I spent many of my elementary school years trying to be viewed as the favorite student in the eyes of my teachers, however, the feeling

“Can we play Risk?” my son asks me on a Shabbat afternoon. I quickly glance at the wall, unsure of what excuse I can give

With a loud thud, the cardboard carton fell over on the kitchen table. My son was pouring himself milk in his bowl of cereal, and

I am not a fan of television, iPads, computers, or any other screen-device. I hate all electronics, which directly translates into how much my kids

There is something miraculous about the longevity of carnival fish. Either the fish dies within a few hours of bringing it home and having just

Around once per year I indulge my kids and take them to a painting-pottery venue. I have always enjoyed these excursions because of the creativity

I suppose that before I had kids of my own I used to secretly roll my eyes at parents who strapped a teddy-bear backpack to

There was a time when my kids tried to convince me that they had no friends at camp because I wasn’t sending them Gatorade in

“I see your daughter is wearing a coat!” many people have stopped me to report after having read my previous article on my jacketless children.

My kids have strange clothing preferences: One daughter won’t wear tights, ever. One wears tights, all the time, even in the humidity of summer. One

I have a child who sucks her thumb. She began at 4 months old and did it constantly, for three years straight, and it was