The author reflects on the challenges of navigating modesty and privacy in a household with a pre-teen daughter, highlighting the complexities of being the only male in a predominantly female family.

Meir, a 22-year-old yeshivah student, grapples with the dilemma of needing a smartphone for personal downtime, particularly to follow sports, while seeking his father's approval, which was withheld due to the family's insular environment.

In "The Blessings of a B Minus," psychologist Wendy Mogel advises parents to delay conversations about college with their teens until 11th grade and focus on building trust in God (bitachon) and self-reliance instead of solely on academic achievements.