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  1. The first thing my toddler did when I brought our new baby home was spit at him!” 

    My ten-year-old is being bullied in class and hategoing to school.” 

    My twelve-year-old is having explosive tantrums.

    Most people are familiar with IQ, but what about EQ? Emotional intelligence means having an awareness of your own and others’ feelings, having the ability to self-reflect, and being able to regulate emotions when life is hardThese are skills we want our children and ourselves to have. Turn discomfort and loss into spiritual growth. Recognize and encourage actof love, self-discipline, and trust.

    Using CBT techniques, help your children become b'nei Aliyahspiritual champs” and encode into their mindthe ideas of acceptance, boundaries, and gratitudeChock-full of toolstips, and success stories, this latest gem from best-selling author Dr. Miriam Adahan will help your children become the spiritual champs they are meant to be. Dr. Miriam Adahan is a psychologist, therapist, and a prolific author whose works include EMETTLiving with Difficult PeopleRaising Children to CareIt’s All a GiftAwarenessand Nobody’s Perfect

    Dr. Adahan’s techniques stop arguments between kids and help them find solutions.” L.S. 

    I’ve never seen such a concise and practical overview of CBT in parenting. It’s encouraging, insightful, and immediately usable in a practical way. It’s a gem!” R.R.

    I wish I’d had this book when my children were little, but I can use it now to improve the parenting of my young adult children.” C.R. Learn More

  2. A win-win marriage? Yes, you can.

    Are you ready for an eye-opening, step-by-step program that teaches you how to have a fulfilling, harmonious, and happy marriage without having to change your wife?

    The Win-Win Marriage book can empower anyone—and this includes you—to turn the page on the past and get back on track to building a harmonious Jewish home that shines with love, joy, and fulfillment.
    The Win-Win Marriage is an easy-to-follow path toward creating a marriage that will enable both husband and wife to thrive. The clarity and effectiveness of its approach will steer you away from stuckness toward a powerful alternative—a happy and flourishing relationship.

    Yechezkel Stelzer is the clinical director of GuardYourEyes.com, and a pioneer in the field of spiritual and emotional well-being, who has created cutting-edge transformational programs for people who feel stuck and are willing to say, “Enough. I want to do better.”

    The Win-Win Marriage is far more than a guide to a successful marriage… The book offers great wisdom from Chazal, as well as clear examples and practical tips… This is a very important book that will greatly help many people.” —Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, author of 10 Really Dumb Mistakes That Very Smart Couples Make Learn More

  3. It is the wish and prayer of every parent to bring up and educate children who are ba'alei chessedand grow into adults who have ahavas chessed. The operative words here are ba'alei chessedand ahavas chessed. Many people do chessed when asked, or even when a situation comes directly to them, but it is the dedication to chessed and the love of doing it on a regular basis that sets us apart as the children of Avraham Avinu. It is the very purpose of creation. But how can we, as parents, educate our children to achieve this lofty Torah goal? In Building Blocks of Chessed, Rabbi Yonoson Yodaiken, Principal of the largest Chareidi elementary school in England, as well as educational consultant for dozens of schools throughout the country and across the globe, takes teaching chessed to our children head-on.

    In his clear and organized way, he sets out practical tools and methods by which to achieve this significant and most important goal. You will find yourself referring to the strategies outlined in this book again and again, and with Hashem's help see your children flourish and develop the trademark middos of the Am Hanivchar.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Rabbi Yodaiken is Menahel and Head-teacher of the largest Chareidi elementary school in England. A founding member of the Shaarei Torah kollel in Manchester, he received semichahthere from the Gaavad, Rav Tuvya Weisz shlit"a and the Mara D'asra, Rav Schneelbalg shlit"a. He is an Executive member of the Torah Umesorah Teaching Centre in Manchester, has a Doctorate in Education and is a member of the Primary Heads Reference Group, which meets regularly in the Department for Education. Learn More

  4. Rabbi Yaakov Bender is a "gadol b'chinuch,"”a nationally acclaimed and award-winning principal who built Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway into one of the premier chinuch institutions in the United States. He is a wise and empathetic educator, who understands well the thoughts and feelings of his students - and their parents. His voice and opinions are sought on almost every important issue of Torah education today.

    In Chinuch with Heart, second in his popular series on education, Rabbi Bender answers real questions, deals with real issues, and offers real - practical and doable - ideas for parents struggling with the challenges of raising children today.

    • How do I soothe my child's fears, when he hears about violent attacks in schools?
    • I send my daughter great snacks, but she never gets to eat them; instead, she shares them with friends. Is this okay?
    • My son is a good boy, a fine yeshivah bachur- and I just found out that he started smoking.
    • How do I deal with that?

    And so many, many more. Yeshiva boys who walk around with shirttails out: how serious is that? Appropriate reading for youngsters - how can a parent choose? A six-year-old who doesn't like to wear a yarmulke - a big problem, or something he will outgrow? From games at recess to off-the-derech kids, here are the day to day issues and challenges that parents and educators face. And here is a master educator to share his experience and wisdom - and, yes, his heart -- in dealing with the complex and challenging world of chinuch today. Learn More

  5. Before Rabbi Nosson Scherman became the teacher of all of Klal Yisrael through his brilliant and incisive writings as General Editor of ArtScroll, he was a beloved rebbe and a renowned menahel. And even as his Torah wisdom reached hundreds of thousands (no exaggeration!) of Jews throughout the world, he was still regarded as a wise, caring, and insightful educator, a "mechanech's mechanech."”

