PERSPECTIVES → FAMILY FIRST INBOX Issue 998 · February 7, 2024

Family First Inbox: Issue 880

“I think saying that’s ‘what worked for us back then’ is a recipe for disaster”

Family First Inbox: Issue 880
Finger on the Pulse [To Be Honest / Issue 879]

I strongly disagree with Tamar Feldman’s take on camp reunions.

It’s a tough world out there, and the glitz and glamour just around the corner from our protected homes are strong.

I think saying that’s “what worked for us back then” is a recipe for disaster. It’s not the same world, things have changed, and children need different things now.

Our girls are put under extreme pressure to succeed at everything they do — far more so than when you were a child. They must perform well academically, they must be a size 2, they must daven and do chesed and ideally head G.O., too. And be frum on top of that.

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