Big Picture Parenting

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right? Too cliche I admit.  This past week, one of my children’s teachers tested positive for cor...

 My daughter was zooming last week so I had the chance to overhear what was going on in her classes, always a nice bonus. One teacher posed ...

Today is the last day of Chanukah- the Festival of Lights. For me personally this holiday has always been one of extremes. My second daughte...

 Life is busy. Complex. Scattered. Sometimes it’s hard to take a pause, see things from a different perspective.  One of the reasons I start...

 “ When  angry count  to  ten  before you speak. If very  angry ,  count  to one hundred." -  Thomas Jefferson   I have a short thought...

 I’m sure we’ve discussed this before in some fashion but some topics are worth revisiting. And school pressure is definitely one of those t...

 Before starting to write this post, I googled the phrase "Compliance Fatigue" to see if it was a real thing.  Turns out it is, bu...

In an ideal world, we are partners with our children’s educators and we work in concert. We consult them with our issues, share our concerns...

Disclaimer: I aim to keep this blog totally apolitical so I'm not actually discussing the candidates, the issues or anything related to ...

 This morning I was running and there was an intense fog. You could barely see 50 feet in front of you. As I progressed thru my run it seeme...

There are many issues which are sensitive and difficult to discuss. I’ve witnessed many hushed conversations where parents are afraid to eve...

 Today my kids school reopened. We didn’t send our kids in - much against the general sentiment. Now don’t get me wrong - I very much think ...

 I tend to stay far away from the subject of politics- everyone is very sensitive about it and often people feel so strongly about their pos...

Yom Kippur is approaching - the day of judgement for the Jewish people. It gets pretty much everyone thinking. There’s tremendous introspect...

 Well by now most of you have your kids back in some form of school. For some of us, we’re just calling it Zool at this point 😛.  And while...

I’ve been so busy with my job since the wedding I really haven’t had much time to write but I’ve been thinking a lot about what to write in ...

The world looks different   There are moments in our lives that come and change everything. Sometimes we only notice it years after for what...

 Some people have told me its time to write something about being a mother in law but truth be told, haven't started that chapter quite ...

By this point in the summer, thoughts of next school year start to creep back in. While some parents relish the moment when kids will go bac...

The other day I was thinking about how long this pandemic has gripped the world - I don’t think anyone would have guessed when this all bega...