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Building Emotional Intelligence
Building Emotional Intelligence
Learn what emotional intelligence is, why your child needs it and how to help ensure your child has it! The fifth episode of Raise Your Kids, Not Your Voice a bi-monthly...
Jun 11, 2008
By Sarah Chana Radcliffe
From Heart to Heart: Making Sure Your Kids KNOW You Love Them
From Heart to Heart: Making Sure Your Kids KNOW...
You know you love them, but do they know? Discover how easy it is to give kids the wrong impression and learn what you can do to avoid doing so. Ensure...
May 27, 2008
By Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Break in Routine
Break in Routine
The first time I hopped on one foot while holding a 24-pound baby was at 2am. I hopped right onto a tower of legos and nearly lost my footing before diving...
May 22, 2008
By Tara Eliwatt
Emotions in Parenting: Understanding and Managing Anger
Emotions in Parenting: Understanding and Managing Anger
Anger is an emotion – not a parenting tool. Explore the impact of angry communications and learn how to avoid them. The third episode of Raise Your Kids, Not Your Voice...
May 12, 2008
By Sarah Chana Radcliffe
The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love: Mother’s Day Thoughts
The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love: Mother’s Day Thoughts
“They make it look so easy,” my mother sighed, as we sat together in front of the TV set watching a figure skating competition. I was all of eight years old,...
May 8, 2008
By Barbara Bensoussan
Good Feeling Discipline: The CLeaR Method
Good Feeling Discipline: The CLeaR Method
Reprimands, criticisms, lectures and punishments are the tools parents use to teach their kids right from wrong. Learn a better way – the good feeling teaching tool called The CLeaR Method....
Apr 28, 2008
By Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Powerful and Peaceful Discipline: The Two Times Rule
Powerful and Peaceful Discipline: The Two Times Rule
Learn to use negative consequences without using anger. Learn the secret to truly effective discipline. The premiere episode of Raise Your Kids, Not Your Voice a bi-monthly parenting series with Sarah...
Apr 14, 2008
By Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Espresso and Independence
Espresso and Independence
Somehow, while I slept (and did laundry and washed dishes and made dentist appointments), my kids began to grow up. The changes were so subtle that they were lost on me...
Mar 27, 2008
By Bassi Gruen
The Nature of Questions
The Nature of Questions
Holy and Secular – “Tamar Goldstein,” the loud voice of the history teacher thundered in the classroom, “perhaps you can tell me why you did not do your homework. We have...
Feb 28, 2008
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Second Thoughts: Staying Cool
Second Thoughts: Staying Cool
Older, Better, Smarter? Who says? Not my grandchildren who think that I have a lot to learn about the world out there. The world of the gan (playschool, kindergarten), the world...
Feb 21, 2008
By Yaffa Ganz

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