The Joys and Oys of Par­ent­ing draws on the tra­di­tion of Jew­ish wis­dom as well as the exper­tise of child devel­op­ment pro­fes­sion­als to offer prac­ti­cal ideas advice and inspi­ra­tion for par­ents. Chap­ters on main­tain­ing a peace­ful home estab­lish­ing rou­tines fos­ter­ing resilience pro­mot­ing respon­si­bil­i­ty spark­ing moti­va­tion nur­tur­ing kind­ness and cul­ti­vat­ing grat­i­tude empha­size being mind­ful of the joys involved in par­ent­ing while help­ing our chil­dren learn to live with integri­ty. Fore­word by Rab­bi Ker­ry Olitzky. Includes dis­cus­sion guide and references.