Family Life
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Making Ice Cream: Science, Fun, and Food Combine in One Great Summer Activity
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Science can be fun – and delicious! Experiments involving food are the best kind, and the one we love the most is making our own ice cream! What you’ll need: Whole milk or heavy cream Sugar Chocolate syrup or vanilla extract (or other flavorings) Ice Salt Sandwich size resealable bags Gallon size resealable bags A…
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How to Pack a Diaper Bag
Are you always forgetting one essential or another that your baby needs (they need a lot of stuff!)? Here’s a trick for remembering the things that need to go in the bag. Shortly after my oldest son was born, I remember packing up his diaper bag to go to my mother-in-law’s house. I don’t remember…
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Have an Epic Tie Dye Summer Party
You may have enjoyed tie dye as a kid in craft, and now it’s time for your own kids to enjoy this fun project. It’s a perfect summer outdoor activity. See more ideas of items to tie dye in this post: From White to Whoa: What Will You Tie-Dye? You can also see this post…
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6 Easy Ways to Keep the Kids Safe This Summer
A few extra easy safety steps will go a long way to calm mom and keep kids safe when you’re out and about this summer. Summer comes with outdoor fun, pools, day camp, trips and lots of safety concerns for moms. So, how do we educate the kids, keep them safe, and calm us nervous…
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Birthday in a Box for Summer Camp Birthdays
Birthdays are special days when your child is home. But how do you make your child’s birthday special when they’re far away? All it takes is a few Amazon clicks and your child will celebrate an amazing birthday with her friends. Start with this amazing package that includes the balloons, garlands, hats, paper goods, and…
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5 Necessities for Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
It’s not easy—raising happy children takes work—but the first step is knowing what it will take to be successful. From the moment a new mother lays her eyes on her bundle of joy for the very first time, all she wishes is for the child to live a long, healthy, and happy life. While the…
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I Run an At-Home Business. And I’m a Yiddishe Mama.
A Yiddishe Mama. Definition: A woman who bakes homemade cookies for her hungry children while wearing an apron and worries if they ate them or not. Or is it? No, I am not wearing an apron as I write this. Actually, I don’t think I even own an apron. I consider myself a “modern” woman:…
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Fear Not. Here’s Sarah Chana Radcliffe’s 4 Tips for Calming an Anxious Child
Children often have fear and anxiety. What’s the right way for a parent to handle an anxious child? Be Accepting It’s normal to be nervous at times; don’t try to talk your child out of nervous feelings. Instead, validate them: “Yes, being nervous on the first day of school is very normal.” When a…
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12 Book Series for Your Elementary Age Child
Book series are great because they keep a child busy for a long, long time. We’ve made recommendations and provided the information on each series listed below on kosherbooks.org to let you, the parent, make the choice. When we first set out to give our kids pre-checked, appropriate reading material, we focused on the most…
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20+ Great Upsherin Gifts for That Adorable Three-Year-Old Boy
Don’t know what to buy that upsherin boy? These are proven gifts and toys that little boys love. Updated for 2026.
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