Fourth of July
Wishing everyone a wonderful Fourth of July with time to reflect with gratitude and love on the founding of the United States.
July 2019
Listening with Someone Else’s Ears
Do you have words that serve as a form of shorthand when used among your family and friends? Yet, heard by those not in-the-know, those words are easily misinterpreted. As fans of Arthur Ransome’s charming book, Swallows and Amazons, our family adopted a sentence that appears early in the story. On summer holiday in the...
Differing Sex Drives
Dear Rabbi Lapin and Susan, I was talking to a friend the other day and he made the statement, “When I meet God, I’m going to ask him why he created men and women with such different sex drives.” I immediately thought of forwarding the question to you. Please let me know what ancient Jewish...
Going for the Jugular
Have you ever seen a five-year-old stamp her foot and declare, “No! I will not”? Whether it is parents in a family, political heads of a country, executive officers in a business enterprise or captains of ships like the Bounty, challenges to leadership come with the territory. Part of effective parenting is to help your...