Kveller – Mom Advice & Community for Jewish Parenting, Relationships, Babies, Pregnancy, Toddlers, Raising Jewish Kids

Jewish Stuff!

Home Delivery

Get 苹果beplayKveller By Email

Eat Already!

Baked salmon garnished with asparagus and tomatoes with herbs

19 Shabbat Recipes for Families with All the Allergies

11 Delicious Ways to Use All the Food Your Kids Waste

RECIPE: Challah Pizza Roll-Ups

Home made Chicken Rice Soup - from above Horizontal

Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe That's Just Like Bubbe's

8 Jewish Comfort Food Recipes You Need for the Hard Times

More Recipes

Jane Larkinis the author ofFrom Generation to Generation: A Story of Intermarriage & Jewish Continuity.She writes forInterfaithFamily.comand contributes to"The Seesaw"in The Forward.Her work has appeared in Tablet,Jewish Exponent,The Jewish Journal Massachusetts,ReformJudaism.org,The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education and other outlets.She is a frequent speaker on the subjects of intermarriage,Jewish engagement,and parenting.As a former Jersey girl who has lived with her family in Dallas,Texas for 10 years,she still prefers "you guys" to "y'all."

Language

Is it Offensive When Jewish Kids Say "Jeez"?

Jane Larkin

My 9-year-old son,Sammy,was bursting to tell me something after his robotics class the other day.I assumed it was about his class activities,so I was surprised when the first thing he told me was… this: "I was working with my partner to design something in a computer program and I made a mistake.I said,‘Oh,jeez' because I was annoyed that I needed to redo my work.My partner says,‘Don't speak The Boy's name in vain!' I looked at him like he was crazy.All I said…>> Read More

activism

The Day My Son First Saw Me as More Than Just ‘Mom'

Jane Larkin

It was one of those moments that I wish I'd captured on film.My 10-year-old son was sitting on the family room floor with huge eyes and a wide-open mouth,a look of astonishment spread across his… face.It was priceless.He had just asked me a question–did I ever participate in a protest?The topic came up because he was telling me that in Sunday school that morning his class discussed social justice and his teacher shared that when she was younger she had participated in a sit-in.>> Read More

Israel

One 9-Year-Old's Proposal to End the Gaza War

Jane Larkin

I have a 9-year-old son.He is sensitive and compassionate.He listens carefully to conversations so as not to miss anything,and he is able to see concepts and complex relationships,… making him seem wise beyond his years.Perhaps these traits are the reason why my husband and I have never shied away from discussing current events with him in an age-appropriate way.We're also just not the kind of parents who believe that children must order strictly off the kids' menu or discuss only kid-friendly…>> Read More

Load More Articles