In this episode, STEM educator and mom to five (triplets plus two younger siblings) Hannah Shekhter talks about her own journey from a secular childhood with a single sibling to an orthodox mother of five, her husband's immigration from Russia after the fall of the USSR, and the values that guided them in building their family. We discuss the role of technology in kids' lives and how parents can keep it healthy, how to react when your growing kids choose paths you hadn't planned for, and when to embrace vs. advise against those changes. Plus, Lazy River mishaps, "leadership skills" based in bossing around your siblings, personality traits kids are born with, pros & cons of "cookie cutter" lives, respect for your own parents, successful (and unsuccessful) instruction in neatness, and how many scoops it took to get her kids to stay in the kiddie camp on vacation.
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