Product Description: Seven Steps to Mentschhood teaches the path toward becoming a ''mentsch'' both in and out of school. Directly connected to the student's real-life conduct, it is based upon six verses from the Torah and one from Proverbs. The ''steps'' follow a logical pattern from less to more challenging, and their aim is to enable a child to develop an intrinsic sense of ''doing the right thing'' on his or her own initiative...read more

In recent years, the high rate of intermarriage and other demographic factors have created a challenge for American Jewry: How can rabbis, policy planners, educators, and parents transmit most effectively Jewish religion, culture, and values to their children? Prior research shows that Jewish education is the one area in which communal leaders and lay people can act to make a positive difference in the future cultural transmission of Judaism. "Family Matters" offers ground-breaking essays on Jewish education by scholars drawn from anthropology, education, history, and sociology. Essays by Steven M. Cohen, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Shaul Kelner, Jeffrey S. Kress, Alex Pomson, Riv-Ellen Prell, and Jack Wertheimer range from interviews about educational decisions with families, teenagers, and Jewish educators to sweeping new statistical data about the actual state of Jewish education in American cities. Making new links among parents, community, and Jewish schools, "Family Matters" is a vital study in the sociology of the contemporary American Jewish community.

Provides parents with advice on using Jewish teachings from the Torah and Talmud to overcome struggles with raising children, nurture strengths and uniqueness, and encourage respectfulness towards their parents and others.

An innovative guide offers constructive advice to help Jewish parents maintain their sanity as their children grow, exploring questions and issues that shape the world in which today's Jewish teenagers live. Original.

Provides parents with advice on using Jewish teachings from the Torah and Talmud to overcome struggles with raising children, nurture strengths and uniqueness, and encourage respectfulness towards their parents and others.

Every parent hopes their child will be self-reliant, optimistic, and well mannered, a challenge in our current culture. Clinical psychologist and Jewish educator Wendy Mogel distills the ancient teachings of the Torah, the Talmud, important Jewish thinkers, and contemporary psychological insights into nine blessings that address key parenting issues such as: * determining realistic expectations for each child * respect for adults * chores * mealtime battles * coping with frustration * developing independence and self-control * resisting over-scheduling and over-indulgence The Blessing of a Skinned Knee guides us toward effective, enlightened parenting in an increasingly speedy, material, and competitive age.