As parents and teachers, we know that various stressors impact our children’s ability to focus and pay attention, take notes, do homework, study or take

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If ever there was a Biblical equivalent of the phrase “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” it would be “chanoch lana’ar al pi darko,