Sarah Chana Radcliffe

I would have thought that the teasing child is to blame for causing upset to the other youngster. Am I wrong?

It is an act of tremendous kindness on our part to help our children learn to swim confidently in the deep end of life, to have all the internal resources they need in order to deal with every challenge they will face.

I feel terrible saying this, but the best time of year for us is summer, when Mendy goes to sleepaway camp. We all can finally breathe!

Of course it’s important for children to have confidence and self-esteem, but there’s a rub: what if the parent lacks it? What if the parent is insecure?

Clearly, people can find parenting some kids to be hard, disappointing, frustrating, overwhelming or even just tedious. Since this isn’t the way parents are “supposed” to feel, those who don’t enjoy parenting usually keep it to themselves...

Those who communicate with harsh language, hurtful words or ugly gestures will lose more than they will ever gain by their “honesty.” They will lose love...

Parenting brings out the best – and the worst – in everyone. No matter how much we love our children, we will find ourselves saying and doing things that we later regret...

We spew fountains of information aimed at helping them grow and improve. It seems counterintuitive that we should stop talking and listen...

Although children aren't stupid, this doesn't mean that they are able to properly digest and process all of the circumstances of their young lives...

Both husbands and wives can ask each other to change some aspect of their behavior in order to bring about improvement. This is not the same as trying to control one’s partner...