It has been nine months since Hurricane Sandy and there has been a significant increase in births. The media are attributing it to the power

As the school year begins, parents are often confronted with mixed emotions. The excitement and optimism of new beginnings can at times be challenged by

The Mayo Clinic just came out with a study that drinking more than 4-6 cups of coffee a day could shorten the length of your

I received a note from my nine-year-old son in sleep away camp this summer, which read as follows, “Dear Imma, I caught two turtles and

One of the many struggles we parents face is determining how to set clear boundaries for our children and still allow them space to make

Reuven, a 6th grader, is assigned a school project. He comes home and tells his mother about the project: Reuven: “Today, I received a very

Any reader who has attended one of my parenting workshops will be surprised to hear me touting the word no. My usual mantra, after all,

I went through many phases of “what I wanted to be when I grow up.” Loved dogs, so thought I wanted to be a veterinarian.

I am not a big fan of animals. I don’t really have the time to dedicate to grooming, cleaning, buying supplies, or feeding them, and

“It is the best Yom Tov gift that I could have gotten!” That is the way one prominent talmid chacham expressed his joy at the

Consider the following exchange between Jack and his mother: Jack:I would really like to go to Brian’s house for a sleepover. A few other kids

Dear Rabbi Sam, I am a single mom with two teenage sons, ages 15 and 18.  My problem is that my oldest son who only