Breathing Space

I came back from Israel from Women's Reconnection trip . It was a trip designed for all of us (nebachs) who did not qualify or otherwise...

Growing up, a common Russian refrain was: wait till you have kids and they will behave towards you like you behave towards me and then you w...

After facing the reality of how devastating yelling is to some of my kids, I have consciously cut down on yelling. ( I have written about ye...

I am tired. Oh so deeply, essentially tired. I don't want to whine about how tired I am. I had a bad night of sleep. 11 yo got braces...

I know it's the end of May. I know that most people have decided long ago what they will be doing with their kids the following school y...

I had all the kids home with me last week. We were talking about different things to do and Chattanooga Aquarium came up. We have been there...

I have been trying to get 10 yo into school. It is a different school than the one we tried a few years back. Today he took a placement test...

If you have not been hiding under a rock, you have heard about the unfortunate incident at the Cincinnati zoo where a 4-year-old boy made hi...

I lied. I got on the Internet after Shabbos and there was an article about a credible threat from ISIS through Anonymous that there might ...

Being a baalat teshuva and not attending day school makes me nervous about my Judaic knowledge. I am even more jittery when it comes to educ...

2 yo is going to a backyard camp. This camp is run by a woman who has a playgroup in her house during the year for 2 year olds. I don't ...

Today was the last Young People's Concert of the season in Spivey Hall. This year, considering how hectic everything was, and how overwh...

My oldest is a dreamer. He is distracted. Disorganized. Scatter-brained. Loses things. Creative and cannot be bothered to clean up. B...

The line one always hears, especially from people of a certain age: "Kids nowadays..." They are rude. They are loud. They are ...

We have been having some really great days with 8 yo. No, we have not changed anything that I can say. Daddy has been around a bit more, and...

This morning, I ran out to get some scarves from a private showing. It is Sunday, and my husband was planing on taking the older kids to Gem...

8 am dentist appointment If you are a homeschooler, you are groaning already, just from reading a previous line. Two weeks ago, I saw a ...

Some days I wonder: why do we homeschool? Wouldn't they all be better off in their respective classrooms, with peers and trained teacher...

I am sending 8 yo to school next year. By "next year" I mean next month. I have completed online application, submitted the pape...

We went on a nature hike today with a bunch of other homeschoolers. I drove there with a friend and her son. In the car, we were talking abo...