Rebekka’s Blog

Thoughts on parenting our children, ourselves, and humanity

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The Two Arms of Parenting

Limit-setting 101: When to hold the line

Limit-setting 101: Key ingredients for holding the line

Discipline ≠ Punishment

"I'm not sharing!" Fostering children's authentic ownership and joyful generosity

What is Mental Health? A Taste of Alicia Lieberman

The digital village: Saving our children (and ourselves) from the perils of screen time

What is trauma? or, That time I accidentally locked my kid in the car

When you're brave enough to travel with a toddler

Living in Captivity: A Manifesto

The Body Beautiful: How my preschooler taught me to love myself

"I don't like my body!" My then-2-year-old screamed.I'm pretty fearless with her, mind you, and it takes a lot for anything she says or does to faze me. But this one stopped my mind for a moment, and in that moment, I raced into the past and ahead to the future.

A Tashlikh Meditation for the Self and the Nation

It is the new year, as celebrated by some of our ancestors. One more journey around the sun. Time to take stock.

The consent game

The message is clear: unless her health or safety are at stake, she and she alone gets to decide who touches her body. Period.