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| The Self-Sacrificing Child |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| Many problematic children sacrifice themselves to keep the family together. They don't hurt themselves just to fight with their parents or to be difficult... |
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| Teaching Emuna to Children |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| The Shavuot Holiday is living proof of our unbroken chain of teaching Torah from father to son and from rabbi to pupil that extends all the way back to Mount Sinai... |
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| Parental Expectations |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| If your kids aren't living up to your expectations, lower them! Our expectations of our kids are our problem, and we shouldn't be putting our problems on our children... |
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| The Secret of Joy |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| Try to remember the general feeling you had in your homes. Was it one of joy? Or was it a heavy, you-better-not-step-out-of-line-or-else feeling? Did your parents smile? |
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| Jealousy and Sibling Rivalry |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Why is the older sibling usually jealous of the younger sibling and not vice versa? Why doesn't the younger sibling feel jealousy toward his older brother? |
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| Healthy Jewish Self Esteem |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| On the outside, many of us may seem super-confident, even abrasively so. But that's just a projection for the outside world. On the inside, we're so down on ourselves... |
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| Part-Time Parenting |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| How much pressure are you under to get your kids to sleep as quickly as possible so you can have your night? So you can feel like an adult and do things adults do? |
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| Reclaiming Your Past |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| Newcomers to observant Judaism often make the mistake of disposing their past in the nearest waste basket; that doesn't work! Bring your past into the service of Hashem... |
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| Stay Strong, BTs! |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| "Off the derech" means off the path. For an observant family, it means a son or daughter who is suffering a spiritual free-fall; but to a secular family, it means the opposite... |
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| EEEEEEmuna |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| The Bat Mitzva girl wanted every single unhealthy food for her party, the type of junk that his been banned from our household for years already... |
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| Mess and Madness |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| Does the mess your children make ignite your wrath? Is expecting our children to preserve the museum-like order in the house beneficial to their emotional health? |
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| The Easy Life |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| Does the easy life really mean a good life? Can we excell and fulfill our potential when we never have to leave the cushy walls of comfort zone? |
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| The Pop Quiz Pizza |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| The unexpected and frequently undesired little challenges that put bumps in life's road are really pop quizzes from Hashem to test our emuna... |
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| The Children’s Bill of Rights |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| Mommy and Daddy, you sometimes forget that we kids are human beings too with basic human rights. We too have feelings, and we're not doormats for parents to wipe their feet on... |
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