, made identical comments that were not appropriate for that...

Numbers 24 contains the blessings that the prophet Bilam said to the Jewish nation when he was hired by King Balak for the opposite...

Let’s look at a parenting lesson from Yitzchak (Isaac) and Rivka (Rebecca) through the eyes of Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch, a leading...

The Torah stresses respect from children for parents, so a verse in Genesis should raise eyebrows. Let’s take a look at Jacob’s...

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...

Deuteronomy 18:13 says, “You should be tamim with Hashem your God.” Tamim is a difficult Hebrew word to understand. It is alternatively...

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...