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Julie Levine

Julie Levine is a writer who lives in San Francisco.

Julie Levine's kids during an earlier stage in her parenting journey.
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As I exit J., here is what I’ve learned about everything 

by Julie Levine December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

Our youngest, now in his senior year of high school, recently turned 18. He’s spending his year thinking about his next chapter, and, in many ways, I am, too. My […]

an empty park bench on a path near some trees
Posted inParenting

My much-needed, spontaneous pandemic chill-out

by Julie Levine November 18, 2020
Julie Levine's son.
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It all turned out fine, so it looks like my worrying worked

by Julie Levine October 27, 2020
a white teenage boy sits in a facemask
Posted inParenting

The new normal is not normal, but the kids seem all right

by Julie Levine September 25, 2020
(Photo/Wikimedia-Przemysław Wierzbowski CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inParenting

My favorite family dishes are an anchor in turbulent times

by Julie Levine September 16, 2020
a frumpy beige couch
Posted inParenting

Here’s everything I haven’t done during the pandemic

by Julie Levine August 3, 2020August 4, 2020
landscape photo of a dusky sunset over a lake
Posted inColumns

Will there ever be another family summer like this one?

by Julie Levine July 9, 2020
Campers at Camp Tawonga, a Jewish summer camp near Yosemite, in 2018. (Photo/Facebook-Camp Tawonga)
Posted inParenting

Jewish community has been a lifeline to me as a mother. It’s time to return the favor.

by Julie Levine June 10, 2020June 10, 2020
Julie Levine could really go for a empty house right about now. (Photo/Flickr-Nathan Sharratt CC BY-SA 2.0)
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From the precipice of an empty nest to four under one roof

by Julie Levine May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
From a 1948 issue of The Ladies' Home Journal (WIKIMEDIA)
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Our isolation has rekindled my motherly ways — and I like it

by Julie Levine April 3, 2020

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