Dear Therapist:
We are parents of 4 lovely boys BH. The house is very "rough and tumble" and while the boys often play very well together they also get physical with each other. We are having trouble figuring out when to intervene and when to let it go. We feel that on the one hand they need to learn to work it out among themselves; on the other hand at some point we need to intervene. Can you please give us some guidelines in raising rambunctiou …
Are you passing your anxiety on to your kids?
We all want to pass the “good genes” on to our kids; patience, brains, wit, intelligence, social skills and passion for life. What if you struggle with anxiety and don’t want to pass it on?
You can reduce your child's susceptibility to anxiety!
By you working on your anxiety + practicing skills, you’ll reduce your family’s susceptibility to anxiety. Want to mak …
Dear Therapist:
My parents are very controlling, critical, self-centered and emotionally unstable (they may possibly have personality disorders).
One of my sisters recently started disconnecting by minimizing her interactions with my parents. My parents are very hurt and angry and are trying many tactics to change my sister's behaviors (which includes badmouthing her to rabbanim).
I come from a large family and all of the children are married. We …
Dear Therapist:
I have been married for almost a year. Overall things are good. The problem is that whenever my husband and I have a disagreement he will completely shut down. For example, I didn't appreciate that he came home really late the other night and I told him so but instead of discussing it he got all offended and basically avoided me for 2 days. I get the impression that he thinks that I am never allowed to be upset at him or justified …
Dear Dr. T.,
I read your Chanukah column about the excesses of this holiday in our world today, and I have another Chanukah-related question.
Here’s my issue: on Chanukah and various other occasions, my children receive their “own” money. Some of the children want to go asap to Target and look for something to blow the money on. Others want to hold on to their money and fear spending even one dollar of it. Beli …
In his recent analysis of the “#MeToo earthquake,” Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudath Israel of America’s director of public affairs, bemoans the “supposedly enlightened, progressive, post-patriarchal society, with its proud claim to value and respect women,” and questions how we can expect men to respect women who dress and behave immodestly. In contrast, he asserts that sexual abuse is “relatively rare& …
