When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A Father!
Several years ago at my son’s Jr. Kumon class graduation ceremony, I found myself in the presence of five-year-old children who wanted to be doctors, lawyers, and engineers. Yes, that’s right, not a...
View ArticleShould You Have to Think of Work on Maternity Leave?
While Olga’s post, “Who Cares About the Mother After the Baby Comes Out,” focused on what happens after the forty-eight hour hospital stay, one of our readers was prompted to take the question further,...
View ArticleAll Mothers Are Created Equal
If you’ve read the much talked about “Bringing Up Bébé”, you might have noticed the pages Pamela Druckerman devotes to her description of the way a French (Parisian) mother typically looks. While the...
View ArticleScheduled Summer Fun
With summer vacation just around the corner, many parents are going through the process of figuring out how their children will spend the precious months after the end of the academic year. And...
View ArticleFinding Your Creativity
It is past midnight but your mind, crisp and agile, forks up an idea you know your boss will devour. You jot the thought down quickly, adding a few more interesting points, and feel like tomorrow will...
View ArticleWhen Kids Affect Our Friendships
As someone who has gone through pregnancy with and without girlfriends that were in the same stage in their lives, I can vouch that it is definitely more exciting when your friends are going through...
View ArticleToo Much Enrichment
Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Cynthia Aldinger, Executive Director of LifeWays North America and co-author of “Home Away From Home: LifeWays Care of Children and...
View ArticleCrisscross Applesauce
Prior to the end of the school year, I was invited to speak to my son’s sixth grade class about my family’s immigration experience from Ukraine to the United States. I found myself in a room with...
View ArticleWords of Wisdom from Debora Spar
In the recent issue of The Daily Beast, Debora Spar—a political scientist and currently the president of Barnard College—brings our attention to the difficult balancing act that a modern American woman...
View ArticleTo The End of Love
Today I am participating in the “Around the Bonfire” series on http://www.kludgymom.com/ — a blog by a brilliant, witty, and honest writer, Gigi Ross. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s...
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