When I first read the question asking for advice, four words jumped off the screen: Christian parents gender exploration. My pulse raced with urgency for a child I didn’t know.... read more →
On the firsts of January while we were married, my son Harry’s dad always wrote down his New Year’s resolutions. He had vision, firmness of purpose and clarity for what... read more →
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PARENTS I’m celebrating all fierce moms and dads this weekend. They might be helping their child hide the afikoman... read more →
While I stripped sheets off the guest-room bed upstairs, my five-year-old son Harry and his friend Ryan played with... read more →
My child Harry, now 24, grew up lighting candles on our menorah and hanging ornaments on our tree.... read more →
DEAR SANTA CLAUS When eight-year-old Gary’s request to the North Pole for a Brenda Ann doll is denied, a series of... read more →
(This piece originally appeared on HuffPost.) The sound of the doorbell was followed by echoing thumps of a basketball on... read more →
Four-year-old Harry walked out the front door barefoot, wearing a pink chambray skirt paired with a signature tie-dye t-shirt. “Can you fix this, Momma?” he asked, handing me a decapitated... read more →
(This piece originally appeared on HuffPost.) According to two young girls selling lemonade on the corner of Fullerton and Lincoln in Chicago, their pink mix was “by far” more popular... read more →
While she may be a sell-out hit for young girls, I’m guessing the Mars Explorer Barbie released last week won’t be as exciting for the preschool boys-into-Barbie crew. The pink-trimmed... read more →
