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Family First Feature
What A Pain
How she used her brain to beat her pain: one woman's experience

By Racheli Lebovics

SisterSchmooze
Traveling Through Time
Time travel isn’t possible. Or is it? What about mental time travel?

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

A Better You
Turning Bills into Brachos    
When we view bills as evidence of the abundance of brachos in our lives, it takes the edge off

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 928
“Enforcing rules should not be confused with being uncompassionate”

By Family First Readers

Living Room
Motherboard: Traveling with Kids     
Making it through the ride with minimal tears (from children and parents alike)

By Mindel Kassorla

Living Room
Expert Eye: Casing the Joint     
How to inspect bookcases for quality

By Zisi Naimark

Musings
Finding Comfort in the Darkness  
If he could talk to us now, what would he say?

By Rochel Burstyn

Family Tempo
The Blessings of Risk-Taking  
 I would say the words my heart dictated and let Hashem take care of the rest

By Ester Zirkind

Guestlines
Finding a Pathway to Hope   
Life without meaning or feeling fulfilled, without any hope of change, is a difficult one to live

By Yeshaya Kraus LCSW

Diary Serial
Save the Date: Chapter 5
The level of judgment on a first date is astronomical

By Rachel Burnham with Bassi Gruen

LifeTakes
A Day in the Life of an Eighteen-Month-Old    
Oh… oh, you want your socks on TOP of your shoes. Okay, that makes sense. You’re the boss

By Tzivie Lasker

TripleSay
“Support My Husband or Stand Up for My Kids?”  
The Torah shows us it’s expected that parents will parent differently

By Faigy Peritzman

Magazine Feature
Man with the Plan     
Rabbi Nochum Stilerman taught us to make regimen into routine and live by design instead of default

By Refoel Pride

The Current
Taking Its Toll   
Will congestion pricing take the shine off the Big Apple?

By Rafael Hoffman