In two words, the Torah tells a parent how to educate and raise emotionally-healthy children. The converse of these same two words shows what a parent should avoid doing. Are our priorities in the right… [Read more...]

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...]

Today's lesson sheds light on verbal abuse in families. Why do spouses disparage one another? Why do parents tear their children apart with yelling and criticism? Does a family lack an adequate income? Strife in the home is most likely the culprit. Rebbe Nachman says that if you believe you can… [Read more...]

Today’s lesson provides practical tools for parents of special needs children. We learn the type of living emuna that enables the families of a special-needs child to cope with the many challenges they… [Read more...]

Raising a special needs child is not only a tremendous challenge, but a difficult test of emuna as well. Many parents of special needs children ask, "Why me?" Good question! Let's get some… [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...]