o Activities for children related to Jewish life- or year- cycle events: For
  example, looking for holiday recipes that children can cook, ideas for
  tzedakah, costuming ideas for Purim.

o Jewish educational material: books, videos, etc.

o Approaches to Jewish education: choosing a good Jewish day school, etc.

o Dealing with cultural issues: being Jewish in a non-Jewish society, dealing
  with antisemitism.

o Teaching children Judaism: when to start prayers, how to answer halachic
  questions, etc.

o Halachic questions: Specific halachic questions relating to children. For
  example, dealing with kashrus problems, dealing with shabbat and
  play. Questions concerning life- and year- cycle events for children.

o Rites of Passage: Announcements of children's Jewish rites of passage are
  welcome in soc.culture.jewish.parenting.  Brief birth announcements (which
  should be cross-posted to misc.kids or misc.kids.pregnancy if you are known
  there too) will also be accepted.

o Interactions: Questions about the interaction of non-Jewish children with
  children raised in a Jewish environment will be accepted.

o Introductions: Introductions of newsgroup participants build a sense of
  community between the participants.

o Parenting Practices. The effectiveness of parenting practices and strategies
  in achieving specifically Jewish goals, such as the development of an inner
  sense of morality and self-control no later than age 12/13.

o Significant Regional Announcements and Commercial Product Reviews. Such
  announcments are permitted on S.C.J.P subject to the following rules:

     a) For all announcements, a subject-line keyword system will be
        enforced. All announcements will have a "Followup-To:" of
        "poster". Keyword: ANNOUNCE:

     b) Announcements from companies touting commercial products (including
        Jewish films and videos) will not be permitted, however, parental
        reviews of such products are encouraged, but will be noted with a
        keyword: REVIEW:

     c) Regional announcements of significant regional events that are
        appropriate for the group, such as concerts, will be permitted, but
        must clearly indicate the region in the title. Keyword: REGION
        ANNOUNCE (area): These have a size limitation of 40 lines plus
        contact and schedule information.

     d) Regional announcements for small community events such as Purim
        Carnivals will not be accepted.

Soc.culture.jewish.parenting will welcome questions and discussions all along
the spectrum of Jewish theologies, philosophies and affiliations, including
but not restricted to Orthodox, Conservative/Traditional, Reform,
Reconstructionist and Humanistic branches as well as cultural Judaism.