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Family First Feature
From kiddush tables to classroom prizes, frum life is saturated with sweets. Can we rethink our sugar-filled celebrations and classrooms?

By Rivki Silver

Medical Mystery
Our son just couldn’t seem to succeed in school. And the culprit was something we’d never expected

By Shoshana Gross

A Better You
Our thoughts, beliefs, and expectations can directly influence our physical and emotional experience

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“In order to assess the utility of a treatment for a disorder, you NEED to know what the disorder is!”

By Family First Readers

To Be Honest
  Sometimes it’s kinder to speak up than keep quiet

By Toby Goldstein

Living Room
If you’re ready to redo a space, what you step on is often the first step

By Zisi Naimark

Reno Real Talk
Chaya and Esti turned a bathroom and closet into a timeless big-on-blue bedroom for Chaya’s nine-year-old son

By Esti Vago

Great Reads: Real Life
The administration was furious that my father was teaching Torah values

By Leah Weishaut

Tribute
In memory of Rabbi Berel Wein

By Yehuda Geberer

Second Thoughts
Rav Berel was acutely aware that one’s time on earth is limited, and so his engine never idled

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Outlook
Only wars involving Israel command worldwide attention

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Guestlines
Maybe instead of accepting something new, I’ll try to work on some of the things I already do

By Rabbi Boruch Leff

Windows
 I would take the best picture and hang it in our entranceway

By Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier

Parshah
Unlike other plants, trees don’t annually recreate themselves from scratch

By Faigy Peritzman