five steps to help kids create and sustain lifelong joy
Hallowell, Edward M
2003
Emphasizes the role of connection, play, practice, mastery, and recognition in raising children with a healthy self-esteem, moral awareness, and spiritual values.
using Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children
Mogel, Wendy
2001
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.
Discusses the unwritten rules of social situations children need to know in order to make and keep friends, offers advice to parents and other adults on how to assess a child's social skills, and describes strategies for helping children develop social relationships.
Offers advice to help parents raise children who are compassionate, courageous, and involved in the community by modeling caring behavior, assigning responsibilities to children, and finding things to be passionate about.
