Parenting 551 articles

Rabbi Jerry Lob, Ph.D discusses why its imperative to talk to your children about difficult subjects. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parent Conference January 9, 2005.

Gerard Klein, Ph.D discusses how to deal with children’s anger and how to recognize the triggers that cause temper tantrums. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parent Conference January 9, 2005.

Norman Blumenthal, Ph.D speaks about sibling rivalry and the importance of sibling relationships in shaping who we are. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parent Conference January 9, 2005.

My father always used to say to us that the story of George Washington and the cherry tree is not a good one for Jewish children to hear. He cut down...

Reb Yosef was an Iranian man, no longer young, who used to stop by our house from time to time. My husband had met him at a wedding, where he was...

When I was growing up, my father used to walk in the door punctually at six o’clock, and not too long afterward, the whole family would sit down to a more...

Marlene Greenspan, MA, LPC, discusses establishing boundaries and setting limits; getting children to respond and listen the way we want them to. Originally given at Congregation Ohab Zedek in NYC, Allen...

Our five-year-old doesn’t like stories from books anymore. “Read me a story from your mind,” Yehuda instructs us these days, but many times there didn’t seem to be anything going on...

From the pages of Jewish Action My 22-year-old son David is tall, handsome, bright and charming. He is also an alcoholic and a drug addict. David was brought up in our...

From the pages of Jewish Action “Hashem made the trees, right?” asked my wide-eyed, not-yet three- year-old. “Yes,” I said. “And the sky and all of the animals?” “Yes, everything.” “Mommy,...