A Bad Apple
Slender and gracious, its form follows its function. Its “barely there”, smooth physique is a mere hint of the beauty and complexity it hides behind its dark hibernating screen. It is a page-size...
View ArticleToo Much Enrichment
Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Cynthia Aldinger, Executive Director of LifeWays North America and co-author of “Home Away From Home: LifeWays Care of Children and...
View ArticleCrisscross Applesauce
Prior to the end of the school year, I was invited to speak to my son’s sixth grade class about my family’s immigration experience from Ukraine to the United States. I found myself in a room with...
View ArticleWords of Wisdom from Debora Spar
In the recent issue of The Daily Beast, Debora Spar—a political scientist and currently the president of Barnard College—brings our attention to the difficult balancing act that a modern American woman...
View ArticleThe Promised Slopes
We started the day in good spirits. It was supposed to be a typical final day of the year filled with several “must do” errands. My husband promised our boys to take them skiing and there was no way...
View ArticleFriends? Take a Number.
She lived across the street and our parents thought it was better for young girls to walk to school together. And that we did, every day for the next three years of our lives. We were inseparable. Then...
View ArticleThe One Milestone They Should Skip
The other day as I scrolled through my facebook feed, I noticed a beautiful picture of a first-time mother gazing at her precious baby. The love on her face was immense; I could imagine the hopes and...
View ArticleTeaching Kids to Stand Up for Themselves
If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that there are experiences in our childhood we would like to forget. Trouble is that we can’t. These events have marked us for the rest of our...
View ArticleThe Battle for Class Placement
We start to prepare our kids for their future from a young age. As we teach them the alphabet and how to count, we hope that one day they will accomplish big things. Finally, with the right mix of...
View ArticleCommon Core or Common Sense?
Chatting with a friend a while back, I heard her say something that is as unlikely as it is obvious: Every child deserves a good school. Several months later, watching my second grader’s...
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