Q: I’ve often heard the importance of showing a united front in relation to parenting. It sounds nice in theory. But there are times when parents’ opinions differ greatly, and…
Positive Parenting
Too Strong Willed?
Q: I’d like to think that being strong-willed is a positive personality trait, but sometimes when I look at my 11-year-old son, I have my doubts. Though he’s one of…
Dealing With Fear
Q: It’s hard to imagine things becoming more difficult these days, but when these issues of violence began to stir up, the difficult only became more overwhelming. Trying to explain…
Sibling Learning
Q: I have a 9-year-old son who has been in a less pressured mainstream school, with tutors throughout the years to help him stay on grade level. His siblings know…
Decreasing Stress
Q: I can greatly relate to the letter published last week. It’s not just the Zoom challenge that I face, but family members’ general response to one another. My husband…
Living With Remote Learning
Q: As one of the many parents who are living with the new reality of their home being an ocean of tablets, I feel that I’ve become a principal of…
Living With Remote Learning
Q: As one of the many parents who are living with the new reality of their home being an ocean of tablets, I feel that I’ve become a principal of…
Lost and Overwhelmed
Q: As we all go through this difficult period, I understand that no one is really expected to act in a regular way. I don’t want to bear grudges towards…
Does My Son Know He’s Lying?
Q: My 9-year-old son is now in his fourth school. He has issues with impulse control, and also lacks, to a very great extent, an understanding of social cues. For…
Seeking a Seminary
Q: My daughter, who is in twelfth grade, is now applying to seminaries for next year. She very much wants to go to Eretz Yisrael, but I don’t know if…
Adult Sibling Conflicts
Q: I know that you usually write about issues having to do with children of a younger age, but we are still parents once our children marry and leave the…
Managing in Mesivta
Q: I have a 14-year-old ADHD son in a regular, local mesivta who fortunately spent all his younger years in a mainstream elementary school. We have always had Rebbeim and…
The Challenge of Dealing With a Difficult Mother-in-Law
Q: I’ve had difficulty dealing with my mother-in-law since I first got married nearly 15 years ago. She is a Holocaust survivor who is still embittered and wants all her…
Consenting to Compromise
Q: I have been married close to 13 years and since the beginning it has been a turbulent marriage. Our marital issues have recently intensified, as my husband’s erratic behavior…
Calming the Combat Zone
Q: As I look back upon Yom Tov, I feel like I spent far too much time refereeing fights among my children. This began before Yom Tov, when it came…
Starting the New Year Afresh
Q: As the new year gets underway, I find myself looking back at past years and thinking about how I’ve been as a mother. I think my patience has improved…
Too Much Therapy?
Q: My 7-year-old daughter has been mandated for a variety of services by the Department of Education, and my husband and I have different opinions about whether she should use…
The Power of Positive Reinforcement
Q: As we begin the school year, I am taking a look back at my previous attempts to improve as a parent, and I see that my lack of consistency…
Struggles of Sandwiched Child
Q: We are the parents of seven children, bli ayin hara, and feel that our second child is kind of losing his identity, being sandwiched in as he is between…
Family in Turmoil
Q: Dear Shira, My family situation is quite unstable now, and it seems like my nine-year-old son is like a sponge soaking up all the negativity that is going around…