Reply To: What do you tell your kids?

Good point. When I was in first grade or so, my class visited a police station.

After that I said that I wanted to be a police officer.

No one told me that I couldn’t or shouldn’t do that. The feeling eventually passed and then I wanted to do other things when I grew up.

I saw a man wearing a kippah today at the checkout of a pet supply store. I really wanted to look at him a few more seconds, to see if he was from shul and/or I recognized him from somewhere.

I didn’t though… didn’t want to be rude and it wasn’t like I was really going to shout “Hey I’m Jewish too! What shul do you go to?” —but I wanted to.

Pretty sure that he was frum (didn’t see his tzitzit but maybe it was a spiritual vibe and plus Jewish men in my area generally don’t wear kippot outside of shul unless they are frum).

Wondered what kind of animal he had or was shopping for… so frum Jews do not neuter their dogs?

Often it is a requirement for adoption from shelters or rescues.