Introduction | p. 9 |
Acknowledgments | p. 11 |
How To Parent | |
What Makes a Great Parent? | p. 21 |
Words Are Not Cheap | p. 25 |
You Choose | p. 29 |
If Only My Child Would Be Like ... | p. 33 |
The Most Difficult Job | p. 36 |
Enjoying the Simchos | p. 41 |
Reviewing My Portfolio | p. 44 |
"Too" Is Not Good | p. 49 |
I'm Successful Because I Am Not Perfect! | p. 53 |
I Love You | p. 59 |
Parent-Child Relationship | |
The Gentle Words of the Wise | p. 65 |
An Action Plan for Change | p. 71 |
Protecting Our Most Precious Assets: Can It Be "Too Much"? | p. 76 |
Good Shabbos, Bubbie and Zeide | p. 81 |
Under the Mask | p. 86 |
A Meeting of the Minds | p. 90 |
Children: Are They Our Friends? | p. 95 |
An Education Out of School | p. 100 |
Why? Because! | p. 104 |
School Environment | |
School - A Happy Place - Fiction or Reality? | p. 111 |
Spare the Rod? | p. 115 |
What's for Homework? | p. 119 |
Cute, Yet So Painful | p. 123 |
A Most Painful Experience | p. 127 |
My Child Can't Read! | p. 132 |
School Is Dumb | p. 137 |
Dealing with Different Emotions | |
Waiting for the Second Shoe to Drop | p. 145 |
I Don't Understand What I Am Davening | p. 149 |
The Difficult Question of the Tsunami Disaster: Why? | p. 154 |
Stop Making Noise | p. 159 |
I'm in a Bad Mood | p. 164 |
How Are You? | p. 168 |
I Am Sorry: Can Children Be Sincere? | p. 173 |
You Are Invited | p. 177 |
Parental Relationship with School | |
I Am Concerned: Educational Complaints | p. 185 |
Teachers: Do They Deserve Respect or Must They Earn Respect? | p. 190 |
A Partnership: Silent or Vocal? | p. 195 |
What a Job! | p. 200 |
Homework: A Principal Comes Clean | p. 205 |
What Rabbeim Make | p. 211 |
What's Going on at Home | |
Harmony in the Home | p. 217 |
A Bridge Built With Love | p. 221 |
Leftovers for Dinner! | p. 225 |
Who Is Calling? Take A Message | p. 230 |
The Ambiance | p. 235 |
Valuable Lessons Out of the Classroom | |
Who Is Responsible? | p. 243 |
The Unspoken Word | p. 246 |
Protecting the Innocence of Children | p. 249 |
Time Is... | p. 254 |
Consequences: Middah K'Neged Middah | p. 258 |
Hooray! Pesach is Coming | p. 263 |
Life Is Boring | p. 267 |
Take Me Home | p. 271 |
Awkward Questions | p. 275 |
Wanted! Children to Come to Shul | p. 280 |
Companionship or Death: Biting Words | p. 285 |
It's Not My Fault | p. 288 |
Yasher Koach - Thank You - Todah - Gracias: Getting Children to Say It | p. 293 |
Did You Hear What the Rav Said? | p. 298 |
Defining Success | |
An Excellent School | p. 305 |
Too Much Pressure or Not Enough? | p. 310 |
Who Wrote the Poem? | p. 314 |
A Report Card on Chinuch - Defining Success | p. 319 |
On the Derech | p. 323 |
I Like My Rebbi - Signs of a Quality Teacher | p. 327 |
Spoil Them Right | p. 332 |
The Greatest Gift | p. 336 |
Goals: Make Them Small | p. 340 |
Afterword: The Successful Parent | p. 344 |
Glossary | p. 349 |
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