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FF POV
Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway?

By Family First Readers

A Better You
At the core of emotional eating is the interaction between two crucial parts of our brain: the amygdala and the cortex

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“Thank you, Mrs. Brandman, for opening up your emotions and modeling coping with the past and confronting the present”

By Family First Readers

Windows
This is the land of married people. You do not belong here. Look away, you creepy creep

By Dina Ehrlich

LifeTakes
These days, as a grandma many times over, I often find myself second-guessing what to wear

By Barbara Bensoussan

Family Tempo
She’s one of the pillars of our new town — and she hates me

By Racheli Lebovics

Family First Serial
Ezra is behind her, and he looks just as angry as she feels. “Rivi, can’t we just have one meal without you provoking her?”

By Bashie Lisker

Family First Serial
Even if he paid her rent, even if he didn’t pay Leah’s: Was it a crime to spend $12 on lunch once in a while?

By Esty Heller

A Few Minutes With
Will a friendly administration allow Israel to take out Iran?

By Rafael Hoffman

The Moment
This past Motzaei Shabbos, all of Klal Yisrael could cry out a national “vai avda nefesh”

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Double Take
Everyone can use the extra hand, but you beat me to it, and now I’m drowning

By Rochel Samet

Serial
“You are going back to Lakewood. Did you forget something? Maybe a husband?”

By Ariella Schiller

Screenshot
Are we deluding ourselves? Because atop our daily servings of news, we’re getting a not-so-subtle sprinkling of culture

By Shoshana Friedman

Medical Mystery
I had a new baby — and no white blood cells. No one knew what was going on

By Faigy Peritzman