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A Better You
Strategies for intentional living from experts who get it

By Family First Contributors

Family First Feature
How regret can open the door to real growth

By Julie Lurie

Family First Inbox
“When a father brings his young children to a playground, it’s his responsibility to watch them”

By Family First Readers

Living Room
Tips for parenting and elevating during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

By Mindel Kassorla

Living Room
Some of our most frequently asked questions, and some tried-and-true answers

By Raizy Bodek

Great Reads: Real Life
Even in the hardest places, I kept looking for light

By Sara Bonchek

To Be Honest
We’re losing quality teachers because the numbers just don’t add up

By Leah Klein

Windows
Something about him made us feel at peace, even in our turbulent home

By Rivka T. Smith

Inbox
“Floaties are not a substitute for supervision! In fact, they can actually increase the risk of drowning by providing a false sense of security”

By Family First Readers

A Storied People
“We are not excusing anything,” my wife said. “The faces are completely beyond my daughter’s control”

By Rabbi Nachman Seltzer

EndNote
The concept of the Elul kumzitz was dreamed up last summer, when Baruch Levine was singing around the camp circuit

By Riki Goldstein

Course Correction
The next stage is to have savlanus with others, except when they are wronging us

By Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker

Worldview
If I didn't know it before, coffee with Kareem taught me one thing: Hashem incontrovertibly runs the world — often in unexpected ways

By Gedalia Guttentag

LifeTakes
One plus one doesn’t always equal two

By Chaya Teitelbaum