Comments for lizrael update

Comment on Life lessons in Tel Aviv. by Pauly Emoglobin

Pauly Emoglobin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:13:00 +0000

Lemme ask you a question: when said Cabbie in #1 took you once around the maypole to drop his kin off, was the meter running?

Signed,

I Hate Cabbies

Comment on A baby in toe. by Benji Lovitt

Benji Lovitt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:52:56 +0000

Omig-d. Parenting is crazy. Hope your foot feels better soon.

Comment on Motherhood inferiority complex. by Raizy

Raizy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:12:19 +0000

Oh, puleeeze! Babysitters like that drive me nuts. No matter what she thinks, she is not the expert on your baby, YOU are the expert on your baby. Please tell me that you are going to ignore every patronizing unhelpful comment that she makes and just continue to parent your child the way that you feel is best. (and BTW, I totally agree with you: laid back is good).

Comment on Motherhood inferiority complex. by elie

elie — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:16:05 +0000

thanks, I appreciate it (and the stalking).

Comment on Motherhood inferiority complex. by Gil Reich

Gil Reich — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:38:16 +0000

Yeah, sorry to stalk you.
Just read this:
Bronson and Merryman [in NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children] slay a slew of myths. But perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people. Only recently — about five minutes ago, relative to the long-running human comedy — have parents been driving themselves to distraction by taking too seriously the idea that “as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” Twigs are not limitlessly bendable; trees will be what they will be.
(I think he overstates it, but I agree with the idea).
From http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/04/self-esteem_self-destruction_104644.html

Comment on Motherhood inferiority complex. by Gil Reich

Gil Reich — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:56:44 +0000

Some people get very annoyed, self righteous, and angry when they’re around people who don’t overreact to everything. Sure, you have to frequently ask yourself “should I be doing more?” But I agree with you completely. Being calm, not needing to be in the center of everything, enjoying that your kid wants to go to the metapelet, etc., is the best way to live, for yourself, for your son, and for the other people you’re around.

Comment on Life lessons in Tel Aviv. by elie

elie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:40:09 +0000

Haha, yeah, I have a pack of jackals living across the street from me.

It is interesting - datiim were mentioned, not charedim.

Comment on Life lessons in Tel Aviv. by IsraeliMom

IsraeliMom — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:42:50 +0000

Foxes?? I could understand Jackals (תנים) as they can be very noisy and there’s packs of them around. Never heard about a fox problem before.

I wonder, when people bashed religious people, did they actually refer to religious or charedim? Lots of people take issue with Beit Shemesh having been “taken over” by charedim, but the way your cabbie said it sounds a bit too mean to me. Sorry you’ve had to go through that one…

Comment on Sahlab! The Israeli winter milkshake. by SPM

SPM — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:23:33 +0000

Now sahleb too is Israeli? Apparently so is Hummus, Falafel, Shawarma, etc. Just because Israelis eat these foods, that does not make them Israeli. I eat Challah bread and I am an Arab, does that make Challah bread Arabic?

Comment on Another opportunity to volunteer with Sudanese refugees in Israel. by Katrina Bryan

Katrina Bryan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:17:24 +0000

hi would you please be able to send me the information aswell