A Critical Pre-Camp Parental Safety Talk

10 Habits of Highly Effective Parents

How to raise thriving children and parent from strength.

PODCAST: What Boys Need from their Dads

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

5 Simple Ways To Gain Your Child’s Cooperation

How to encourage your kids to help.

PODCAST: Successfully Parenting the ADD Child

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

5 Ways Judaism Honors Mothers

Mothers are honored all year round in Jewish tradition.

Catch the Good in Your Child and Watch it Grow

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

Helping Your Explosive Child

Practical tools and skills to help your child regulate emotions.

 

A Lion King Passover

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

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

When Your Child is the Wicked Son

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

5 Jewish Bedtime Rituals to Try Today

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

PODCAST: The Busy Parent’s Guide to Quality Time

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

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

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

Using Screen Time with Your Kids

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

Failing Our Children: The College Admission Scandal

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

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

10 Most Important Things I’ve Learned in Parenting

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

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

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

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

PODCAST: When Your Child is the Classroom Troublemaker

Rabbi Berel Wein explains how parents can understand and advocate for their little rascal.

Who’s Afraid of Authoritative Parenting?

How to set limits and rules that stick.

The Stress of Modern Parenting

The power of a parent’s love is more valuable than any after school activity, technology or pair of sneakers money can buy.

PODCAST: My Child is Being Bullied. Now What?

Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser’s four steps to helping a child who’s being bullied.

The 30 Minute Screen-Free Hanukkah Challenge

Enhance your family’s Hanukkah and turn off all devices for 30 minutes while your menorah lights burn.

The Bossy Child

How to channel their potential to become the leader they’re meant to be.

5 Daily Mantras for Kids (and Adults, too!)

Five phrases to help you and your child put things in perspective when the days are feeling especially long.

Top 10 Parenting Mistakes

Boo-boos, blunders and mess-ups… and how to avoid them.

What I Told My Children about the Pittsburgh Massacre

My response is to continue to raise my children to have proud Jewish identities and bring more light into the world.

PODCAST: Wanting My Child to Treat Me Like a Friend

Rabbi Zev Leff on blurring the line between being an authority figure and peer.

The After School Meltdown

What you need to know to navigate this common tantrum.

PODCAST: When You Suspect Your Child has a Mental illness

Dr. Jacob Freedman’s guide to overcoming the stigma and getting proper treatment.

Five Reasons Every Jewish Family should Celebrate Sukkot and Simchat Torah

One of the best ways to embrace being Jewish with joy and to transmit that love for being Jewish to our children.

INFOGRAPHIC: 6 Phrases to Help Create a Peaceful Home

Because everyone needs to take a deep breath once in a while.

10 Parenting Lessons in 20 Years

They grow up and mature, and turn into great adults. It really happens.

How to Make the Back-to-School Transition Easier

Practical advice on lowering tensions in the morning and beating the back to school blues.

PODCAST: Why is My Teenager So Defiant?

Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky on positive parenting through teen angst.

INFOGRAPHIC: 6 Phrases that Stop Backtalk

Take a deep breath and practice these statements.

PODCAST: Little Kids; Chronically Ill Parent

How Orit Esther Riter and her family adjust to her physical limitations.

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make

These are the serious ones that emotionally harm our children.

How to Talk to Your Teen

The art to keeping connected to teens.

Moms, Give the Father of Your Kids the Appreciation They Deserve

Five ways to appreciate your husband’s role as father of the house.

Over-Zealous Parenting is Harming our Children

How to raise independent kids in today ‘s world.

INFOGRAPHIC: Ways to Stop Sibling Rivalry

6 simple tools for every home.

Motivating the Addict in the Family to Seek Help

Dr. Jacob Freedman on the warning signs of addiction and treatment.

How to be a Spiritual Role Model to Your Children

The four key steps to being a spiritual exemplar in your family.

6 Lessons that Made Me a Better Mom

Practical advice that made a big difference.

Want Your Kids to Remain Jewish? Better Start Early

The growing field of attachment theory suggests that our religious affiliations later in life are determined chiefly in our first years.

PODCAST: The United State of Parenthood

Rabbi Zev Leff’s guide to overcoming parenting challenges together.

INFOGRAPHIC: 6 Ways to Make Mornings with Kids Easy

Take the stress out of your morning!

How to Talk to Your Kids About Scary Things

Five key strategies to keep in mind.

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