Tag: Parenting

Damhnait Doyle, a versatile musician, is transitioning from Celtic to pop music while maintaining her authentic voice.
Chaplain Laura Fitch and parent Alana Kadden Ballon provide advice on how to effectively talk to children about death, emphasizing the importance of using simple words, finding support, creating a space for emotions, and helping children remember and honor the loved one.
The discussion delves into the tension between writers and their children, highlighted through anecdotes about Saul Bellow's family dynamics.
The text discusses the author's experience of motherhood in Israel, influenced by Aviva Shalit, whose son Gilad was kidnapped.
The text delves into a mother's journey with her sleepless daughter, Zelda, and the challenges they faced with sleep studies, parenting approaches, and struggles with sleep training.
The author, Leslie, used to find great meaning in attending shul on Yom Kippur, with its emotional highs and routines, feeling a sense of doing the right thing.
The impact of divorce on children, especially in the Orthodox Jewish community, is lifelong and profound.
Rabbi Zev Eleff reflects on the challenges faced by rabbis and parents, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing family.
The author reflects on the impending separation as her eldest son prepares to leave for college, recalling her own struggles with separation anxiety during her college years.
Tablet columnist Marjorie Ingall discusses her new book "Mamaleh Knows Best" challenging the stereotype of the overbearing Jewish mother, highlighting how Jewish mothers foster independence, confidence, and skepticism of authority in their children.
The text reflects on a video from 2002 showing the night before the writer's brother's gay marriage ceremony, where their father enthusiastically performed.
The text reflects on the question of introducing young children to the horrors of historical events such as the Holocaust.
The author narrates their experience with their child's preschool holiday book exchange, highlighting issues of inclusivity and identity as a Jewish parent.
Miriam, a young girl, desires a dog for Hanukkah despite her Hasidic-leaning family's disapproval.
The author of the letter expresses gratitude and a sense of curiosity towards their anonymous sperm donor, who made it possible for them to have a son named Isaiah.
The author reflects on a personal dilemma when her husband wanted to break the Yom Kippur fast early to accommodate his migraine, while she preferred to wait until the traditional time.
The text explores various parenting philosophies and challenges the prevailing notion that parental nurture significantly shapes children's outcomes.
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.
In this personal reflection by Etgar Keret, he describes taking his 7-year-old son Lev to vote in the 2013 elections, reflecting on his own childhood memory of voting after the Yom Kippur War.
A humorous anecdote by Etgar Keret describes his son, Lev, wanting to light Hanukkah candles at age 5, but escalating to wanting to burn things like the Maccabees.
The article from Tablet Magazine delves into the theme of children in Jewish tradition, drawing parallels between the barren woman seeking fertility and the people of Israel awaiting redemption.