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
A story is told of a young man who approached his rosh yeshiva hoping for a bit of the empathic advice he was known to
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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
Consider the following example: Rachel, a mother with four children under the age of 9, is always running around trying to take care of their
Research fellow for Security, Department of Psychology at Lancaster University Lying is often seen as bad behavior in children. Fairy tales and folk stories, from
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.
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Amsterdam It is natural for parents to value their child–and feeling valued is key to children’s well-being; but some parents
One Friday night in early August two strangers showed up at my door and dropped off a baby. It was almost anticlimactic. My partner and
