Somewhere between driveway chalk and popsicles on our friend’s front porch, playdates quietly changed. They stopped being spontaneous gatherings and became curated experiences. Childhood friendship, once a messy, unplanned thing, […]
Lately, I have been thinking about how fast life feels. Probably because most of our nights are spent racing between cheer, soccer, play rehearsals, spontaneous singing performances, and whatever else […]
If you are raising girls today, you already know that we are not just parenting. We are co-directing in a world fueled by glitter, choreography, empowerment anthems, and recess discussions […]
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you remember the Cabbage Patch Kid phenomenon. Those doll aisles looked like the toilet paper aisles during COVID, barren, violent, and […]
Let’s be honest: screen time is every parent’s frenemy. It is a silent babysitter that costs nothing, is always available, and can be very hard to say no to. In […]
If you are a mom of young kids, chances are your calendar looks like my kids’ playroom after a playdate — loud, messy, and guaranteed to make me cry if […]
Raising kids who love Jewish food can feel like a full-time job. And let me tell you, in my house the culinary Jewish favorites list is very short: matzah balls, […]
Most people get one New Year a year, but the Jewish people are the chosen ones, so we get two. One in January, and one in September when the High […]
Traveling internationally with kids is not for the faint of heart. Our recent trip home from Japan took 18 hours, including one 14-hour rerouted flight that felt like a small […]
Back to School, Back to Jewish Wisdom It’s the start of the school year. My daughter is heading back to class, and I’ll be teaching seventh and eighth graders in […]