At this writing, we are witnessing Israel’s carpet bombing of Gaza, Palestine in the aftermath of Hamas’s surprise invasion of Israel. So far about 3,000 people have lost their lives and 22,000 homes have been destroyed.
The dynamics in a family where the adults practice different faiths can be quite challenging. Made from the Same Dough offers a first-hand look at how those differences can also cause anxiety, even for our children.
When I was a young mother, I had a lot of thoughts about other people's kids. Many, I now realize, were not very nice. Alhamdullilah I was not obnoxious enough to say my thoughts out loud, but I admit that I sat in silent smugness and judgment many times.
How many times do our children do things that we just don’t understand? They throw a tantrum out of nowhere, they suddenly start behaving badly, and they seem to push all of the family’s buttons without reason.