Everybody from the Orthodox to the Reform, knows the “big holidays”; Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Yom Kippur, and Chanukah. One of the more “off-the-beaten-path” holidays is Shavuot, or Shavuos (also known as Pentecost), which is one of the most important holidays on the Jewish calendar – even if you’ve never heard of it.
Make a list of your cybersafety concerns. Ask other parents what they monitor and the programs they use to do it. Have an open conversation with your kid about monitoring programs. Trust is a two way street, I don’t recommend doing this behind a child’s back. When it comes to keeping an eye on the kids and their participation on the cyber highway there are two key ways to do this.
Solaramentalhealth.com has a lot to say about being creative as it relates to mental health, “Look at it this way: without anxiety disorders, the world would never have been graced with the talents of: Abraham Lincoln (U.S. President), Emily Dickinson (American poet), Vincent van Gogh (Dutch artist), Brian Wilson (American musician/Beach Boys frontman), or T.S. Eliot. In fact, Eliot gave us the sentiment, “Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.”
Being a woman in today’s world is crazy. Stupid crazy hard. And yet, we get up every morning and show up. Sometimes all we can do is try and that’s good enough too. Some days can be so chaotic that you aren’t even sure which hurdle to tackle first. So where in all this is wellness? Or self care?
When your teen loses a friend as a parent, you have been hit with a double whammy. You yourself are trying to process this death and then you also have the added bonus of processing your child’s grief. It’s a double hit to your psyche.