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Parenting Our Children

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By Rifka Schonfeld

Ridley argues that as a society we are constantly building on an exchange of ideas.

Parenting Our Children

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I would hope that people who have been helped in any situation would express gratitude.

Marriage and Relationships

Old News In A New Age: Online Dating For Cheating Spouses

By Esther M. Schonfeld

They see these sites and all the other avenues available on the web as part of a fantasy world and convince themselves that they will not be held accountable for their actio

Parenting Our Children

Women In The Workforce

By Rifka Schonfeld

While boys’ toys often involve principles inherent in math and science, girls’ toys focus on imagination and creativity.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

A "party" atmosphere has invaded our celebrations.

Parenting Our Children

Flourish: The Secrets To Happiness And Well-Being?

By Rifka Schonfeld

Take a moment to identify the people, times, and things that give you pleasure.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

My husband and I found something that really shocked us.

Parenting Our Children

What’s The Plan? Getting The Life You Want

By Rifka Schonfeld

They explain that we have the tendency to drift or to veer from what our own intentions.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

To us it sounded like a reasonable plan and though her principal thought we were being naive, she acquiesced to our wishes.

Parenting Our Children

Why Read?

By Rifka Schonfeld

Most of the books I have recommended are series because they allow children to get hooked on the characters and writing style, and continue seamlessly from one to another.

Parenting Our Children

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

The loss of a loved one is always hurtful no matter how old he or she is at the age of passing.

Parenting Our Children

Originality: How To Change The World

By Rifka Schonfeld

“Originality itself starts with creativity: generating a concept that is both novel and useful. But it doesn’t stop there. Originals are people who take the initiative to make their visions a reality…”

Marriage and Relationships

Affluenza

By Rabbi M. Gary Neuman

Affluenza is not about wealth. It is about a generation of parents who want to make their children so "happy" that they fail them miserably.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

While it is imprtant to think out of the box, we must also be cognizant of people's wants and needs.

Parenting Our Children

Making Big Magic: Abandoning Fear And Embracing Creativity

By Rifka Schonfeld

Dearest Fear: Creativity and I are about to go on a road trip together. I understand you’ll be joining us, because you always do.

Parenting Our Children

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Being an older single is a huge nisayon.

Parenting Our Children

Break Out Of Your Rut: Think Like A Teen

By Rifka Schonfeld

Siegel explains that there are four ways that the brain is developing during adolescence that provide the groundwork for healthy ways of living.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

My love for my sister is very deep and I want her to learn to enjoy her life.

Parenting Our Children

Raising An Adult

By Rifka Schonfeld

We as parents need to take a step back and allow our children to make mistakes, thereby growing into independent problem-solving adults.

Marriage and Relationships

Solid Marriages

By Rabbi M. Gary Neuman

One reason that G-d waited to create Eve was because it was not enough for G-d to know that man needed a wife.

Parenting Our Children

The Essentials In Education

By Rifka Schonfeld

Most schools would have to stop doing almost everything they now do in the name of school improvement.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

We have the same ridiculous fights over and over again...

Parenting Our Children

What Do We Really Want for Our Children?

By Rifka Schonfeld

Resilience explains why some children overcome overwhelming obstacles...

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Please, Dr. Respler, tell people to mind their own business.

Parenting Our Children

Raising Passionate Readers

By Rifka Schonfeld

Kriah teachers continually search for ways to combat tedium and monotony in reading practice.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

"I know people mean well... but..."

Parenting Our Children

Teens: Taking Control Of Your Anger

By Rifka Schonfeld

Anger becomes a problem if you do not know how to handle it.

Parenting Our Children

Reading Comprehension And Math Skills: What’s The Connection?

By Rifka Schonfeld

If students need to improve many of the same skills for both reading comprehension and math, teachers can borrow strategies from literacy instruction and apply them to the math classroom.

Parenting Our Children

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Worrying is definitely a Jewish occupation.

Parenting Our Children

Mindful Discipline

By Rifka Schonfeld

One of the key tenets in the book is that children need five things from their parents in order to have a healthy relationship:

Parenting Our Children

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

How could they not know how we wish for a child who wakes us up in middle of the night?

Parenting Our Children

Helping Older Kids Read

By Rifka Schonfeld

Phonics is great for young children learning to read, but it can be boring and frustrating for children who have sat through the instruction for years.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Often a child's worst fears emerge right before sleep.

