Tag: parenting
Change: It’s Just Happening
I sit on the floor doing puzzles with my 3-year-old, a change of pace to have this a small moment of time together we...
Girls and Bullying: Learning How to Manage and Rise Above It
Girls and Bullying
My daughter had her first introduction to bullying at age 4. Over a month-long period, Maddison would come home from school reporting...
Helping Our Children Learn to Build Healthy Relationships.
Relationships are the most fulfilling and essential part of a happy life. Yet, building healthy relationships with family, friends and romantic partners is not...
The Dreaded Drop-Off: Separation Anxiety is the Worst
A few months ago, I was reading a Facebook post in the Carmel moms group. The mom wrote the post asking for advice because...
When It Takes a Village: Post-Partum Love
I’ve never been a big believer in the whole “it takes a village” concept. Maybe it’s because I was a very republican high school...
Adjusting to Life with a Toddler and a Newborn
The learning curve when going from a parent of zero to a parent of one is incredibly, indescribably steep. (So steep, I never understood...
I Was Mom Shamed for Listening to Rap Music
Picture this:
It’s a Friday evening. I just got off work and picked up my son from daycare. We are cruising with the windows down,...
Life with a Toddler on a Schedule
Like so many other first-time moms, I read everything I could get my hands on when I first had my son. I was able...
Encountering a Differently-Abled Child: How I Wish I’d Handled It
It was one of the warmest days we’d had during the cold and dreary Indianapolis spring, and I took my three-year-old daughter, Lyra, up...
Toddlerdom
Life with a toddler-- aka Toddlerdom-- is no joke. Tonight I got all the recycling and trash out to the street, looked around, and...
An Open Letter to All the Single Parents: I Don’t Know...
Dear Single Parents of the World:
(In addition to single parents, I am also talking to those who have spouses who travel extensively or work...
Hey Scientist! Clone Me!
Does anyone out there have an extra scientist just laying around that I could borrow to clone myself? As moms, we are pulled in...
Toddler or Teacher: 10 Things I’ve Learned From My Child
As a new mom I'm constantly teaching. I'm also constantly learning. But despite all of the books and guides I've read and tried to...
My Jewish Identity as a Mother: Striking a Balance Between Interfaith...
If you had told the 13-year-old me that one day I was going to convert to Judaism and raise my child Jewish, I wouldn't...