    Now, he shares with us his clear, honest and practical answers to hundreds of questions about the increasingly complex world of our children's chinuch. These questions were posed to him as a member of the "Chinuch Roundtable" in Yated Neeman.

    My son's best friend is a nice boy, but he uses inappropriate language and comes from a troubled background. Should we break up the friendship - and if so, how do we do it?

    A classmate is bullying my child. The teacher and administration are not doing much to help, so I told him to hit back hard. My wife is horrified and says that is not the Jewish way. What should we do?

    My younger daughter outshines my older one in certain talents. How do I encourage the younger to develop her strengths while not making her older sister jealous and resentful?

    These are real questions asked by real parents, reflecting the issues that we face daily as we raise our children. In these pages we'll find shy kids, off-the-derech kids, children who are bullies or who are bullied. We'll find concerned parents dedicated teachers, perplexed principals. And we will find answers, practical solutions to many contemporary problems. Solutions that are rooted in Torah wisdom. Solutions that work. Learn More

  6. My 16-year-old son texted me to say hello. Is that disrespectful? Or his way of showing love?

    "Everyone else's parents let." Is that a valid argument, or an opening to unacceptable behavior?

    How do I deal with jealousy between siblings? A 7-year-old who lies? A nice boy who doesn't want to make trouble, but is suffering socially because of his good behavior?

    Raising children has never been simple. And in the 21st century? It's complex. It's challenging. It's really, really hard.

    So what is a parent to do?

    Obviously, mothers and fathers have to spend time building connections and relationships with their children. And of course, they must daven for siyata d'Shmaya in their childrearing efforts. Beyond that - they must turn for guidance to experts, people who have made understanding and educating today's youth their vocation and their passion, people who understand parents, and children, and the world in which we all live.

    Rabbi Shneur Aisenstark is one of the most respected of those experts, a world-class educator whose experience encompasses all ages and countless situations. In Chinuch with Confidence he answers hundreds of questions that parents have asked about chinuch issues. The questions are very real (after all, they came from real parents with real children!), the answers are insightful and practical. More: Rabbi Aisenstark explains the reasons for his answers, the educational and Torah principles behind them, allowing us to integrate his profound understanding of youth into our own relationships and issues.

    Rabbi Aisenstark's answers to the questions of concerned, caring parents searching to do the best for their children are sometimes provocative and always realistic and on target. Chinuch with Confidence gives us access to a master mechanech with decades of experience – and gives us the tools, and the confidence, to become great parents of great children. Learn More

  7. Shanah Rishonah: Build Your Dream

    Mazel tov! The engagement was glorious, the wedding was a joy. Now comes that magical, mysterious, and crucial time, shanah rishonah, the first year of marriage, when two separate people learn to become one beautiful new entity, to create the strong, enduring and happy home they long to build.

    Guess what? It's not always easy.

    He's punctual and orderly, you're a creative free spirit. Your family sat down to a full dinner every night, his mom orders takeout. He says one thing - and you hear another. You were destined for each other from before you were born, but how do two such different people learn to live together in harmony?

    In From Me to We: A guide to the first year of marriage... and beyond more than 50 wise, wonderful and experienced women (and some men too!) share their memories of shanah rishonah, the lessons learned, the adventures and misadventures of that unforgettable first year of marriage. It's all here: realistic, and unrealistic, expectations; how to communicate so that your spouse really hears you; how to fight right; starting out married life in Eretz Yisrael; dealing with mothers-in-law; what happens when you're expecting during the first year, and what happens when you're not. Here are stories, a good dose of humor, plenty of practical advice, and a deep understanding of every kallah's hopes and fears, doubts and dreams.

    In your shanah rishonah you leave "kallah la-la-land" to something so much richer - a shared life, a bayis ne'man b'Yisrael. This book will help make that journey into the joyful and exciting adventure it should be. Learn More

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    My Father, My Mother & Me

    So many books about parenting. Finally - a book about our parents.

    Everyone knows the importance of kibud av va'eim. Honoring parents is one of the Ten Commandments, something that every Jewish child learns in school.

    And then we grow up. Of course, we still want to be good sons and daughters. And yet, do we really understand how to fulfill this never-ending mitzvah — as adults?

    Do we know how the Torah expects us, grownup children, to treat our parents? What about stepparents or in-laws? What are our financial obligations? How do we balance our own needs, and the needs of our family, with those of our parents? What happens when our parents divorce? Or if a parent has a difficult or abusive personality? Do we have to love our parents?

    Rebbetzin Yehudis Samet, veteran educator and author of the classic The Other Side of the Story, brings us a book that is a game-changer; or, rather, a life-changer. It's a tour-de-force that includes:

    More than 170 stories of sons and daughters - of all ages - rising to the challenge of kibud av v'eim

    Strategies and common sense advice on dealing with the sensitive issues of "the sunset years"

    Comprehensive and clear halachos of kibud av v'eim

    My Father, My Mother and Me is a must-read book for everyone. Because everyone is someone's child. Learn More

  9. Effective Keys to a happier marriage.

    Here is a down-to-earth, no-nonsense guide to creating a more meaningful marriage. This volume combines profound insight into human relationships, together with practical wisdom resulting in a powerful set of tools that can enhance the lives of both newlyweds and longer married couples. Learn More

  10. Apples From The Tree
    Transmitting Torah Values to Our Children Learn More
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