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Family First Feature
 One writer shares her discovery of organic ways to foster creativity in her home

By Rivki Silver

SisterSchmooze
Sometimes there are lessons taught in classrooms that don’t show up on school board curricula

By Marcia Stark Meth / Emmy Leah Stark Zitter / Miriam Stark Zakon

Family First Inbox
“My students daven because they love to daven, thanks to Mrs. Nussbaum’s passion for tefillah”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
With so many strikes against him, how would my son find his bashert?

By Rivki Winter

A Better You
“Never in the history of calming down, has anyone ever actually calmed down by being told to calm down” — Unknown

By Family First Contributors

Sidekick
Screen your park acquaintances with these 15 questions, and you’ll be connecting to new friends in no time

By Hadassah Swerds

Windows
Whatever I arrogantly thought I knew, I could never have really understood

By Gila Rand

Family First Serial
How could she? How could she be so cruel? Then again, what else to expect from a woman who has so much?

By Leah Gebber

Serial
“I am not. Asking. Dad. For anything.” Benny breathed in, then out, but his jaw remained clenched

By Blimi Rabinowitz

Outlook
Trump has demanded that all those seeking his endorsement this year share his obsessions

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Knowing and Growing
Your authority as a parent doesn't hinge on your children's obedience 

By Rabbi Reuven Leuchter

Family Diary
“Just stop talking,” he snapped. “I have two eyes. I can see things for myself.” I didn’t say another word during the rest of the showing

By Nechama Norman with Batsheva Berman

Parshah
Doing it for Hashem, when no one else can see the difference? That’s when one becomes a partner in creation.

By Faigy Peritzman

By the Letter
Before the world existed, Hashem set up the alef-beis — the building blocks of the universe

By Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla