Dr. Wendy Mogel is an internationally known clinical psychologist and author of the New York Times bestselling parenting book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee. A popular keynote speaker, she lectures widely at conferences, educational and religious organizations and schools.
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Smart Empathy (Independent School Magazine)
—Cultivating a self-reliant parent body in times of crisis
January 1, 2010
Camp Blessings (Canada Camps for Parents)
January 1, 2010
Get Those Blueberries Out of My Medicine Cabinet, You Freak
A bad breakfast day begins. I shuffle into the kitchen, innocent of what lies waiting…
August 26, 2008
Mom Resist The Urge...to Kill Your Teenager (The Jewish Journal)
—there’s a better way.
May 11, 2006
A Closer Look (Camping Magazine)
Different Perspectives on The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, by Wendy Mogel
Compiled by Bob Ditter
January 1, 2006
The Dark Side of Parental Devotion: How Camp Can Let the Sun Shine (Camping Magazine)
A friend of mine is a college placement counselor in an academically competitive high school…When one dad returned her call she heard an odd noise in the background.
“What’s that noise?” she asked.
The Dad: “Oh, it’s nothing. I can talk. I’m just doing a colonoscopy.”
January 1, 2006
The Oy Oy Oy Show (Independent School Magazine)
How Anxiety Harms Student Academic PerformanceSeptember 22, 2005
Drawing the Line on Spending (Wall Street Journal)
August 15, 2005
EVERY PARENT KNOW THE DRILL. First comes, “I want that”—quickly followed by, “But everybody else has one.”
August 15, 2005
The One Parenthood Book I Couldn’t Live Without (CHILD Magazine )
Where do celebrated writers turn when they need advice and comfort on their journey as parents? Read on as 13 authors share their favorite books—and the very personal reasons why these titles made a difference.
By Elizabeth Fishel
March 1, 2005
Mommy (and Me) (New York Times)
A generation of new parents are telling tales from the crib in blogs that revel in self-absorption.
January 30, 2005
Removing The Training Wheels (Atlanta Jewish Times )
How to use Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children
By Linda Bachmann
January 28, 2005
Mogel's Myths (Atlanta Jewish Times)
Twelve misconceptions about raising self-reliant kids
January 28, 2005
The Digital Lives of Your Kids: What Parents Need to Know (The Jewish Journal)
...Come join me in an instant message—I mean, IM—conversation with my 14-year-old daughter, Emma.
January 3, 2005
Simplicity (Jewish Woman Magazine)
Choosing to live with less can make room for what’s really important.
By Rahel Musleah
October 9, 2004
For Mature Audiences Only (Independent School Magazine)
Somewhere in America last June, two 12th-grade boys hosted a post-prom “after party” in a rented nightclub. The boys charged $40 admission and hired a DJ, strippers, and bouncers…
September 22, 2004
The Present Parent (Reform Judaism)
A conversation with Dr. Wendy Mogel about what parents can do to truly be there for their children.
July 3, 2004
For Kids, Lessons in the School of Life (Washington Post)
There’s More to Maturing Than Getting Good Grades
By Rebecca R. Kahlenberg
November 4, 2003
Skinned Knee is Life Lesson (Owings Mills Times)
Mogel: ‘Skinned knee’ is life lesson
10/22/03
BY LiSA DE NIKE
Los Angeles clinical psychologist and educator Wendy Mogel has a message for parents:
Don’t try so hard to protect your children. If they are going to grow up to be independent, self-reliant people, they need to learn to take care of themselves.
October 22, 2003
A Child’s Murder, a Mother’s Strength (The Jewish Journal)
September 18, 2003
ADD, ADHD - Life in the Fast Lane (The Jewish Journal)
June 20, 2003
“Myths About Independent School Teachers” (Independent School Magazine)
A list of seventeen points on the myths about independent school teachers
April 8, 2003
Is There Love After Marriage? (The Jewish Journal)
February 14, 2003
NAIS lecture - 2003 Annual Conference Speech from Wendy Mogel
All Things to All People? Managing Parents’ Expectations of Independent Schools
2003 Annual Conference Speech from Wendy Mogel
February 5, 2003
Is There Love After Marriage? (Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Data still to come.
February 1, 2003
Overcoming Fear of the Ordinary (Independent School Magazine)
October 15, 2002
Sex Ed for Parents (The Jewish Journal)
April 18, 2002
Sex for Parents (Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Somewhere in America, a few high school students made a porno video, they said by accident, starring themselves. Whatever it was, a couple of kids were fooling around, and someone else had a camera. They showed the tape in the locker room and what followed was, of course, a big scandal. Somewhere else in America, there was an eighth grade party, Mom or Dad took pictures, and when they came back from the lab, in the background of one of the shots, you could see two partygoers having oral sex near the shrubbery. What upset the parents most was that the students weren’t even trying to hide.
April 5, 2002
Slaves to Higher Learning (The Jewish Journal)
March 22, 2002
Talking to Children about Terrorism (The Jewish Journal)
September 20, 2001
On the Doorposts of Your House and On Your Mouse (The Jewish Journal)
September 14, 2001
How to Choose a School (The Jewish Journal)
As fall approaches, many of us are forced to turn our thoughts to selecting a private school for our children…
August 24, 2001
Hands Off My Volcano (Jewish Journal)
July 29, 2001
Parents’ Discussion Guide
Using the concepts in The Blessing of A Skinned Knee as a foundation, this on-line guide was developed to help parents who would like to participate in a parenting class.
July 4, 2001
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