Rebekka’s Blog

Thoughts on parenting our children, ourselves, and humanity

Featured Posts

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

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.

Stairway

It's often hard to know how close to be to our children. Case in point, once I nearly let my own child fall down the stairs.

Hold on tight

Difficult conversations are, well, difficult. Well, when intense feelings abound and are calling at us, daring us to steer toward the rocks, the first thing we must do is hold on tight!