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Parenting 551 articles

Need a crash course on teenage girls? A sense of parental camaraderie? A good laugh? Enter OU Life’s Parenting section; it’ll get you out of trouble and back in the parenting game.

Purim: Teaching Jewish Children To Be Courageous
We all love Purim, the megillah reading, the graggers, the mishloach manot, the candy, the costumes and the parties. We  also love the Purim story. Good against evil and our people’s...
Mar 7, 2017
By Adina Soclof
3 Ways To Help Your Children Succeed At School
3 Ways To Help Your Children Succeed At School
As Jews, we take education seriously, we always have. Every day, in Shema, we reiterate the importance of Jewish education, “Veshinantam L’baneicha” However, nowadays, we seem to have taken it to...
Feb 27, 2017
By Adina Soclof
The Most Powerful Way To Teach Kids Responsibility
The Most Powerful Way To Teach Kids Responsibility
Many parents feel that their children are irresponsible. Parents will tell their kids, “I had a job and paid for my own stuff!” “My parents never checked my homework, I just...
Feb 21, 2017
By Adina Soclof
3 Steps To Help Your Child Talk About Difficult Things
3 Steps To Help Your Child Talk About Difficult...
Your 10 year old comes home from school in a bad mood. He slams the front door, throws his coat and schoolbag on the floor, grabs a book or the paper,...
Feb 15, 2017
By Eli Weiss, MBACP
The Most Powerful Way To Teach Kids Responsibility
Many parents feel that their children are irresponsible. Parents will tell their kids, “I had a job and paid for my own stuff!” “My parents never checked my homework, I just...
Feb 14, 2017
By Adina Soclof
3 Simple Ways To Teach Our Kids To Feel Happy and Competent
3 Simple Ways To Teach Our Kids To Feel...
In the case of parenting, trying to make our children happy is really a lose/lose situation. The truth is, the more you try to make your child happy the less happy...
Feb 7, 2017
By Adina Soclof
Facing Stigma Without Shame
Facing Stigma Without Shame
My son is sometimes hard to love. When he smashes dishes, when he slams doors, when he hits and shoves me, when he tries to bite me and my husband. When...
Jan 24, 2017
By Julia Kalish
3 Ways To Prevent Temper Tantrums
3 Ways To Prevent Temper Tantrums
Parenting comes with lots of challenges. However, there is nothing worse than having to deal with a temper tantrum. It is exhausting for both parents and children. Many times temper tantrums...
Jan 24, 2017
By Adina Soclof
3 Simple Ways To Discipline Without Anger
3 Simple Ways To Discipline Without Anger
Yehoshua ben Perachia would say: Make for yourself a Rav (teacher), and acquire for yourself a colleague, and give all individuals the benefit of the doubt. יהושע בן פרחיה אומר: עשה...
Jan 17, 2017
By Adina Soclof
4 Jewish Parenting Quotes to live by
4 Jewish Parenting Quotes to live by
Quotes are sometimes just what you need to gain perspective. I love quotes because there is so much wisdom in a relatively short statement. Here are some of my favorite parenting...
Jan 11, 2017
By Adina Soclof

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