Posted on: July 25th, 2014

The real solution to bullying is to empower the bullied child.

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Posted on: July 25th, 2014

Time outs increases compliance and positive behavior far more than other forms of discipline

Posted on: July 25th, 2014

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Posted on: July 25th, 2014

Interestingly, sometimes people who have a very high self-awareness may experience intense reactions to circumstances that others might respond to more mildly.

Posted on: July 18th, 2014

The Joys of Yiddish, Leo Rosten defines a mentch as “someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character.”

Posted on: July 18th, 2014

Certainly today’s communication via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and the like, including the ubiquitous Whatsapp, has reduced the need to talk with people and communicate at length.

Posted on: July 18th, 2014

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Posted on: July 18th, 2014

My teachers like me and they tell my parents that I am a great girl with good middos.

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Posted on: July 11th, 2014

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Posted on: July 11th, 2014

In reality, Baruch is one of many children who can be described as twice-exceptional. He is both gifted and struggling with a learning disability.

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Posted on: July 11th, 2014

Some yeshivish couples do not believe in going out with other couples, but that does not mean that the women cannot have social lives.

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Posted on: July 4th, 2014

Explosive children or those with ODD are easily frustrated, demanding and inflexible.

Posted on: July 4th, 2014

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Posted on: July 4th, 2014

In my experience, modern schools tend to be more open-minded toward other flavors of Judaism.

Posted on: June 27th, 2014

I was called to the principal's office and shown a picture my daughter had drawn.

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Posted on: June 27th, 2014

We define stress as the feeling we get when there is too much to do and too little time to do it in.

Posted on: June 27th, 2014

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Posted on: June 27th, 2014

Have you noticed that your child is doing something radically different from his cousins (even if they go to a school a block away from each other)?

Posted on: June 20th, 2014

"Where was this guy when I was dating?"

Posted on: June 20th, 2014

Since I did not know much about divorce in those years, I just assumed that this was the "norm." I learned later on how exceptional this family really was.