by Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb | Feb 1, 2005 | Beginner
One out of every two marriages in North America ends in divorce. Of those that survive, some should not: The relationships have deteriorated to the point that dissolution is the only way to relieve the misery. Thus, the majority of North American marriages are...
by Lawrence Kelemen | Nov 15, 2004 | Beginner
The Jewish tradition relates that the single most effective tool for planting greatness in our children is personal example. The rabbis of the Talmud long ago explained, for example, that a child speaks in the marketplace the way he heard his parents speaking at...
by Rabbi Noach Orlowek | Oct 13, 2004 | Beginner
The difficult art of letting go. One of the greatest pleasures of parenting — and teaching — is watching your “student” grow, mature and even surpass you. As our Sages have taught us, “A man can be jealous of anyone, except for his child...
by Dr. Abraham Twerski | Sep 8, 2004 | Beginner
Whenever I lecture on self-esteem, I am invariably asked, “What can we do to give our children self-esteem?” Many parents notice that even their young children have self-esteem problems. My answer is that self-esteem is contagious. Parents who feel secure,...
by Nechama Stampler | Mar 11, 2004 | Beginner
The basis of personality is laid down in the first few years of life. Our Sages instruct us to “listen to the teaching of your father, and do not stray from the Torah of your mother.” What is this “Torah” of the mother? And why is it...
