by Carla Naumburg | Jul 7, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
It all started with a broken yellow shovel. I forgot to throw it away after the plastic handle cracked, so it came on to the lake on vacation with us. I was about to toss it when my four year old began to play with it. She walked out into the water and started...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 5, 2013 | The Jewish Advocate
My first experience as a Jewish mother in the Boston area came when I was several months pregnant. As my husband and I had chosen not to learn the sex of the baby, I needed to find a mohel in case we had a son. A quick online search revealed a number of options, so I...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 3, 2013 | Kveller.com
“They might as well be teenagers. My daughters are 4 1/2 and 3, and other than their short stature, penchant for screaming rather than brooding, and a total inability to write snarky notes to each other, they’re basically teenagers. They’re in that unpredictable...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 28, 2013 | Kveller.com
I was waiting in the examination room of the pediatrician’s office with my two daughters. They were digging through the basket of children’s books in the corner, and my 4-year-old found a small board book with a red and green cover. “Here, Mommy,” she said as she...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 24, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“It can be hard to know how to address our children’s fears, especially the ones that get in the way of their functioning. I am less concerned about my daughters’ fear of dogs; we don’t have a dog, and they rarely see them. But my older daughter has developed an...
