Recently, I made a conscious decision to give up. It was a few weeks into my return from maternity leave, talking with younger mothers at work who were looking to me for answers. I didn't really have many. I gave some tips, some words of advice. I thought, maybe I could just be the Mother... Continue Reading →
Koala update: You have an American mom.
I grew up with this perception of the Israeli kids in school being pretty laid back, coming to school with their lunch packed casually in plastic bags. I thought it was really cool... because I was a kid, and anything I didn't get to do was cool. Even if every year my mom took me... Continue Reading →
The cost of having kids in Israel.
We 'have' kids. Sounds so passive, doesn't it? Isn't it more like, we find someone to have kids with, settle in with them, work at it for a few months to a few years, attempt to save money to cushion the initial shock, bring forth a baby into the world with extreme amounts of energy,... Continue Reading →