Aug 17, 2005 -- A parent’s must-read guide to raising a child in today’s society, Balanced Parenting: A Father and a Son – A Rabbi and a Psychologist – Examine Love and Limits in Raising Children (Shaar Press: 2005) gives clear, practical advice on how to achieve the Talmud’s imperative to raise children with “the left hand pushing away while the right hand draws closer.” Written by Yeshiva University (YU) Professor David Pelcovitz, PhD, and his father Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz, Balanced Parenting addresses parents’ concerns about how to instill values, motivate children, and teach them to cope with anger and peer pressure. Topics also include dealing with the at-risk child, helping children acquire self-respect, and coping with loss and terror. “Because raising children in today’s world has become so complex, my hope is for parents to deal with children in a calmer, more balanced way,” Dr. Pelcovitz said. “I hope the book is not viewed as just theoretical, but rather it leads to practical change on the ground.” Dr. Pelcovitz, a clinical child psychologist, is the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Professor of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Prior to joining the YU faculty in 2004, Dr. Pelcovitz was clinical professor of psychology in psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and director of psychology at North Shore University Hospital-NYU School of Medicine. Rabbi Pelcovitz is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Knesseth Israel in Far Rockaway, NY. His previous books are the translation and annotation of medieval Italian exegetist Sforno’s commentary on the Torah, another on Sforno’s commentary on Pirkei Avos, and Table Talk – Shabbos and Yom Tov Divrei Torah.