parenting
Seeking Shelter
This past Sunday I convinced my sons to join me out back to put up our Sukkah, ritual dwelling for Sukkot, arguing that ...
Recipes & Discussion for Sukkot
By now you’ve hopefully eaten a good Rosh Hashana meal, had a meaningful Yom Kippur fast, looked at your watch ...
Helping Our Kids to Return Home
I can’t stop thinking about Jordana Horn’s recent post about her son who came home from camp early. I don’t ...
Social Media Isn’t the Enemy
Now that your kids are home from camp, many of you are facing a new dilemma: should campers and their ...
Room For Improvement
A couple of years ago I was walking to synagogue with my two boys on the morning of Rosh Hashanah, ...
Camp Turned My Son into a Teenager
A few weeks ago, in a parking lot in Montreal, with hip-hop music blaring from oversized speakers, and lanes delineated ...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Looking back on the past few months, I wouldn’t call it a “cruel summer.” Nor would I call it “the ...
Blurred Lines: Why Miley is Still a Hit in My House…Sort Of
I am sick of hearing about the VMAs and Miley Cyrus. Yup – she got on stage in a latex ...
Virgin No More
I am no longer a Camp Parent Virgin.I sent my two boys to overnight camp for the first time this ...
Bonsai Parenting
Most parents send their kids to camp because they know that kids grow in a different way — faster — ...