“Mommy! Mommy! Can you check if my frog is dead?” my daughter bursts through the front door, ignoring the fact that I am talking to
My kids are tense. They huddle on the floor, in a corner of the family room, trying to focus on a game of Monopoly, but
I once had a student who after spending a year studying in yeshiva in Israel came back to visit. We discussed how his year had
I do not believe in words at times like these, and so I remained silent. I listened to the news, for five minutes? Ten minutes?
The rate at which children learn language varies substantially from child to child. Some children show rapid vocabulary growth before they go to school, while
It’s that time of year again, the time where we are forced to spend hours of our lives attending scintillating graduations. Some are more boring
Here’s a pretty common scenario: Your child comes home from school. You ask him, “Who did you play with today?” The answer you often get
I hope I am not stoned for saying this, but I really like snow days. I have waited to make this confession until spring has
In our last article, we spoke about some parenting challenges as relating to technology. The following three examples were cited: The father who needed to
“Come back here, Moshe!” “I mean it, Moshe!” “You better listen to me, Moshe, or else!” “I’m not kidding, Moshe!” “That’s it, Moshe!” “That’s it!
One of the ‘hot topics’ now in child and family mental health is discussing how children are impacted by technology. It is something that is
Today, in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, my daughter swiped pink and purple makeup on her eyelids, wore a pair of too-big fancy shoes, and a
