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Parenting

The columnist's daughter gathers what the Bible calls "gleanings."
Posted inFood, Columns, Kids & Family, Religion, Jewish Life, Parenting

Our family mitzvah: picking fresh produce for those in need

by Julie Levine August 5, 2019August 7, 2019
Prospect Park in Brooklyn isn't as great as Drew Himmelstein hoped. (Photo/Flickr-Maria Elkind CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

2019 Brooklyn is not the kids’ paradise of my dreams

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
Julie Levine's kids have made a her into a fan of some newer music — Lizzo is one of her new faves. (Photo/Flickr-Andy Witchger CC BY 2.0)
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

I taught my kids everything I know. Except for the stuff they taught me.

by Julie Levine July 8, 2019
The clutter situation at Julie Levine's house (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

I’ve made peace with my teens’ clutter, and I think I’m going to miss it

by Julie Levine June 26, 2019June 26, 2019
Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in "The Way We Were"
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles, Columns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting, Seniors

‘Adulting’ is not for the tender-hearted, at any age

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz June 24, 2019June 24, 2019
Aaron Britt, husband of our parenting columnist Drew Himmelstein, models his dad look, accompanied by sons Nate (left) and Harvey.
Posted inFather's Day, Columns, Kids & Family, Holidays, Jewish Life, Parenting

A Father’s Day confession: I’m way into dad fashion

Aaron Britt by Aaron Britt June 14, 2019June 17, 2019
a door at the end of a plain hallway is a ajar
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Virginia Woolf was right. I deserve a room of my own. (The kids can share one.)

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein May 29, 2019
Stumbling blocks (stolpersteine in German) commemorate the victims of the Holocaust by marking where each person lived, the date they were deported and the date they were murdered. (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

So much anti-Semitism, and a trip I will never forget

by Julie Levine May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
a pile of paper and plastic trash, much of it with red duct tape barely holding it together
Posted inKids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

My 6-year-old’s beloved trash heap

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
a snowplow plowing through snow
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Helicopter parenting, snowplow parenting — we’re doing our best

by Julie Levine April 23, 2019

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