Educating Our Children


		Jewish Apples By Annette van de Kamp I think when children start answering the question of Jewish identity, they feel a need to categorize each person, and every object. Jewish or not Jewish? I may be Jewish, but are my shoes? My goldfish? What about the President of the United States? 1 Comment



		Mommy 500 By Sharon Estroff If I denied my baby adequate exposure to bubbles and clapping songs before he learned to roll over, I would irreparably hinder his chances of getting into Harvard... 1 Comment



		Controlling the Control By Sara Esther Crispe The hardest part is not relying or resorting to a solution that may appear harmless, is cheap, convenient, easy, mobile and works. Kind of. 6 Comments



		When Sorry Isn't Enough By Sarah Zadok Frustrated and wounded by her rejection, the boy clenched his fist, leaned back, and belted my daughter right on the nose... 8 Comments



		How Avi Learned to Learn By Beverly Bernstein and Amy Erlbaum Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz expressed their desire to have Avi remain in a Jewish day school environment. They were afraid, however, that his learning and behavioral challenges were too great for him to be in a dual curriculum school... 3 Comments



		The Stranger in the Box Protecting Our Children From the Dangers of the Internet Many parents are reluctant to allow their kids to spend time outside unsupervised because they fear "stranger danger." Yet the strangers can already be in our homes 11 Comments



		A Jewish Psychology of Motivation By Chana Silberstein Doing good without believing in reward is the flip side of doing good only for reward: in the one case, good is constrained to the metaphysical; in the other, it is limited to a crass physical expression... Both reflect a distortion of truth 7 Comments



		Teaching Our Children Responsibility By Shea Hecht When we tell our children to run an errand for us, are we teaching them "responsibility" or are we teaching them how to transfer responsibility? 3 Comments



		Toys Are Us By Chana Perman They have hardly finished surveying aisle one, the ‘nothing’ aisle with bored (board!) games and long flat boxes for children who forgot how to play with toys, when Little Boy has a brainstorm... 3 Comments



		Choosing Homeschooling By Viva Hammer It was a fundamental shift of mindset: we had always assumed we would delegate educational decisions to trained professionals, and enrich our children’s lives around the edges. Now, we were it... 8 Comments



		Call Me " Mrs." By Lynne Meredith Schreiber Since he began speaking, two-year-old Asher has learned to call adults by proper titles – much to the dismay of our friends, parents and colleagues... 2 Comments