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It wasn’t the first time I’d heard of the study. Yet somehow, tonight, the message rang with an added urgency.   To go or not to go? That was the question. Rebbetzin Kushner — a world-famous parenting expert — was coming to our city to talk about “Helping our Children Develop Self-Control — the Precursor to all Middos.”

How in the world am I supposed to lather this child with love, offer even a semblance of positivity, when she doesn’t give me a chance?

Get a grip, I told myself. This is not a beauty pageant

Daniel — usually the patient one — gritted his teeth. “Does she ever turn off?” he muttered

The thought of six days without my fireball was so tantalizingly sweet that it was embarrassing

If this ain’t a message from Him, my inner voice pronounced, then what is?