Adina Soclof

Feb 18, 2024 | aish.com | Adina Soclof

February 18, 2024 5 min read Because happiness starts at home. It’s the Hebrew month of Adar, the happiest month of the Jewish year. Judaism places great value on being happy. This year we’ve been dealt a big blow – all the more reason to consciously work on living with increased happiness. Happiness starts at home. Here are 7 ways to happier parenting. 1. It’s okay that you’re not perfect.

Dec 7, 2023 | ou.org | Adina Soclof |Hylton I Lightman

This Chanukah, the Jewish people need to focus even more on being the light in the darkness. We have just endured so much suffering and heartache. How can we illuminate the night? I think it’s pretty clear, we can continue doing whatever it is we have been doing since October 7. The giving, the chesed, the courage, the resilience and the unity have been unparalleled. I have never been more proud to be a Jew.

May 3, 2023 | ou.org | Adina Soclof

“Teach your child according to his ways.” – Proverbs“No child is hopeless….Any child who is told that he is a failure is deprived of his dignity and loses respect for himself.” – Alfred AdlerAnyone who has children has fallen into the trap of labeling children and placing them in roles. Somehow it gives us a sense of control over children, to have them figure it out. She is the “stubborn one”, “he is bossy “ “that one is so slow”, “forget about him he will always be disorganized”.