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Category: Think

  • I see myself (and my kids) in pop culture

    Staring up at the young performers in “Dear Evan Hansen,” watching in awe as they masterfully captured the angst, confusion, boredom and small joys of being teenagers, two thoughts popped in my head: Wow, this reminds me so much of high school.  Is this what my kids will be like?…

  • Here I am, 35 and OK

    During the early 2000s, “Sex and the City” was one of the hottest shows on television. I, a young college student, watched in awe as those 30-something-year-old women gallivanted about New York City, enjoying an endless slew of men, fashion and cosmopolitans. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha seemed to have…

  • Looking back and gazing forward

    This post contains an affiliate link. If a purchase is made through this site, I will earn a small commission. I had a few ideas for how I would close out this year. I thought about piecing together, what I think, would have been a strong post, pushing my page…

  • Fear of labels won’t stop me from helping my kids

    Growing up as a child who went to school in the 90s, there was definitely a stigma around special education. Autism diagnoses were much rarer back then, and you maybe saw one or two kids with ADD or ADHD in an entire grade. Most people had never even heard of…

  • 5 things this Jewish mom loves about Christmas

    Thanksgiving has passed. The store shelves are stocked with ornaments, tinsel, and lights. The mainstream radio stations are playing holiday tunes. Holly and pine adorn streetlights and shop windows. Santa and his elves are depicted in countless commercials. Christmas season is here. As a Jewish mom in a predominantly Christian…

  • What parents of allergic kids want us to know

    I have two small boys, and while I may joke my oldest, extremely picky, child is “allergic” to food in general, I do not know what it is like to raise a child who has food allergies. I do not know what it is like to spend hours in doctors…

  • I let someone else plan my kid’s birthday party

    I am a bit of a “type A” personality. I was involved with everything in high school, from the student newspaper to a Jewish youth group. I then went on to college, where I became president of my sorority. For much of my adolescent and early adult life, I was…

  • Parenting helped me embrace my inner “no”

    A make-up free selfie of Jennifer Garner made the rounds, last month, showing the exhausted mom of three after her fifth-annual “yes day.” When hearing about the actress’s yearly trend of indulging every whim, no matter how much it beat her down in the process, I wondered if I could…

  • The beautiful bond of my boys

    The following is an excerpt from my story, “Brotherly Love,” in the book, The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Life With Boys: Hilarious & Heartwarming Stories About Raising Boys From The Boymom Squad, edited by Tiffany O’Connor and Lyndee Brown of #Lifewithboys.

  • To the parents of girls: It’s not your job 

    It’s not your job to tell your daughters not to dress “too sexy.” It’s not your job to warn your daughters about parties, drinking and hookup culture. It’s not your job to teach your daughters to avoid walking alone at night. It’s not your job to teach your daughters to…