parenting

Saying Yes

Joel Yanofsky is the author of Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism.   We figured we were all set. ...

Kids and Kittens and Keeping Them Inside

Lenore Skenazy is a public speaker and founder of the book and blog Free-Range Kids. Her show “World’s Worst Mom” ...

Conflicted

Passover is coming and, as always, it is causing a certain amount of anxiety for certain members of the family. ...

A Passover Cooking Experience (and Recipe)

Rachel Saks has an M.S. in Education and is a Registered Dietitian. She developed and ran Healthy Living, a Camp Ramah program ...

Chocolate Makes Everything Taste Better

Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son.Charoset, fried matzo, wine, matzo meal bagels, ...

Am I Really This Typical?

Sheira Director-Nowack is the associate director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.As a Jewish camping professional for the past ...

Let Your Kids Forget Their Lunch

The other day my son called just as I was getting ready to lock the front door. He had forgotten ...

What “The Daily Show” Can Teach Us About 21st Century Judaism

I am ready to nominate Jon Stewart as an honorary “Rabbi Without Borders.”Last week, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind, in a ...

When Separation Anxiety Goes Overboard

Lenore Skenazy is founder of the book and blog, “Free-Range Kids” which launched the anti-helicopter parenting movement. This Wall Street ...

Purim: Blessing and Curse

Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow is the Director of Jewish Education at the Foundation for Jewish Camp.Our oldest child has reached ...