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How to Say No to Your Kids

How to Say No to Your Kids

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Is My Child a Natural-born Leader?

Is My Child a Natural-born Leader?

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Talking to Your Kids About Rising Anti-Semitism

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Gotta Love Millennials

Gotta Love Millennials

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New Hazards Your Kids are Facing Online

New Hazards Your Kids are Facing Online
Be a Lamp Lighter: A Hanukkah Story for Parents and Kids

Be a Lamp Lighter: A Hanukkah Story for Parents and Kids

Filling emptiness with light.

The Anonymous Hero of Hanukkah: A Story for Parents and Kids

The Anonymous Hero of Hanukkah: A Story for Parents and Kids

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Why don’t we know the name of this Chanukah hero?

Hanukkah Safety Tips for the Whole Family

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Hanukkah Safety Tips for the Whole Family

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Chaya Malka Abramson talks about fire prevention and treating burns

Jewish Wisdom on Raising My ADHD Son

Jewish Wisdom on Raising My ADHD Son

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Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser on overcoming social anxiety and negative beliefs.

Hanging with Jason, My Autistic Nephew

Hanging with Jason, My Autistic Nephew

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As a pediatrician for many families with children on the autism spectrum, I thought I knew what it entailed to raise an autistic child. How wrong I was.

5 Things Smart Parents Don't Do

5 Things Smart Parents Don't Do

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How many of these mistakes do you make?

Discovering My Child has Dyslexia (and ADD)

Discovering My Child has Dyslexia (and ADD)

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My child is an angel when he sleeps. Why is he such a terror when he's awake?

7 Ways to be Your Child's Role Model

7 Ways to be Your Child's Role Model

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Because you are the greatest influence in your child's life.

PODCAST: Why Kids Lie

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PODCAST: Why Kids Lie

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Rabbi Menachem Nissel on why children and teens lie, and what parents can do about it.

My Daughter and Her Duck

My Daughter and Her Duck

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I braced myself for my daughter's usual blowup. Then something amazing happened.

One of the Best Pieces of Parenting Advice I've Ever Heard

One of the Best Pieces of Parenting Advice I've Ever Heard

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Thanks to Rebbetzin Feige Twerski.

Bring the Joy of Judaism into Your Home

Bring the Joy of Judaism into Your Home

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Don't just celebrate the heavy Jewish holidays. Sukkot and Simchat Torah show us a joyous side of Judaism that you'll want your family to experience.

Keeping Your Sanity Over the Holiday Season

Keeping Your Sanity Over the Holiday Season

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And your kids' sanity too!

PODCAST: Getting Our House in Order

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PODCAST: Getting Our House in Order

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Rabbi David Schoonmaker’s tips for improving our organizational skills at home.

My Single Greatest Achievement

My Single Greatest Achievement

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Thoughts as I send off my 18-year-old son.

How to Make Your Shabbat Table a Place Kids Will Want to Be

How to Make Your Shabbat Table a Place Kids Will Want to Be

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The incredible power of a good, thought-provoking question.

Why Every Child Needs to Hear Stories about the Holocaust

Why Every Child Needs to Hear Stories about the Holocaust

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If we don't know where we’ve come from, we don't know what we are made of nor where we are going.

PODCAST: Rabbi Berel Wein on the Secret Life of Grandparents

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PODCAST: Rabbi Berel Wein on the Secret Life of Grandparents

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With their love, grandparents can influence the entire family.

Planting and Building in Parenting

Planting and Building in Parenting

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Keep the big picture in mind. Just because your child isn't listening today doesn't mean things won't change.

Helping Your Child to Learn How to Control their Emotions

Helping Your Child to Learn How to Control their Emotions

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How parents can help their child learn to get in control of their outbursts and frustrations.

PODCAST: How to Protect Pre-teens and Teens from Undesirable Relationships

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PODCAST: How to Protect Pre-teens and Teens from Undesirable Relationships

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Rabbi Menachem Nissel’s guide to setting boundaries, rules and curfews.

Trust in Parenting

Trust in Parenting

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Believe it and then you'll see it.

10 Habits of Highly Effective Parents

10 Habits of Highly Effective Parents

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How to raise thriving children and parent from strength.

PODCAST: How Parents Can Use Improv Comedy Techniques to Get Through the Summer

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With Debbie Hirsch’s tips, there’s no reason to freak out now that school’s out.

A Critical Pre-Camp Parental Safety Talk

A Critical Pre-Camp Parental Safety Talk

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In addition to protecting our children from becoming victims, we need to minimize the likelihood of their becoming perpetrators.

PODCAST: What Boys Need from their Dads

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Rabbi David Schoonmaker’s advice for dads: encourage, acknowledge and discipline with love.

5 Simple Ways To Gain Your Child’s Cooperation

5 Simple Ways To Gain Your Child’s Cooperation

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How to encourage your kids to help.

Dear Guilt: A Mother’s Day Letter Every Mother Needs to Read

Dear Guilt: A Mother’s Day Letter Every Mother Needs to Read

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Ever since my first child was born you’ve been undermining my confidence. Enough is enough.

Catch the Good in Your Child and Watch it Grow

Catch the Good in Your Child and Watch it Grow

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No matter how challenging your child is, the more you focus on the good the more good you will see.

PODCAST: Successfully Parenting the ADD Child

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PODCAST: Successfully Parenting the ADD Child

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s advice for helping children whose attention span doesn't conform to society’s standards.

5 Ways Judaism Honors Mothers

5 Ways Judaism Honors Mothers

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Mothers are honored all year round in Jewish tradition.

When Your Child is the Wicked Son

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

When Your Child is the Wicked Son

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We need to have faith not only in the Almighty but faith in our children.

A Lion King Passover

A Lion King Passover

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An inspiring medley from the classic film you’ll want to sing at your Seder.

Helping Your Explosive Child

Helping Your Explosive Child

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Practical tools and skills to help your child regulate emotions.

5 Jewish Bedtime Rituals to Try Today

5 Jewish Bedtime Rituals to Try Today

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Transform your kids’ bedtime routine into a powerful spiritual moment.

PODCAST: The Busy Parent’s Guide to Quality Time

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PODCAST: The Busy Parent’s Guide to Quality Time

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Rabbi Menachem Nissel on maximizing those moments we have with our children.

Using Screen Time with Your Kids

Using Screen Time with Your Kids

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Practical suggestions on getting the most out of your child’s screen time.

PODCAST: Life After Growing Up with a Mentally Ill or Addicted Parent

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Dr. Jacob Freedman on becoming the capable, loving parent you wish you had.

Failing Our Children: The College Admission Scandal

Failing Our Children: The College Admission Scandal

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The recent scandal is an extreme example of one of the most sinister demises of our youth: helicopter parenting.

The Importance of Play: 8 Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Mental Health

The Importance of Play: 8 Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Mental Health

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We need to bring play back into our children’s lives.

10 Most Important Things I’ve Learned in Parenting

10 Most Important Things I’ve Learned in Parenting

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After ten years of parenting I’ve realized I still don’t know what I’m doing and that’s okay.

Social Media: Tips for Safe and Meaningful Use

Social Media: Tips for Safe and Meaningful Use

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Parents must teach their children how to properly use this potentially dangerous technology.

PODCAST: Listening to Our Kids, Teens, and Everyone Else

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Rabbi David Schoonmaker helps us fine-tune our listening skills at home.

Who’s Afraid of Authoritative Parenting?

Who’s Afraid of Authoritative Parenting?

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How to set limits and rules that stick.

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