the prohibition against startling another person.

Perhaps Jewish parents place so much importance on food because at its core Judaism is a table-centered religion.

your main focus should be on short-circuiting arguments, letting go of your wish to reach consensus, and taking advantage of opportunities to let your child practice honoring you.

If boys risk getting their spirits crushed in early elementary school, girls face a different challenge—fulfilling impossible expectations in adolescence.

Your most lasting legacy, the only one that really matters, is how your children will treat their fellow creatures and the world you’re leaving them.

Jewish wisdom holds that our children don’t belong to us. They are both a loan and a gift from God, and the gift has strings attached. Our job is to raise our children to leave us. The children’s job is to find their own path in life. If

Too many parents want everything fixed by the time their child is eight. They want academic perfection, a child as capable as any other child in the Western hemisphere. Children develop in fits and starts, but nobody has time for that anymore. No late bloomers, no slow starters, nothing unusual accepted! If a child doesn’t get straight A’s, his par

Opportunities to practice derech eretz include greeting people, inviting them into our homes, and speaking about other people in a respectful way whether or not they are within earshot.

Parents cannot and should not try to eliminate longing in a child. Instead, we must teach our children how to redirect their longings, accept “no” graciously, and appreciate the blessings they do have.