Reading In A Digital Age
Comprehension or “understanding” is perhaps the trickiest part of teaching students to read.
After The Honeymoon ‘Love At First Sight’
In fact Hashem sets up couples that have opposite traits as an opportunity for each to help, learn, and heal the other.
Controlling The Uncontrollable Child
Humor is also a great tool to use. If your daughter says no when you ask her to do something, smile and say, “Oh, is it opposite day? I guess this means that you will do it with pleasure. Thank you, my beautiful mitzvah girl.”
The Problem With Bullies
What the researchers found is not groundbreaking, but confirms what many of us in education have been noticing for years.
Adjusting To Change
Regardless of age, parents play an important role in their children’s lives.
Pass-Over The Rules Of Love
We peel away one layer after the next, our eyes tear up and it becomes harder and harder to see as we get closer to our innermost insecurities and fears.
To Remarry Or Not To Remarry: That Is The Question
Dear Dr. Yael:
My heart is breaking; my husband’s friend has gotten divorced. While this type of situation is always sad, here I do believe it could have been avoided.
The Need For Sensitivity In The Shidduch Process
I agree with the letter writer that a shadchan should respectfully and graciously accept a negative response to a shidduch offer.
More than Memorization: A Guide to Alternative Assessments
Alternative assessments are an extremely important part of understanding what students know beyond the scope of tests and quizzes.
“The Baby”
Your husband seems to have experienced what we have described as the Ambivalent Attachment.
The Bully Epidemic
The key to kindness and acceptance is empathy. A lot of people argue that you cannot teach empathy. While I agree that it is difficult to teach empathy, I believe it is possible.
Even As I Walk In The Shadow Of Death… A Day In The Shelter...
The budget allotted to shelters by the Welfare Department is configured by a set criteria for every family nucleus. The difference is that while a non-religious family averages 2.3 souls, the families at Bat Melech average 4.6.
Countering Overreaction
By employing this new countermove, the scenario will likely change.
The Nose Knows: The Issue That Lingers
I bring the results of this study to demonstrate that although in a frum world we should rise above the gashmius, unfortunately, we still live in a secular world in which we are affected by that gashmius.
Even As I Walk In The Shadow Of Death… A Day In The Shelter...
The obstacles the religious woman faces upon deciding to leave the house are much more difficult to overcome than those of her non-religious counterpart.
Differentiated Instruction And Multiple Intelligences: Helping Children Learn The Way They Learn Best
By multiple intelligences, we mean that people have different intelligences in different areas.
Does The Nose Really Know? Readers React
It is a shame that when one sincerely wishes to help another person, he or she often must avoid telling the truth.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Or The Stubborn Child
Explosiveness is not confined to a type or a gender. It comes in male and female children, and in all ages, shapes and sizes. Some blow up dozens of times a day, others just a few times a week. Some “lose it” only at home, others only in school, and still others in any conceivable location.
Even As I Walk In The Shadow Of Death… A Day In The Shelter...
They arrive here in a blind rush, at times in the middle of the night, wearing nothing more than pajamas, an attempt to escape years of sadistic abuse.
A Reader Offers Shidduch Advice
Dear Anonymous:
Thank you for your amazing letter. I wish you hatzlachah in your new marriage, and may your letter bring more sensitivity to others regarding this issue.
Getting Organized
The truth is that you never know what’s going on in a house until you live in it.
Emunas Hashem And Camp HASC
JetBlue flew an empty aircraft from Boston to JFK to assist us. The care and concern of the flight attendants was amazing. They were astounded by our group, so much so that at the end of the flight, the captain related for all to hear that he was truly impressed by the care that the HASC counselors provided for the special-needs campers – all of whom have physical, mental, or emotional disabilities. We did our best to demonstrate a true kiddush Hashem.
Questions And Answers
Q: What does twice exceptional or 2e mean?