Parenting ⁽³⁾

In May 2023, our family traveled to Denmark. I had recently turned 34, and this was my first trip to Europe. Meanwhile, my son was 1.5 years old. We were affording our child something our younger selves could’ve only dreamt of. Countless areas of Denmark…

I make it a habit not to lie to my son. Well, except for when it comes to Old Saint Nick. We celebrated Christmas in our fractionally Jewish, half-Persian household. Both my wife and I tiptoed into the holiday lore with our four-year-old. It’s the…

In the unrelenting chase of what is ‘best,’ many of us can unknowingly allow our lives to become defined by materialism. —Jennifer Breheny Wallace (Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It) With a zero-, one-, or two-year-old child, the…