Parenting Our Children

Art Before Breakfast

By Rifka Schonfeld

In it he explains that greater creativity leads to greater happiness.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

How could he fight with someone who wasn't fighting back?

Parenting Our Children

Flipping The Switch On Friendship

By Rifka Schonfeld

The benefits of friendship are particularly potent for women as opposed to men.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

People who have higher credit scores are more likely to form committed relationships.

Parenting Our Children

Essentialism And Say “No”

By Rifka Schonfeld

In other words, by allowing your children to experience disappointment, you are teaching them how to cope with frustration in the future.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Quality time means giving your undivided attention to your spouse.

Parenting Our Children

Think Different

By Rifka Schonfeld

It’s hard for us to admit when we don’t know something because we are trained to believe that knowing the right answer will get us ahead...

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

​Average intelligence does not connote mediocrity and people are frequently mistaken when they think that someone with average intelligence is not going to really succeed in life.

Marriage and Relationships

On The Road To Shalom Bayit

By Moishe Herskowitz

The brain has two major functions and they are, put simply, “Am I Safe,” or “Am I in Danger?”

Parenting Our Children

Starfish Up! How Your Body Language Can Shape Your Life

By Rifka Schonfeld

Why should we not carry ourselves with pride and personal power?

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

When you tell a shadchan that you want a young man with a plan or an idea of how he will support his family, the conversation is over.

Parenting Our Children

Location, Location, Location

By Rifka Schonfeld

When dealing with a difficult situation as a leader, locate yourself above or below the line.

Marriage and Relationships

You Just Received A Hazmana – A Summons To Beis Din: What Do You Do?

By Margaret E. Retter

Since most women do not have a clue what to do when they receive a hazmana, we will try to allay the fears they might have.

Parenting Our Children

Social Thinking: Communication And Interaction

By Rifka Schonfeld

The ability to think socially is required prior to the production of social skills.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I think it's time that we as a community reconsider our shidduch situation.

Parenting Our Children

Anxiety Roundtable: Ask The Experts

By Rifka Schonfeld

When does worrying become anxiety? Is it possible to overcome that anxiety?

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Realistic expectations are integral as they help children feel confident when they are successfully met.

Parenting Our Children

Bold And Beautiful Or Still And Strong? Raising Introverted Children

By Rifka Schonfeld

“It is an easy mistake to think that non-talkers are non-feelers.” – Wallace Stegner “I think a lot, but I don’t say much.” – Anne Frank “Quiet people have the loudest minds.” – Stephen Hawking   Are you quiet or loud? Do you like to be the center of attention or are you happy to […]

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

It was a terrible and horrifying experience for me that I will never forget.

Parenting Our Children

Boys And Reading: Q&A

By Rifka Schonfeld

I have compiled a few questions and answers to help everyone understand how we can get boys reading up to their potential.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Unconditional love is something we all crave. We resent feeling that we are loved because of our achievements or the money we earn, and the roots of this message start when children are young.

Parenting Our Children

Math By The Book

By Rifka Schonfeld

This scared her immensely. After all, she was terrible with numbers.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I realized that this change is a good thing and I should be happy.

Parenting Our Children

Affecting Real Change In Education

By Rifka Schonfeld

We believe that effective school change happens when all stakeholders – administrators, faculty, parents, counselors, and students – come together to identify problems and work on solutions.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

The most powerful message you gave me was to think about how to make the person I am dating feel special when he is around me.

Parenting Our Children

Sem Girls and Alcohol – A True Story

By As Told To Michal Kay

Should I speak to the girls? Find out their contact information and call their parents?

Parenting Our Children

The Light Of Failure

By Rifka Schonfeld

What do you do with that failure? How do you learn from it and attempt the seemingly impossible again?

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I think the only way to reach your husband is through positive reinforcement.

Parenting Our Children

Cracking the Genius Code

By Rifka Schonfeld

The best part of the toolbox (and a point that Ness emphasizes in her book numerous times) is that it’s not about innate knowledge, talent or intelligence.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I can't seem to say anything and I do not know what to do.

Parenting Our Children

Out Of Our Minds: Learning To Be Creative

By Rifka Schonfeld

While Robinson is firmly against the educational systems we have in place, I believe there is definitely value to what we do today.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

Marriage is hard work. My husband and I both had to change the way in which we behaved.

Parenting Our Children

Homework: The Secret To Success

By Rifka Schonfeld

Parents are frustrated by their inability to get clear information about the right thing the [X] family has apparently figured out.

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