parenting
Home Sweet Home
Throughout the school year, my daughter’s Instagram feed is filled with posts from friends – “#campzipcode is my home,” “100 ...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
By now, you have read our post “Why I Hate the Photographer at Camp” but parents still seem to be ...
The Summer of Living Jewishly
This summer my plan is to start writing a book with the working title God Laughs: How Judaism Ruined My ...
How Very Welcoming
Hi Readers! Here’s the sign a nature center director is about to take down from the local preserve where, for ...
What Matters More: Our Day Schools Or Our Commitment To Religious Neutrality?
I am an unabashed advocate of Jewish day school education. I attended day school from kindergarten through eighth grade, and ...
The “Nervited” Camp Director
T-minus three days until my camp staff arrive. Ten days until our teens arrive. Nine months ago I was shrugging ...
Busy, Busy, Busy
Camp is almost here. As you pack the duffel bags, label the underwear, and organize the toiletries you have to ...
God, Our Parent: Father’s Day Reflections
When I was about twelve years old, I opened my younger brother’s textbook, just out of curiosity. This textbook from ...
Aleph, Bet…
I remember being a little kid, maybe four or five, when my dad sat me down with a workbook and ...
“Don’t Forget!” Preparing Your Kids for Camp … and Beyond
I was nine years old my first summer at camp. When I came home, my mother (who had never been ...