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It seems to happen overnight. One day, you give your child a hug and they melt into you. The next, they bristle and move away from your...

Every parent reaches this moment, and even though you know it’s expected, it still hits as a shock. At some point, your precious, sweet,...

As a tired teenager, I remember wondering how I would possibly handle sleepless nights with infants once I became a mother. The idea that...

In the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, the gap between these celebrations can feel surprisingly wide. In the United States,...

One of the real challenges of parenting is that, despite the occasional moment of triumph, most hours and days are filled with plain old...

I’m sitting on a blanket at the edge of a field, scribbling a word or two every few minutes. (If this ends up shorter than usual, you’ll...

People often assume that good parenting means long hours of quality time and constant interaction. Moms may feel guilty for every moment...

One of the most delightful and exhausting aspects of parenthood is the never-ending stream of questions from our children. Why is it...

Social media is flooded with posts suggesting, and sometimes outright stating, that if a mom parents the "right" way, her child will grow...

Parshas Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins with Moshe (Moses) gathering the entire nation of Israel to hear Hashem’s (God’s)...

The greatest gift we can give our children isn’t a perfect life—it’s the ability to find joy in an imperfect one. That’s Purim’s lesson.

When the prophet Shmuel (Samuel) was a young boy, his mother lovingly sewed a robe for him each year (I Samuel 2:19). A bystander,...