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Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway?
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Free Fall
Freefall took me 12 months — and 25 years — to write. Now that it’s over, while other old and new responsibilities bang at my door, I’ll ignore the knocking for a bit and share a short retrospective on life during Freefall
Free Fall
The colonel’s lips were a straight, unsmiling line. “Not German, Freed. They need someone who speaks Yiddish”,
Moonwalk
Wait, since when do I joke about these things? What’s happening to me?
Outside Chance
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
Outside Chance
My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
Best Food Forward
Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway? The parents’ role in homework is… to help foster responsibility, creativity, and independent learning. I’m a firm believer that in the grand scheme of things, my children shouldn’t feel like school exists to stress them out over getting the perfect grade. But
Best Food Forward
Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway? The parents’ role in homework is… to help foster responsibility, creativity, and independent learning. I’m a firm believer that in the grand scheme of things, my children shouldn’t feel like school exists to stress them out over getting the perfect grade. But
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