New Kveller Blog: How to Use Tu Bishvat to Help Kids Stop Wasting Food!

You’ll never hear me tell my kids to join the “clean plate club.” Have you ever become frustrated at how much your kids waste or wondered if it really is as much as you think it is? How convenient then that we can use Tu Bishvat, the Jewish “Birthday of the Trees,” as an opportunity to reduce their wastefulness. Here’s what you can do at home.

When You’re Not the Only One Feeding Your Child (New Kveller Blog)

We all have plans for how our children will eat. The other parents will drool with jealousy over the varied and sophisticated palette of our little ones. They’ll run around the playground clutching carrot and celery sticks and turn their nose up at white bread. This works for a while, until your child leaves the house. Then it’s all over.

Kveller: The New Jewish Food Commandments

The New Jewish Food Commandments (Originally published December 2010, inspired by the 2010 Hazon Food Conference) Guidelines to ensure that fresh, local, and environmentally friendly food lands on your kids’ plates By Natasha Rosenstock Most of us are familiar with the Ten Commandments (or at least the Charlton Heston movie) and know all about those …

Sugar High? Hannukah Hangover article relevant to all holidays…

Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems. I remember the early days of motherhood when this was new information to me. However, I didn’t think I’d experience addiction issues with my child – if at all – until she became a teenager. Instead, this past week she has bounced from party to party, including …

Hannukah Hangover – Coming off the Sugar High…

See my latest article below… Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems. I remember the early days of motherhood when this was new information to me. However, I didn’t think I’d experience addiction issues with my child – if at all – until she became a teenager. Instead, this past week she has bounced …