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By Leah Persky, PhD & Certified Family Life Educator • Family Life Education Manager The traumatic events of the last week have left a gaping hole in the foundation of our democracy and in our hearts. They also created yet another challenging and confusing situation for families and chil[...]Posted 1 month ago
By Leah Persky, PhD & Certified Family Life Educator • Family Life Education Manager This year has been one of the hardest times in recent memory for millions of Americans and people across the globe. The challenges we have faced and will continue to face in the months ahead are almo[...]Posted 3 months ago
By Leah Persky, PhD & Certified Family Life Educator • Family Life Education Manager I don’t know about you, but I feel like I have been waiting and just holding my breath for the past weeks. With the election just weeks away and the daily pandemic updates, I feel I am in limbo. I [...]Posted 5 months ago
By Leah Persky, PhD & Certified Family Life Educator • Family Life Education Manager As I look back to March, at the beginning of the pandemic, it really hits me just how many challenging and different kinds of decisions parents and families have had to make over the past six months. When[...]Posted 6 months ago
By Leah Persky, PhD & Certified Family Life Educator • Family Life Education Manager What are parents dealing with lately? Well, a lot! They are agonizing over questions of safety; childcare; figuring out how best to engage in physical distancing this summer; thinking about how we can educ[...]Posted 7 months ago
By Leah Persky, PhD, CFLE-P • Family Life Education Manager So much has happened in the past month and so many of us are grappling with what we can do to fight the systematic injustices and racism that pervade our country today. Jewish people are no stranger to prejudice, discrimination and be[...]Posted 8 months ago
By Leah Persky, PhD • JFCS Family Life Education Manager It is next to impossible to plan much of anything when we are living in such uncertain times. Every day things change and we are forced to re-assess and practice going with the flow. What else can you do when you are living through a pan[...]Posted 9 months ago
You have heard it before – we are living through unprecedented times. This may be one of the most challenging, important and memorable times of our lives. Parents have been thrown into the role of teacher, cook, cleaner, working-from-home professional, procurer of supplies, and so much [...]Posted 9 months ago
Ideas to help keep families mentally and physically healthy By Leah Persky • Family Life Education Manager The other day I was trying to help my daughter make some progress on her Rubik’s Cube and we were stuck. We felt like we tried it all, and then we got a little corner of gre[...]Posted 10 months ago
By Leah Persky • Family Life Education Manager I, like most parents I know, never thought I would homeschool my children. Don’t get me wrong – I love my children and I love learning, but I never thought I would be particularly well-suited to teach them in a school-like setting; and I am an[...]