Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 8/27/10
Posted on: August 25th, 2010
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Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 8/20/10
Posted on: August 19th, 2010
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Marriage; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Posted on: August 18th, 2010
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsZelda woke up with a start, the silence eerie and disorienting. She has been waking up this way for almost a year - since shortly after Ruchy and her husband left for Eretz Yisroel. "I can go back to sleep," thought Zelda. But she lay in bed, straining to hear the sounds which for so many years began her day. The banging of bathroom doors, the shouting for lost and then found shoes, tights and seforim, the noise of phones and doorbells ringing, the house filled to the brim with comings and goings.

Posted on: August 18th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenFor both parents and teenagers alike, adolescence can be a very hard time. Unfortunately, when family life gets rough, communication tends to break down. And when it does, parents need to restore their ability to relate to their teenagers by learning about the rules of communication.

One Size Does Not Fit All Differentiated Instruction: Teaching Every Child How He Learns Best
Posted on: August 11th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenIn a bustling fifth grade class Moshe is listening to a tape-recorded reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, while Shmuel is writing a poem about a fight between brothers. Next to Moshe and Shmuel, Yerucham is reading an account of a former African-American slave.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 8/13/10
Posted on: August 11th, 2010
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Eight Ways To Stop Yelling At Your Kids
Posted on: August 4th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenMany parents admit they yell too much, but do not know how to avoid exploding when irritated. It takes effort and discipline to defeat any addiction, whether it's overeating or cigarette smoking and the screaming addiction is no different. Thankfully, when we really want to grow spiritually, we are given Heavenly guidance.
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Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 8/06/10
Posted on: August 4th, 2010
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Posted on: July 28th, 2010
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsAt a wedding, I sit across from a woman I don't know. "What's your name?" she asks me. "Alanna Fine," I say, choosing to introduce myself with my maiden name. "And what's your maiden name?" she asks me. "That is my maiden name." "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that was a sheitel on your head." "It is. I'm divorced." "Oh, I'm sorry." "It's ok," I reply, knowing it won't be the last time I hear that.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 7/30/10
Posted on: July 28th, 2010
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Communicating Effectively (Part III)
Posted on: July 21st, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenRecently, I asked a family friend, a financial advisor, to share with me his perspective on the importance of rapport in the world of sales. In a general way, I knew that successful salespeople maintain good rapport with their clients. And so I was curious. Was the need for developing rapport in business any different than doing so in a parent-child relationship? To that end, I posed the following questions: "How do you establish rapport with a new client? And what do you believe is a key issue to creating rapport?

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 7/23/10
Posted on: July 21st, 2010
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Dealing With The Explosive Child
Posted on: July 21st, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenKaboom! That's what we experience when there is an explosion. And that's exactly what we feel like when we are dealing with an "explosive" child. For those of you who don't understand what I'm talking about, consider yourselves blessed. But those who know exactly what it means for a child to "explode" for no apparent reason understand what a tremendous challenge this is. It's like living inside a simmering volcano. As one frustrated mother put it, "We are in a perpetual state of crisis."

Posted on: July 19th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenIf you have a learning disabled child I don't have to tell you about the myriad direct and indirect related challenges and associated frustrations. No doubt, you know them all too well.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 7/16/10
Posted on: July 15th, 2010
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Posted on: July 15th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenFrancine has been coming to therapy for about a month. Her parents brought her due to problems and conflicts she was experiencing boat home, school and in the community. Like many teens, Francine did not see the value of therapy and felt the problems were only her parents' issues. Besides, if she needed to talk to anyone, she would speak with her friends.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 7/09/10
Posted on: July 7th, 2010
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Don’t Let Homesickness Spoil Your Child’s Summer
Posted on: June 30th, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenEvery summer, all across America, parents put their children on buses bound for sleepaway camp. They wave good-bye, hoping their kids will have a wonderful time, make friends, learn new skills and come home happy and healthy. Hoping, sometimes, that the tears they see as the bus pulls away are just a fleeting show of regret at leaving home.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities – 7/02/10
Posted on: June 30th, 2010
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Teens Who Give Up Their Religion
Posted on: June 23rd, 2010
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenLet's look at an example of how mentoring improved the life of a teenager who had given up observing Jewish tradition.
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