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Long Distance Mom: Birthdays and the Dalai Lama

I've been wondering how to keep spirituality in a family that does not choose a particular faith...? My daughter Katie...

Hoarding

Perhaps it’s because I’m a parent and have a deep-rooted desire to keep my offspring well fed, but I still...

Back From Vacation

My family is just back from a two-week vacation — the first we can remember taking. My husband and I...

Mourning a loss, blaming the bereaved

Like many Brooklyn parents, I was shocked and deeply saddened by the recent abduction and murder of Leiby Kletzky, an...

Math Geek Mom: Dining Out with Kids

Even though we all know that discrimination continues to exist in our economy, economists often say that discriminatory actions will...

ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Chess

Every year the fourth grade math teacher at my daughter’s school teaches all the fourth grade students to play chess...

Rising to Aeron's Challenge, Partly

I admired Aeron’s courage in raising important, and difficult, questions in her June 29 column. I wanted to respond with...

Math Geek Mom: Multiplying by Zero

As a math geek, I often find myself using math language to describe everyday life. For example, if I don't...