Laying Strong Foundations

In this first category, we dive into the 3 core things necessary for parents to establish a strong foundation: 1) Building a Relationship with a Child 2) Child Safety 3) Shalom Bayis

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Child Safety Starts at Home: The Power of Open Communication Between Parents and Children – Child Safety Month Episode 1
Episode 1 Child Safety Starts at Home: The Power of Open Communication Between Parents and Children – Child Safety Month Episode 1

Want to learn how to build an unbreakable bond with your kids? How to gain their trust and help them feel comfortable to tell you anything? How to protect...

Child Safety: Policies That Protect, Education That Empowers – Child Safety Month #4
Episode 2 Child Safety: Policies That Protect, Education That Empowers – Child Safety Month #4

Welcome to The Jews Next Dor! In this episode, our guests discuss the best practices for establishing comprehensive child safety policies and procedures in schools, camps, and youth programs....

Child Safety Month #2 – Protecting Our Most Precious: How to Set Up a Safe Home
Episode 3 Child Safety Month #2 – Protecting Our Most Precious: How to Set Up a Safe Home

Welcome to The Jews Next Dor and the second part of our Child Safety Month episode. In part 1, we discussed how parents can create a...

Role playing Conversations About Child Safety – Child Safety Month #3
Episode 4 Role playing Conversations About Child Safety – Child Safety Month #3

Welcome to another episode of The Jews Next Dor dedicated to child safety. In this segment, we'll engage in role-playing scenarios to explore various conversations we ought...

Child Safety: Policies That Protect, Education That Empowers
Episode 5 Child Safety: Policies That Protect, Education That Empowers

Welcome to The Jews Next Dor! In this episode, our guests discuss the best practices for establishing comprehensive child safety policies and procedures in schools, camps, and youth programs....

Shalom Bayis and Children – Basics – Rabbi Dovid Rosman
Episode 6 Shalom Bayis and Children – Basics – Rabbi Dovid Rosman

What is Shalom Bayis? How important it is for the development of children? How to achieve unity and harmony with your spouse?   Welcome to...

When Marriage Challenges Affect Parenting | Rabbi Jonathan Muskat and Dr. Yael Muskat
Episode 7 When Marriage Challenges Affect Parenting | Rabbi Jonathan Muskat and Dr. Yael Muskat

What do we do when our marriage issues are effecting our parenting? What does a healthy marriage look like? How do marital problems affect our children? How to deal...

Marriage Advice from the #1 Jewish Matchmaker | Aleeza Ben Shalom
Episode 8 Marriage Advice from the #1 Jewish Matchmaker | Aleeza Ben Shalom

In this episode of the "Jews Next Dor" podcast, we welcomes special guest Aliza Ben Shalom, known as the Jewish matchmaker from the Netflix show Jewish Matchmaking. Aliza shares her...

Prioritizing Partnership: Making Marriage the Ultimate Priority – Shalom Bayis Deep Dive – Rabbi Yair Menchel
Episode 9 Prioritizing Partnership: Making Marriage the Ultimate Priority – Shalom Bayis Deep Dive – Rabbi Yair Menchel

In this episode of the "Jews Next Dor" podcast, we wrap up our month of

Strengthening Marital Harmony: Unlocking Parental Effectiveness – Shalom Bayis Practical – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin
Episode 10 Strengthening Marital Harmony: Unlocking Parental Effectiveness – Shalom Bayis Practical – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin

How can we take care of our own marriage so we can be the best parents we can be and nurture our children's nature? What practical steps...

Child Safety – Bullying – Dr. Rona Novick
Episode 11 Child Safety – Bullying – Dr. Rona Novick

How can we recognize that our child is being bullied? What is the best way to react to bullying? How to help your child stay safe and avoid bullying? Welcome...

Child Safety – Child Abuse Prevention – Rahel Bayar
Episode 12 Child Safety – Child Abuse Prevention – Rahel Bayar

What is the child safety? How can parents keep their children safe from abuse and sextortion? What are cues that one's child may be being used? Rahel Bayar, Founder...

Deep Dive – The Fundamentals of Child Safety
Episode 13 Deep Dive – The Fundamentals of Child Safety

How to make sure your child is safe? What to do when your child is bullied or a bully? How to use technology safely and wisely? Welcome to another episode...

Child Safety – Domestic Abuse – Yeshaya Kraus (4/6)
Episode 14 Child Safety – Domestic Abuse – Yeshaya Kraus (4/6)

Domestic abuse. What is it? How does the pressures in our community play a role in domestic abuse? What effects does domestic abuse have on our children and their...

Child Safety – Technology – Dr. Eli Shapiro
Episode 15 Child Safety – Technology – Dr. Eli Shapiro

How can we protect our children in the age of digital technology? What is the appropriate and responsible behavior with technology? How can we teach children to make good...

Child Safety – Substance Abuse – Stephen and Kevin Hill (5/6)
Episode 16 Child Safety – Substance Abuse – Stephen and Kevin Hill (5/6)

How can parents prevent their children from drug use and drug addiction? How can parents...

Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Basics – Rav Eisenstein
Episode 17 Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Basics – Rav Eisenstein

Today we have a great pleasure to talk to Rav Eisenstein and hear his profound thoughts about raising our Jews Next Dor. We’ll address some very important questions on...

Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Practical – Elana Mizrahi
Episode 18 Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Practical – Elana Mizrahi

Welcome back to another amazing episode! We are so excited to talk to Elana Mizrahi, who is, among other things, a great parenting coach. We’ll hear her advice on...

3. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Intervention – Devorah Weiss (3/4)
Episode 19 3. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Intervention – Devorah Weiss (3/4)

Today we have the great pleasure to talk to Mrs. Devorah Weiss, a social worker and a certified parent and teen coach, who mostly works with parents of challenging...

4. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Wrap-up (4/4)
Episode 20 4. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Wrap-up (4/4)

We learned so many foundational ideas, on a basic level, a practical level, and intervention when it's not working, to create a relationship with one's child. Sometimes we don't...

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Parenting the Stiff Necked Child from the Stick Necked Nation – Ki Tisa – Rav Mordechai Burg
February 28, 2024 Parenting the Stiff Necked Child from the Stick Necked Nation – Ki Tisa – Rav Mordechai Burg

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף הֽוּא: And the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people and behold! they are a stiff necked people. (Shemos 32:9) וַיְמַהֵ֖ר...

Seeking Family Harmony – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin
January 31, 2024 Seeking Family Harmony – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin

Early in my family therapy training, I realized that growing up in a family did not necessarily mean I understood one. As an intern, I quickly found myself knee-deep...

Hearing the Cries of Our Children for Connection – Parshas Vayeshev – Rav Mordechai Burg
December 8, 2023 Hearing the Cries of Our Children for Connection – Parshas Vayeshev – Rav Mordechai Burg

וַיֹּֽאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֗יו אֲבָל֘ אֲשֵׁמִ֣ים | אֲנַ֘חְנוּ֘ עַל־אָחִ֒ינוּ֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָאִ֜ינוּ צָרַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֛וֹ בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ וְלֹ֣א שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ עַל־כֵּן֙ בָּ֣אָה אֵלֵ֔ינוּ הַצָּרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת: And they said to one...

Ensuring Safe, Protective And Caring Environments For Our Children During The War In Israel:  A Parental Imperative – Dr. Chaim Botwinick
December 6, 2023 Ensuring Safe, Protective And Caring Environments For Our Children During The War In Israel: A Parental Imperative – Dr. Chaim Botwinick

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, acheinu bnai yisrael throughout the world wait anxiously for promising news regarding the...

Promoting a Healthy Sense of Self for a safer child – Mrs. Adina Soclof
November 10, 2023 Promoting a Healthy Sense of Self for a safer child – Mrs. Adina Soclof

This month is safety awareness month at GenAleph.org. One of the most important, but often overlooked aspects of keeping children is safe, is to make sure that...

I Learned It From You – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 11 – Rav Mordechai Burg
September 22, 2023 I Learned It From You – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 11 – Rav Mordechai Burg

Thus far the Sugya of Ben Sorer U’Moreh has yielded some incredible parenting strategies and thought provoking ideas. Let us once again examine these wonderful pesukim in order to...

Being a Father, Not Just a Provider – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 9 – Rav Mordechai Burg
September 8, 2023 Being a Father, Not Just a Provider – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 9 – Rav Mordechai Burg

With Hashem’s help we have already gleaned so many invaluable Chinuch lessons from the Sugya of Ben Sorer U’Moreh. Let us once again delve into the waters of this...

Parenting in Unity – The Soul of Parenting – Slovie Jungreis-Wolff – Book Excerpt
August 17, 2023 Parenting in Unity – The Soul of Parenting – Slovie Jungreis-Wolff – Book Excerpt

Excerpted and adapted from The Soul of Parenting, by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff. August 2023. Reprinted with permission. Parenting in Unity Mommy, Daddy, and Our Parenting Mission When Spouse and Child Are Against You How to...

Maintaining your child’s physical safety in 2023 takes a village. We can defy the odds – Mindi Zissman
July 18, 2023 Maintaining your child’s physical safety in 2023 takes a village. We can defy the odds – Mindi Zissman

It was my first day volunteering as a “safety parent” at my kids’ day school. I was standing in front of the most adorable 2nd grade girls when one...

You won’t hear what’s going on over Monday night dinner. Try this instead – Mindi Zissman
July 18, 2023 You won’t hear what’s going on over Monday night dinner. Try this instead – Mindi Zissman

Last year one of my kids told me a secret he’d been harboring for a while, all alone. While it didn’t surprise me, but you couldn’t have paid me...

Shalom Bayis and Parenting – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 2 – Rav Mordechai Burg
July 18, 2023 Shalom Bayis and Parenting – Ben Sorer U’Moreh Part 2 – Rav Mordechai Burg

As we continue our exploration of the Ben Sorer U’Moreh in order to glean valuable Chinuch lessons and reap the reward of raising healthy and well adjusted children we...

