People living with developmental disabilities or mental illness often face the challenge of social isolation, and at holidays, that isolation can feel even more pronounced. Sha’arei Tikvah: Celebrations for All holds four annual gatherings to make sure all people have a way to celebrate the Jewish holidays in community. These events are designed to be…
Are We Morally Failing Our Kids? Part 2
Kids emphasize achievement and personal happiness over kindness and fairness because we do. So exactly how are we faking our kids out — claiming we care about certain values that support the common good but instead prizing other values that benefit the individual first and foremost? Researchers say it’s in not-so-subtle and more subtle ways:…
Are We Morally Failing Our Kids? Part 1
Researchers at Harvard have figured out something about parents that we ourselves might not know or else not be willing to admit: While most of us say we highly value instilling moral concepts like kindness toward others and a sense of fairness in our children, in action and deed it appears we often put the…
A Letter to My American Son
Dear Lavrushenka, This may or may not come as a shock to you, but I am an American just like you. And at the same time – I am not! What makes me different? Russia does, son. While we’re both “from here,” I’m also “from there.” Let me explain. You’re seven and a half now…
Surviving an Alcoholic
In my work as an addiction counselor, many of the people I counsel are not themselves addicted to substances, but are instead a parent, spouse, or adult child of someone who is. They come to me incredibly torn about what to do, having been encouraged by many well-meaning people to cut off the relationship completely…
“Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?”
No one likes to talk about the aging process or worse, G-d forbid, death and dying. Adult children notice their parents changing and want to give helpful advice because they are concerned and loving. And that is perhaps wherein the dilemma lies. We want autonomy to make our own decisions and mistakes, and our children…
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