Turnabout is fair play. As a homeschooling mom (currently retired) I gave assignments to my children on a regular basis. Recently, one of our daughters gave not only me but also my husband assignments of our own. She purchased a book for each of us entitled A Grandmother’s (or Grandfather’s) Life with a request that
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, How much involvement should parents have in their adult children’s lives? It has become very common today for parents to support their adult children. They help pay for rent, mortgage, school and/or summer camp for their grandchildren, etc. I’ll give a couple of examples: One couple we know, the husband recently
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Parents say a lot of things that result in children rolling their eyes, either blatantly or unseen. Are children truly supposed to believe that the sibling with whom they cannot bear to be in the same car is going to be their best friend someday? Will they ever actually thank their parents for not being
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My granddaughter is going to have a Bat Mitzvah. I am a Christian. I would like to know what is an appropriate gift for her. From: Carole P. Dear Carole, The value of a gift flows from three sources and the best gifts hit all three hot spots. These sources are the person receiving the
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My Grandparents are doing their estate planning. They have two children, one of whom has two kids and the other four. They are having a hard time deciding if they should split assets evenly between the families or evenly between the individuals. Evenly between the individuals would seem to favor one side of the family
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Here is an entitlement program I can support: graternity leave (maternity = mother; paternity = father; graternity = grandparent). I’m not thinking of initiating a lawsuit or picketing corporate America, however I would like to raise social awareness of this option. After a month of Jewish holydays which substantially cut down on available work
