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The request from a young mother told a familiar story. Her sweet, adorable toddler was hijacking her nights—every night. To this...

Every Friday morning, my children and I set aside our homeschooling studies to prepare for Shabbos (Sabbath) together. With music playing...

Parenting is one of life’s most challenging yet rewarding tasks and every decision we make shapes the future of our children. In the...

Mrs. Henny Machlis (1957-2015) was a remarkable woman who, alongside her husband, Rabbi Mordechai Machlis, opened their Jerusalem home to...

A typical conversation with a neighborhood mom begins, “I don’t know how you homeschool.” She often continues, “My life feels upside down when school is canceled for snow and everyone’s home together. I can’t imagine how you manage that every day.” What she doesn’t realize (though I’m quick to explain) is that I, too, wouldn’t know how to homeschool if every day felt like a surprise snow day. The key to running a smooth homeschool is the same principle that keeps schools and

I was once in a grocery store late at night when I noticed a toddler screaming uncontrollably. The child’s mother was visibly frustrated...

A shepherd walks through the desert, grazing his father-in-law’s sheep. Suddenly, he sees a bush engulfed with flames, but something...

As a young mother preparing for an expected birth, I knew my young children would probably struggle to adapt to life with a tired Mommy...

Little children - little problems, big children - big problems. It’s not one of my favorite aphorisms, but like most cliches, it...

Right now, as I attempt to write, I’m listening to the sounds of two of my children cooking dinner a few feet away from me. They are...

What would it be like if we could give our children a perfect childhood? Many mothers dream of being perfect, with the correct responses,...

I clearly remember feeling lonely as a young mother when my parenting decisions seemed starkly different from my friends’. All other children in our neighborhood started preschool at three, but my kids didn’t. Other moms would bring their babies with them to evening functions while I stayed home night after night to put my babies to sleep with their normal routine. Other families enrolled their kids in summer day camps while I ran Mommy Camp. I wish someone had told me that