Although I usually write about useful ways to handle the challenges of parenthood to help parents shape their children’s behavior, today I want to talk more about the inner experience of parents with the extra weight of responsibility for other human beings on your shoulders. As I often say, parenting is a very challenging job, a task with no defined end goal (children remain our kids for the rest of our lives and theirs). Oftentimes we as parents feel anxiety, insecurity, an

A step-by-step guide for raising art lovers When I was little, I had the privilege to grow up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was not until my family immigrated, that I felt the void that the majestic city on the Neva river left in my life. Our family life always included visits to museums, theaters, and royal palaces designed by the greatest architects, painters, and sculptors of all times. Every weekend, we would dress up and g