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The Joy Around You

By Rifka Schonfeld

As I delved deeper into these findings, joy started to become less amorphous and abstract to me and more tangible and real.

Marriage and Relationships

Flying Solo

By Henni Halberstam

So, while you are likely a wonderful girl, sitting at home waiting to win the Powerball is not a viable plan.

Parenting Our Children

No Hard Feelings: Only Soft Skills

By Rifka Schonfeld

Suppression and avoidance might seem to be the easiest answers. “Let’s go back to checking our emotions at the door.” But this attitude is counterproductive.

Marriage and Relationships

Travel Trouble

By Henni Halberstam

Politically correct wording and trending topics aside, every woman’s objective must always be to find her bashert so she can create an everlasting Jewish home in which she can raise her children.

Parenting Our Children

Meetings 101

By Rifka Schonfeld

If the key to good meetings or gatherings is purpose, how to do we figure out if we have one?

Parenting Our Children

The Growing Phenomenon Of Unmotivated Boys

By Rifka Schonfeld

Research shows that girls and boys brains develop in different sequences.

Marriage and Relationships

Out-Of-Control Parents

By Henni Halberstam

Consider the information that they have received. Is it from a reputable source and is the information current?

Parenting Our Children

A Step-by-Step Guide To Resilience

By Rifka Schonfeld

For adults, this twelve-step guide can certainly be helpful in building new pathways in the brain to create resilience. But, what can you do for children?

Marriage and Relationships

Pressing Pause

By Henni Halberstam

Take the time to concentrate on your emotional and physical well-being – and summer is the perfect time.

Parenting Our Children / Marriage and Relationships

The Midlife Blah?

By Rifka Schonfeld

With the passing of time people begin to look back on previous years and feel dissatisfaction (even if this is completely subjective and someone on the outside would think that they were doing great).

Marriage and Relationships

Only Doctors Or Lawyers, Please

By Henni Halberstam

What about a guy with a startup, an entrepreneur, or a tech guy who has created a business on his own? So many are achieving great success, their smarts undisputed, but you will have discounted them because they don’t fit your mold.

Parenting Our Children

Embracing The Ups Of Down Sydrome

By Rifka Schonfeld

The assumption was that children with Down Syndrome are globally delayed, but what Professor Buckley recognized is that these children have a particular profile of learning delays and relative strengths.

Parenting Our Children

Getting To Dry Causes and Treatment for Bedwetting

By Rifka Schonfeld

It is important that your child not feel ashamed. He should understand that it is something you will work with him to overcome.

Parenting Our Children

How Can My Son Develop Confidence?

By Eilon Even-Esh

A child who is not assertive and accepts bullying is in danger of growing up to be an adult who is not assertive and accepts bullying.

Marriage and Relationships

Family Matters

By Henni Halberstam

You are at a point where you need to make an informed decision, and you are worried about a variable that cannot be changed.

Parenting Our Children

I Think I Can’t: Learned Helplessness And Academics

By Rifka Schonfeld

It’s easy to “misdiagnose” this condition and call it laziness, but that would be a terrible shame.

Marriage and Relationships

Buckle Up For The Ride

By Henni Halberstam

A new chapter can be scary when you are unsure of what to expect or when preconceived notions and previous negative experiences are holding you back.

Parenting Our Children

Stop and Smell the [Academic] Roses

By Rifka Schonfeld

Is it any wonder that so many children do not measure up to the heavy expectations placed on their young shoulders?

Marriage and Relationships

The Single Mingle

By Henni Halberstam

It can feel impossible to be sufficiently witty and clever in the five-minute time slot allotted during a speed-dating round.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #38

By Rifka Schonfeld

All children, especially those with ADHD, crave routine.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #37

By Rifka Schonfeld

Not only do children who read proficiently have an easier time in all academic areas, they also are more capable in social situations.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #36

By Rifka Schonfeld

If she has required summer reading, be sure to balance the books she is interested in with those on the list.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #35

By Rifka Schonfeld

Behavioral issues come into play, frequently turning twice exceptional children into “problem students” – even as they are head and shoulders above the crowd intellectually.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #34

By Rifka Schonfeld

For those who are introverted, being with people often feels like it is sapping their energy – even if they themselves have great social skills.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #33

By Rifka Schonfeld

Many doctors and psychologists describe this anger as an integral part of growing up.

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #32

By Rifka Schonfeld

Often, teenagers need to see beyond their own lives; doing community services is a great way to broaden their horizons and do some good!

Parenting Our Children

Academic & Social Skills Insights #31

By Rifka Schonfeld

Many of the characteristics you describe: repetitive physical behaviors (blinking or closing his eyes), social isolation, and violence against himself and others are symptomatic of autism.

Parenting Our Children

Does Childhood Depression Exist?

By Rifka Schonfeld

Whatever the numbers, anxiety and depression in a person of any age are conditions too serious to ignore.

Parenting Our Children

Reading, More Than Your ABCs

By Rifka Schonfeld

Many schools and professionals have only one method or set of methods for remedying reading or language problems. Students who don't fit that profile exasperate those who are working with them.

Marriage and Relationships

The 10 Biggest Online Dating Mistakes

By Alan Avitan

As an online dater myself, I completely understand how daunting it can be to use online dating, let alone create a dating profile.

Parenting Our Children

Competition: Who’s Really Winning?

By Rifka Schonfeld

What easier method to ensure that they are really studying their brochos than by sponsoring a schoolwide brochos contest with much fanfare?

Parenting Our Children

Behaviors That Push Away Peers

By Rifka Schonfeld

Deep down Chaim is miserable and his parents are at their wits’ end.

Parenting Our Children

Liar, Liar

By Rifka Schonfeld

In truth, we all try hard to be absolutely honest. We even point out a mistake in our favor to the cashier checking out our groceries.

Parenting Our Children

Nature vs. Nurture: Can You Increase Your Child’s IQ?

By Rifka Schonfeld

“Is there something I can do to make my kids smarter?” Some parents are surprised to hear my answer, “Yes, yes, and yes!

Marriage and Relationships

The Healthy Divorce

By Brad Berfas

On average each couple will have between 4-6 sessions with a week to ten days between sessions.

Parenting Our Children

Why Do Children Get Angry?

By Rifka Schonfeld

In his clinical experience, Wineman has found that teaching children to express themselves verbally can forestall pent-up frustration that leads to anger

Parenting Our Children

Self-Esteem And Special Interests

By Rifka Schonfeld

Many important life skills are developed when a child has a special interest, and not all of them are directly related to the interest itself.

Parenting Our Children

Peer Pressure: Learning To Swim Upstream

By Rifka Schonfeld

In my office, I often deal with parents asking for advice on how to handle the difficult challenges of adolescence and the teen years.

Parenting Our Children

Rescuing The Disorganized Child

By Rifka Schonfeld

Arrange for optimal work conditions. Kids need to work in a quiet environment, one that is relatively distraction-free.

Parenting Our Children

You Never Get A Second Chance… To Make A First Impression

By Rifka Schonfeld

According to experts, the first ten seconds of an interview are the most crucial, as that is when the interviewer sizes up potential candidate.

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