NJP #03
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Editor’s Note: Attachment Parenting 101 / Yael Resnick
I’ll be the first to admit I’m no expert. I learn on the job.
Crying: A Call to Arms / Marilyn Tokayer
“No matter what one is engaged in, one must always answer the cry of a child.”
With a Midwife By My Side / Suri Epstein Rosen
“I knew that the baby and I would be at least as safe at home as in a hospital. The missing ingredient was within myself—my faith.”
Make Room for Your Child’s Creativity / Miriam Karp
“In addition to self-confidence, ingenuity, and the ability to express oneself, the creative experience can help children develop a sensitivity to spirituality.”
Home Toxic Home: Coping with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities / Chayyim Pesach Silverman
“We were forced to abandon our home because my wife had developed sensitivities to just about everything.”
Surviving Passover with Food Allergies / Rivka Leah Schwartz
“My kids are sensitive to wheat, eggs, and dairy. But we still manage to eat on Passover.”
Passover Food Everyone Can Eat (recipes)
Time for Spring Cleaning / Rena S. Schleifer
“Spring’s extra charge of sunshine gives us new power. This is the perfect time to renew our physical vitality.”
Head Over Heels: An Adoption Story / Shifra Glassman
“I didn’t feel like he was mine yet. I felt more like I was babysitting.”
A Whirligig of a Song / Rabbi Boruch Cohen
“On Purim and Pesach, we learn how to react to challenges great and small—and we teach the lesson to our children.”
Also: Letters, Kosher & Healthy, nursing Q&A, poetry, Roundup