Ask Jenny – “My Teen is Not Happy in His School. I Don’t Know What to Do.”
“I currently am having trouble with my 15 year old, 9th grade son. He is not happy at his school. His current school fits who he is and who he hangs with, but it is far too difficult educationally. One teacher told me that I have to weigh grades vs. social because schools that are [...]
Ask Jenny – “Help! I am So Overwhelmed.”
As promised, it is “Relationship Building Tool Monday” – and instead of me coming up with ideas to share with you, I thought it would be more fun and productive to get questions from my readers, and do my best to answer them here. So here is our first question to kick this new series [...]
Protecting Our Children from Abuse
I have been very saddened these last few days as I have been following the news of Leon Kalnatarov , a seven-year-old boy who was murdered by young adult twins in Bnei Ayish, Israel. According to the news, this boy visited the twins’ home often, formed a relationship with them, I suppose, and was found [...]
Showing Unconditional Love
The other day I was having a conversation with my daughter, she was standing on the stool next to me while I was making dinner for the family. I turned toward her at one point and noticed how beautiful she was and told her so: “You’re beautiful. I love you.” Right after I made that [...]
Teaching Kids Responsibility
Boy did I get angry at the kids today. Both were wearing new clothes and both decided to go ahead and ruin their clothing in one way or another. I literally felt bad for the clothes. Did the kids care at all about the clothing that we (well, their grandparents, actually) spent their hard earned [...]
Love Language Workshop a Success!
We had a great turnout for the workshop: “Are You Speaking Your Child’s Love Language? – A Workshop for Parents Who Want to Learn How to Best Support their Children” that took place last Wednesday night (December 2, 2009) in Maale Adumim. Together the participants and I explored what it means to really love someone; [...]
