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  • For one mother, is decision to 'opt out' a cop-out?

    Devorah Blachor, JTA|Sep 27, 2013

    JERUSALEM (JTA)—At a recent kids-included party in Jerusalem, I spent much of the time either on the floor with my daughter Mari or trailing her around to make sure she didn’t eat anything toxic. A successful American journalist living here chatted with me for a few minutes, and as I left her to intercept my daughter before she reached a stairwell, she told me, “Don’t worry. They get older. You get your dignity back.” Funny, I didn’t even have any spit-up on my clothes. But her words tapped into the part of me that feels inadequate....