A distraught teacher was having terrible disciplinary problems with a boy in his class. He sought advice from the great Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Vozner, of blessed memory...… [Read more...]

Since we love ourselves, we have a long list of mitigating circumstances to justify everything we do wrong in life. But when someone else makes the same exact mistake, we're quick to judge and condemn. So many of us have an itchy trigger finger that's all too ready to put a bullet between the other… [Read more...]

Education is not preaching – it's personal example. A child's innate sense of justice cannot stand hypocrisy and inconsistency. A parent who preaches one thing yet practices otherwise is guaranteed to obtain the opposite results. In simple English, if you live it, you can give… [Read more...]

Chanukah is a time of gratitude. It's also one of the best opportunities for soul-searching and self-assessment. Sitting by the flickering candles of holiness, we open a window to our souls. Let's look inside and ask ourselves why we're not… [Read more...]

Don’t let your child grow up like a mental couch potato. Teach children's minds to be active, not passive. Active brains have the ability to learn quickly and efficiently. The also have cogent powers of understanding and… [Read more...]

The covert threat of emotional blackmail, which so effectively enables the blackmailer to extort whatever he or she wants from the victim, is the guilty conscience. Emotional blackmailers are grand masters in the use of this most damaging weapon. Here's how to stop… [Read more...]

Many adults today harbor deep emotional scars that never healed because of a derogatory nickname that someone gave them when they were young. If that someone was a parent, it takes a miracle to heal the insulted child's soul, who grows up with a negative self-image that's worse than a physical… [Read more...]

True friendship has a price-tag – it's called empathy, the ability to feel the other person, to know when to give a pat on the back or a word of encouragement. True friendship means that you feel when the other person needs you and you're there for them. You're not too tired or too… [Read more...]

Our grandchildren eat the fruit we plant, literally and spiritually. Spiritually speaking, when we strengthen ourselves in emuna, our spiritual fortification nourishes future generations, moving up through the family tree's tradition of parent to child just like a spiritual… [Read more...]

Do we have a right to expect our children to sit through lengthy synagogue services like little tin soldiers, without moving a muscle? Do we have the right to expect anything from our children? What's the basis of effective child education rather than force-feeding our kids? In a two-minute message… [Read more...]

Remember that we must be happy before we can help make others happy. That is much easier than most people think. Don't take simple truths of life and complicate them. Just follow the 3 keys to happiness, which you can readily… [Read more...]