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When Parenting is Grand
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
June 13th, 2013
A Jewish-American humorist once said that the reason that grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they share a common enemy. He was referring to the parents. ...
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Texting During Chazoras Hashatz
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
June 6th, 2013
Rabi Preda had a student for whom he taught over a lesson 400 times until his student understood it. What was the rest of the class doing all that time? It’s hard to imagine that the other children were sitting there listening to the same thing told over 400 times without getting fidgety, or talking among themselves. Maybe they ...
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Motivation Revisited
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
May 30th, 2013
What happens to your pulse rate when your phone rings and the caller I.D. shows that it’s your child’s rebbe or morah calling? I hope you anticipate a conversation that will highlight your child’s successes before discussing, if necessary, any areas in which improvement is desired.
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Yes But
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
May 23rd, 2013
What three letter word causes more pain, disappointment, and resentment than
perhaps any other in the English language?
But.
How painful is it when a young man’s parents hear the word but from a shadchan: ...
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The First Oxymoron
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
May 9th, 2013
What do these two phrases have in common?
Original copy.
Open secret.
Each of these phrases is an oxymoron, a combination of words that have
completely opposite meanings. If something is a copy, it can’t also be the original.
If some piece of information is openly known, it isn’t a secret. ...
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Sharing
Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman, LMHC
May 5th, 2013
What is so hard about sharing?
Nothing, if sharing means having something, deciding to let someone else have it
for awhile, and then getting it back intact.
For young children, sometimes for teenagers, and sometimes for adults, that’s not
the way sharing works, and then it’s hard. ...
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