Quiet Hours

March 19, 2008 - 3:30 PM by

How do immigrant parents of multiple kids – or any parents, for that matter – retain sanity in a wildly adventurous country like Israel when rules like “enforced afternoon rest-time” are in place?

A Mother in Israel has surmised that it’s all about working with the Siesta:Learning to cope with those magical midday hours.

Ask any immigrant mother how she first learned about the rule requiring quiet between two and four PM. Chances are she was chastised by an irate neighbor. You can see signs in public parks, and occasionally in apartment buildings. Many offices and stores are also closed between one and four. (This is changing.) Of course well-behaved children nap at that time. But if yours are abnormal on a different schedule, it’s your job to keep them quiet.

Check out Mother’s methods…

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..

Tags: • Category: Blogging, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness, Life 

Comments

7 Comments on Quiet Hours

  1. Benji on Wed, Mar 19th 2008 3:52 PM

    2. Wait…are you suggesting I turn down the Megadeth? Someone told me they were popular here.

  2. Megadeth on Wed, Mar 19th 2008 3:53 PM

    3. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!! ROCK ON, MY BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Hila on Thu, Mar 20th 2008 12:07 AM

    4. “Many offices and stores are also closed between one and four.”

    Maybe in the suburbs, certainly not in TA.

  4. mother in israel on Thu, Mar 20th 2008 10:17 PM

    5. You’re telling me the post office in Tel Aviv is open “ratzuf”?

  5. Stephanie on Fri, Mar 21st 2008 7:21 AM

    6. it is, indeed. All of them.

  6. mother in israel on Fri, Mar 21st 2008 4:08 PM

    7. Now that’s civilization.

  7. Stephanie on Fri, Mar 21st 2008 5:10 PM

    8. lol! You just reminded me of the Beverly Hillbillies…

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