Parenting Day-to-Day

Being a parent provides endless opportunities for gratitude. We are privileged to witness life unfolding. We have opportunities to see the extraordinary in the ordinary each and every day. Even when it is messy, tedious, or frustrating, parenting has the power to connect us with something larger than ourselves.

Latest Rituals

Working Parent Ritual for Beginning and Ending the Work Day

This ritual offers working parents a moment of pause between our different roles in life

children, parent

light skinned brown haired mother holding small child and multiple bags and a diaper bag outdoors giving the child a kiss

Blessing for Daughters

“May you claim your ancient power”

baby naming, baby shower, family, feminism, gender, naming

brown skinned woman in black tank dress holding hands and dancing with two brown skinned girls by the ocean with water in the background and sunlight

Source: Yitro

“I recall the dark / glittered. And I calmed …”

family, parent, Yitro

An adult reads a colorful book to a baby in pajamas on their lap.

Tomorrow

“Your birthright renews every breath”

children, grandparents, hope

A family stands in a field at sunset, as a child points toward the horizon.

Tessarae

“this Milestone Mom Moment”

Two young children sitting on the floor, with one hugging the other and smiling.

Communal Blessing for the Children

“I created this prayer when I was a member of a very small synagogue with just a few children”

blessing, children, parent

A happy family of three sits together, smiling at the camera in a bright room.

A Prayer for Dad

A prayer for fathers

Father's Day, parent

A smiling man holds a happy toddler in his arms at home.

Havdalah for Parent of Gender-Transitioning Child

gender, genderqueer, LGBTQ, national coming out day, parent, trans, transgender

Hands covered in vibrant rainbow-colored paint, with a blue shirt and red background.

Prayer over a Sick Child

“May it be your will O Lord to bring full health to my child…”

Silhouette of a person holding a baby against a sunset backdrop by a window.

For Children at Our Borders

A prayer against the injustice of children taken from parents by U.S. immigration authorities

immigration, social justice

Children standing in line indoors, next to a wall with MEDICAL and ICE signs.