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Posted September 20th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinThis past weekend was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Jews around the world were fasting and asking each other and God for forgiveness of their sins. Read more »
SJM: An Unlikely Friendship
Posted June 11th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinGuest Writer: Social Justice Mommy (SJM) is a regular blogger. When she is not writing for this blog, Heather Setka, is an editor and freelance writer and single mom raising a five year old daughter.
Where There's Smoke, There's Ire
Sometimes in my quest to raise the perfect socially conscious child, I fail. Read more »
SJM - Where is the love?
Posted June 2nd, 2010 by Gena Rotstein
When
my daughter stuffed her brand-new Pegasus figurine into her backpack
before school one morning, I knew it was a horrible mistake.
SJM: We really are the world
Posted April 12th, 2010 by Gena Rotstein
“Ajmal comes from a country where there’s a war, mommy.” Ajmal is a boy in my daughter’s class. Read more »
SJM: A healthy relationship (with money) starts at home
Posted March 24th, 2010 by Gena Rotstein“Who invented money?”
My daughter and I were driving home from the grocery store earlier this week when she dropped this bombshell. It was a natural follow to my most recent, “we don’t have money for that” speech in reference to something frivolous like toys or fancy soap.
I’d take anything over this question. Something about how babies are made or where hamburgers come from would be preferable to talking about money.
SJM: The news I never EVER thought I’d hear
Posted March 16th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinI picked my daughter up from her day home last week, and received news that I never EVER thought I’d hear out of ourbeloved babysitter’s mouth. “She kicked one of the dogs, today.”
SJM: Call me a failure
Posted March 11th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinI think I’ve really screwed up the whole stranger danger thing. Sure, my daughter and I have had many talks about safety and what to do if someone threatens her or tries to hurt her. These are frank discussions, and I’m pretty sure she gets it. Read more »
SJM: Make it fun, and a kid will do anything...even eat broccoli and volunteer
Posted March 2nd, 2010 by Gena RotsteinMy daughter’s first exposure to volunteering came at an early age. I used to be a regular volunteer for Inn from the Cold (IFTC), an awesome Calgary charity that provides a place to sleep and warm meals to families without homes.
SJM: Different, but the same
Posted February 16th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinMy daughter loves nature and science books. I’m a writer, so this perplexes me.
There is a vast world of children’s literature that I, as a reader, would much rather explore than learn about the mating habits of orcas, the many varieties of house cats or the unique properties of volcanic lava.
SJM: Change happens one person (or many) at a time
Posted February 11th, 2010 by Gena RotsteinI volunteer at my daughter’s school. Sometimes when I’m sharpening pencils or making sock puppets, I wonder if this is really how I’m meant to change the world. Then I picture the mayhem of 30+ Kindergarteners trying to sharpen their pencils at once, and my work feels purposeful, meaningful. Call it the butterfly effect. Read more »
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