Ariel Foxman is an award-winning editor, writer and gay dad. This column is a part of his modern-parenting newsletter “ABBAPAPA”, which you can subscribe to on Substack.
Ariel Foxman
By Ariel Foxman
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Community Rosh Hashanah comes ‘early’ this year, but parents know what matters is the here and now
Hang around even the most remotely observant Jewish people long enough, and you’ll likely hear us remark about how a given holiday is either early or late in the calendar. For instance, right now, it’s a fact that Jews in the Diaspora are bemoaning just how early Rosh Hashanah is this go-round. The Jewish New…
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Community Moms may be aces, but when it comes to parenting, any deck is a full one
Happy Day After Mother’s Day. This morning, a couple of friendly acquaintances on a Zoom asked me how my “Mom-Pop” Day went yesterday. _Did we do something fun with our son? Did he make us a card at school? Is this sort of like a Father’s Day, Part 1, for us? _ It was a…
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Community Yes, taking our hands off the wheel can lead to magical parenting
It has been said that “no other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting.” As caregivers, we have been guided to believe that we can — and we should — imbue our parenting actions and words with a sense of purpose, with a preferred outcome. Want our kids to love reading? Model sitting down with…
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Community When a haircut is more than just a haircut
“Cut his hair.” That was the entire direct message. Left by a complete stranger – an older woman according to her profile pic – on a photo I had posted on Instagram of our son Cielo, at age two, playing in our neighborhood park, under sprinklers, while rocking a pretty amazing man [boy?] bun. “Excuse…
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Community Call me by what name?
I’ve never been a nickname person, and people rarely call me anything but my given name — at least to my face. No alliterative alliterations, no truncated shortcuts and certainly no initials. At the furthest deviation, I have been proud “Unghullariel” to my sister’s three impressive kids. So when my husband and I had to…
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