When You Fall Off Your Feelings
Kids are so literal - it’s one of my favorite things about being able to have real conversations with Robbie these days. But there are still some really complicated concepts that need a more poetic explanation so that young children can feel safe exploring them. Robbie loves these three books and they help center me, too…
There’s No Such Thing as Raising Jew-ish Children
When Jon and I started talking about marriage, before we were officially engaged, I told him that I wanted my children to receive a Jewish education. Jon had an Anglican background but was pretty anti-organized religion at the time, so I was careful not to say I wanted them “to be Jewish.” We agreed…
Everything I know about being a working mother…
I learned from my mom.
Of course, as a kid, I took for granted how much she juggled for us. I wouldn’t say she made it look easy, but she made it look standard. I certainly didn’t know that she had chosen to be a working mother; for her, it seemed like almost a mandate.