From the moment I woke up, this morning was different. My alarm went off at 6:45 a.m., one of the only times I’d set it since the pandemic hit. I got up and started to prepare the breakfast my children had requested the night before: a breakfast hot dog (a peeled banana in a hot…
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Kids & Family
Parenting
My favorite family dishes are an anchor in turbulent times
Cooking for my family has become one of the joys in my life. Being able to express my love for them in this way, well, for me, there’s nothing better.…
Parenting
I’m baffled by the books my kids love — and thrilled
“I was determined to be the best and fastest tree climber in the family,” my husband told my children. “So I kicked him in the head while he was standing…
Tu B'Av
For some Israelis, Covid-19 has meant separation from their families
It has been four months and counting since Yaara Mizrachi has seen her one-year-old son. Mizrachi and her partner have been together for seven years. But…
Parenting
Here’s everything I haven’t done during the pandemic
I am not baking bread. I haven’t made a sourdough starter. I didn’t learn how to knit, so I haven’t knitted a sweater with a matching…
Parenting
Our national shame: Why are our schools being left to fend for themselves?
The principal of my son’s public Brooklyn elementary school isn’t getting much of a vacation this summer. Mr. Foreman is busy fielding questions from…
Parenting
Will there ever be another family summer like this one?
Will our kids reflect back on their time in quarantine and think it was all terrible because they had to be in lockdown with their parents 24/7, or will…
Mixed & Matched
Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?
Dear Dawn: I need some objective advice. My husband is Jewish but no longer feels connected to Judaism. He openly states he has no interest in meeting…
Parenting
We love our kid’s school, but it perpetuates an unfair system
When school closed in March, I girded myself to get through what I thought would be five weeks of my kids learning at home. I marshaled as much energy,…