Communal Attachment
June 22, 2023 Communal Attachment

♫ Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood? In your neighborhood? In your neighborhood? Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? Well, they're the people that you meet When...

Building Meaningful and Lasting Relationships with Our Children – Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick
June 13, 2023 Building Meaningful and Lasting Relationships with Our Children – Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick

"There are three partners in the making of a person: the father, the mother and HaShem” (Kiddushin, 30b) As we know, one of the most critically important challenges facing parents...

The Soil We Plant Our Children In – Rav Mordechai Burg
June 8, 2023 The Soil We Plant Our Children In – Rav Mordechai Burg

As we marvel at a majestic oak tree, we would do well to remember that it was once but a small acorn. It’s hard to imagine that all that...

Too many chose to look away from Chaim Walder’s crimes. We can make other choices now – Rahel Bayar
May 14, 2023 Too many chose to look away from Chaim Walder’s crimes. We can make other choices now – Rahel Bayar

During my first month as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx, I spent most of my time engaged in an intensive orientation. As part of that training, a...

Summer Camp: Changing the Framework of Abuse-Prevention Training – Rahel Bayar
May 14, 2023 Summer Camp: Changing the Framework of Abuse-Prevention Training – Rahel Bayar

This past summer was one of navigating “firsts.” For many camps, it was navigating a reopening in the middle of a pandemic. For others it was dealing with the...

When Teaching Our Children is Only Half the Answer – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin
May 14, 2023 When Teaching Our Children is Only Half the Answer – Rabbi Dr. Dovid Lessin

At last year's Agudath Israel of America convention, Rabbi Joey Haber addressed the audience on raising children in the age of technology. Rabbi Haber pointed out that roughly every...

3 Lessons from Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe: Advice from a Master Educator by Rabbi Leib Kelemen
March 8, 2023 3 Lessons from Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe: Advice from a Master Educator by Rabbi Leib Kelemen

Rav Shlomo Wolbe. Illustration by Ilan Block, created with permission of original image owner AE Photos. Ilan developed a unique painting style based on...

Resilience by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt
March 8, 2023 Resilience by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

When children break their legs or arms, it is usually what is known as a greenstick fracture. Their bones do not snap; rather, they bend. This is paralleled...

What You Can Do To Raise Resilient Children
March 8, 2023 What You Can Do To Raise Resilient Children

By Zahava Farbman As told to Steve Lipman The pandemic definitely played and continues to play a large role in the mental health of our children. We’re going to be...

Creating a Relationship With a Child – Rabbi Yair Menchel
February 7, 2023 Creating a Relationship With a Child – Rabbi Yair Menchel

When thinking of a parent creating a relationship with a child, I immediately think of my own relationship with my parents. I have always felt extremely fortunate to have...

Isolation versus Inoculation: Guidelines for Parents in Meeting the Challenge of Digital Technology – Dr. David Pelcovitz
February 22, 2023 Isolation versus Inoculation: Guidelines for Parents in Meeting the Challenge of Digital Technology – Dr. David Pelcovitz

Guidelines for Parents in Meeting the Challenge of Digital Technology  When I address parents in our community about their role in ensuring their children’s responsible use of digital technology, they are...

Take Two Tablets and Skype Me in the Morning: The Challenges of Our Children’s Technology – Dr. Eli Shapiro
February 22, 2023 Take Two Tablets and Skype Me in the Morning: The Challenges of Our Children’s Technology – Dr. Eli Shapiro

By Dr. Eli Shapiro “But everyone has one!” “I’m the only one in my class without a (fill in the blank).” It’s that time of year again; the pressure on parents to...

Two Simple Ways to Be a Great Parent – Adina Socolof
February 20, 2023 Two Simple Ways to Be a Great Parent – Adina Socolof

So often I hear parents saying, “I am such a bad mother/father!” “My kids are always misbehaving!” This kind of talk can make parents feel hopeless. Being a great parent does...

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Child Safety Month: Building Your Child’s Self-Esteem
November 23, 2023 Child Safety Month: Building Your Child’s Self-Esteem

In this course, Mrs. Adina Soclof takes us through everything we need to know for building our children's self-esteem, as a tool for protecting our children - special for...

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3. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Intervention – Devorah Weiss (3/4)
February 27, 2023 3. Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Intervention – Devorah Weiss (3/4)

What is control? How does it effect our relationship with our children, and especially our teens? Today we have the great pleasure to talk to Mrs. Devorah Weiss, a...

Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Basics – Rav Eisenstein
February 14, 2023 Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Basics – Rav Eisenstein

What does it mean to be fair, firm and friendly when it comes to parenting? How do we deal with adolescents who are pulling away? Today we have a...

Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Practical – Elana Mizrahi
February 13, 2023 Building a Relationship with One’s Child – Practical – Elana Mizrahi

Welcome back to another amazing episode! We are so excited to talk to Elana Mizrahi, who is, among other things, a great parenting coach. We’ll hear her advice on...