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One odd recommendation to help #Jteens reduce the academic pressure they feel

Ruth Schapira

1 min read

One odd recommendation to help #Jteens reduce the academic pressure they feel

Enlightened teen education What I’m about to write is counter-intuitive, fair warning given. The phenomenon I’m about to describe has...

What 7 of today’s top headlines tell you about teens today

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

What 7 of today’s top headlines tell you about teens today

Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...

You won’t believe these words trending for #teens

Ruth Schapira

1 min read

You won’t believe these words trending for #teens

Guess what’s trending for #teens? I discovered a helpful tool for twitter, a free site called hashtagify.me that lets you search trending...

“You’re Not Invited”: Teen Victims of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Years and What To Do Abo

Ruth Schapira

3 min read

“You’re Not Invited”: Teen Victims of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Years and What To Do Abo

Party time (for some) We know that many Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations have gotten way out of hand. Thousands have seen Rabbi Wolpe’s...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Why Should Our Teens be Jewish?

Being Jewish? Too easy! The image above came up in a Google Image advanced search (free to use or share) for “Why be Jewish?”. The image...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Teens: Cheating on Standardized Tests?

No digital devices in sight The Los Angeles Times reported that California is coping, almost feverishly it seems, with new measures that...

Jewish Teen: A view of rights, responsibilities, and radicalization

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Jewish Teen: A view of rights, responsibilities, and radicalization

The Ten Commandments, In SVG (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A while back, I was listening to a televised lecture by Joseph Telushkin on Shalom...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Teens: Watch Your Social Media Presence

twitter logo map 09 (Photo credit: The Next Web) “Treat every conversation you have on Twitter or Facebook as if it were a nationally...

Betrayal, Abandonment, and Jewish Teen Education

Ruth Schapira

3 min read

Betrayal, Abandonment, and Jewish Teen Education

This past Sunday I met with a group of parents interested in checking out options for their teens’ Jewish education. They were committed...

Ruth Schapira

3 min read

Parent Conversations With Teens

We need to tune in to teens Life is busy, so how do we get the time to interact with teen-aged kids when everybody is literally on the...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

“But I’ve already been to the museum!”

Negotiating with teens when they say “been there, done that!” The entire school was taking a trip to the relatively new National Museum...

A Q & A : with a Jewish teen’s cell phone

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

A Q & A : with a Jewish teen’s cell phone

There’s an app for that? I recently followed a WordPress blog that offers a daily dollop of inspiration to bloggers. What a gift, right?...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Jewish Culture: Enough For Our Teens?

What Will Keep Jews marrying Jews? At a recent holiday party, I had been speaking with a Pastor of the Calvary Full Gospel Church. He...

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Three Jewish Teens: Tons of Time? Not

What clock do these teens use? I’ll paint the picture. Last night I chatted with a group of three 9th grade teenage boys, hanging out in...

Ruth Schapira

1 min read

SuperStorm #Sandy: Getting Beyond OMG!

OMG (Photo credit: mac.lachlan) In our terribly connected world, we’re never really far from seeing devastation up close. Like unwilling...

Who are you on the web? If you’re applying to college, you should know

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Who are you on the web? If you’re applying to college, you should know

Should colleges check you out on Facebook? For Teens, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators: An article in Education Week noted what most...

Outcome-Based Parenting for Jewish Teenagers: What Do You Want for Your Teen?

Ruth Schapira

1 min read

Outcome-Based Parenting for Jewish Teenagers: What Do You Want for Your Teen?

How are you defining parenting? A recent blog post called “Parents’ Aspirations for Their Children” in Education week posed this...

Parents: Will your teen ‘do’ Jewish in college?

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Parents: Will your teen ‘do’ Jewish in college?

Campus Hillel: Will this be the place where your teen ‘does’ Jewish? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from when...

Selling Tomorrow Today to Parents of Jewish Teens

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Selling Tomorrow Today to Parents of Jewish Teens

Long-term or Short-term: Pick one Marketing and Selling. Terms that were not very much used in the Jewish community just a few short...

Parents of Teens: Do You Miss Those Parent-Teacher Conferences?

Ruth Schapira

2 min read

Parents of Teens: Do You Miss Those Parent-Teacher Conferences?

I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...

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