Speaking of Toddleritis… sometimes it is just hilarious.

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• Tags: toddlers, Video

All the parenting news you probably didn’t have time to read this week.

- Forbes asks: Is Modern Motherhood Working Against Women? Not according to one woman, the CEO of a tech company, who explains how she was able to be a business woman and make attachment parenting work for her family. (Forbes)

- For those who question just how busy stay-at-home moms really are, here’s a chronicle of a day in the life that will make you tired just reading it. (Shine)

- Laurel Snyder, Kveller contributer and author of Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher, talks about raising her Jewish kids with religion, but not too much religion–i.e., they don’t keep kosher. (CNN)

- And for your daily dose of cute, here’s a baby who absolutely loves being vacuumed (Jezebel):

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• Tags: roundup, stay at home moms, Video, working moms

Were any videographers in attendance at your seder this weekend? Here’s a video from Kveller contributing editor Sarah Tuttle-Singer of her beautiful children singing the Four Questions. If you captured some footage of your seder that you’d like to share with the rest of Kveller, leave links in the comments below, or send them to info@kveller.com.

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• Tags: Passover, seder, Video

Though it seems like we’ve been talking about it for eight years, the first night of Hanukkah is finally here. Before you stuff your face with latkes (or cupcakes or cookies or cheese) and unwrap some presents (if that’s what you’re into), you may want to light the menorah. And since it’s been at least year a since you’ve done that, here’s a refresher course on just how it’s done. Who better to learn from than our favorite animated fellow, Todd, and his magical friend, um, God.

How to light the Hanukkah candles:

We’re also happy to provide you with this cheat sheet of blessings for lighting the candles. Remember, all three blessings are said on the first night, and then only the first and second blessings are said on the seven nights to follow.

The First Blessing Praised are You, Our God, Ruler of the universe, Who made us holy through Your commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hannukah lights.
The Second Blessing Praised are You, Our God, Ruler of the universe, Who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors in those ancient days at this season.
The Third Blessing (First Night Only) Praised are You, Our God, Ruler of the universe, Who has given us life and sustained us and enabled us to reach this season.

Wishing you a very happy Hanukkah!

• Posted in Traditions
• Tags: candles, featured, Hanukkah, menorah, todd & god, Video

According to a source in the field, the TV show Big Bang Theory is the coolest show in the universe of 12-year-old kids. My kids aren’t quite there yet — oh, and we don’t own a TV — but if that’s what’s ahead for the American tweenerati, I have to say I’m in favor.

One other thing I’m dreading about my kids turning into independent human beings: Answering the Big Questions. You know — the ones about human existence, quantum physics and algebra, and who created the universe. Fortunately, some things I don’t have to answer myself. I can always hit “play” on YouTube — as soon as they’re old enough, that is — and leave the answers to Kveller’s own neuroscientist-in-residence Mayim Bialik.

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• Tags: Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, Video