Parenting

Building Your Child's Positive Self-Image: Part 1

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

A down-to-earth Jewish primer on raising kids with healthy self-esteem.

Helping Children Cope With Difficulties

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

Failing a test, being unpopular, coping with divorce and worse. Children face many difficulties. What can we do to strengthen our children for life's challenges?

Family Holiday Guides

by Rabbi Yair Kobernick

Let Shrilly the Shofar take you and your family on a guided tour of the High Holidays, uncovering the deeper meanings of the most awesome days in the Jewish year!

Married (A Second Time) With Children

by Emuna Braverman

Forget the Brady Bunch. Here are six tools for coping with some of the unique challenges step-families present.

Understanding Your Child

by Rabbi Noach Orlowek

Good parents, help their children develop a roadmap to their own unique personalities. To do that, you've got to really know your child.

Don't Get No Respect?

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

When you walk in the room do your children even notice? Do they contradict you, yell at you or argue with you? The issue is respect -- or, the lack of it.

The Gratitude Attitude

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

Do not underestimate the power of "Thank You" notes to help kids learn to appreciate the good that others do for them.

Judging Others Favorably

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

Giving people the benefit of the doubt applies to children too. In fact judging our children favorably is the most effective tool for teaching them this powerful commandment.

Love Thy Principal

by Rabbi Noach Orlowek

Teachers are human too. A little bit of effort on your part can go a long way to helping your child in the classroom.

Combating Jealousy

by Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg

"Joshua got a bigger piece of cake than me!" How can we replace our children's fear of being shortchanged with a secure feeling that they have all they need?

Coping With Fear

by Rabbi Noach Orlowek

How to teach your children to cope with living in a scary, sometimes unjust world.

Is God a Man or a Woman?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q. My four-year-old daughter has begun to ask about God. Is God a man or a woman? What is God? What should I tell her?

Opening Our Homes: What's In It For Our Kids

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

A home is your castle, but is also a tool for teaching your children sharing, hospitality, and caring about others.

Anger

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

Children who fly into temper tantrums may be modeling their behavior on parents who use anger as a teaching tool.

Why Are There So Many Rules In Judaism?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

What's wrong with having some fun?

Gaining Respect

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Treating your kids with respect is the best way to teach them to respect you. Think you can pull it off?

Talking to Your Kids About Divorce

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: What does it mean when people get divorced?

Instilling Humility in Children

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

Don't equate humility with weakness. The truly humble person is the strongest of all, as the example of Moses aptly demonstrates.

Why doesn't God answer me?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: Why doesn't God answer me?

Does being Jewish mean I'm different from my friends?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: Does being Jewish mean I'm different from my friends?

Will Your Child Grow Up To Be A Thief?

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

Acceptable stealing -- such as lying about a child's age to gain cheaper admission -- communicates an indelible lesson.

Being an Imperfect Parent

by Rabbi Noach Orlowek

Perfectionists are living in the wrong world. Teach your children how to avoid this debilitating habit.

How do I talk to my kids about the fact of life?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: How do I talk to my kids about the facts of life, from a Jewish perspective?

The Art of Positive Reinforcement

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

What you praise and criticize is what you get. So be careful!

Why does God Make People Sick?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: Why does God make people sick?

The Positive - Negative Ratio

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

Of course you love your child. But in the midst of all the daily demands and negativity, does your child really know this?

The Parenting Game

by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.

Good parenting means paying attention to the uniqueness of each child.

Where did grandma go when she died?

by Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

Q: Where did grandma go when she died?

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