The family logistics the news never talks about

With all the media outlets fighting over who can provide the most dramatically inspirational (or dramatically critical) portrayal of the current conflict, one of the things that tends to never get mentioned is the day-to-day logistics of being a parent in a country under attack.

For example, most of the schools that are in range of the Gaza rockets have been ordered closed by the Homefront Command.  However, businesses have been allowed to make their own determination as to whether to remain open or not.

The obvious logistical problem arises when young kids are suddenly forced to stay home but parents are required to work.  Who looks after the kids?  Who makes sure they have proper supervision... that they make it to the shelters in time when the sirens wail... that they get things as basic as timely snacks and nutritious meals???

My 18 year old daughter is currently studying at a Mechina (a pre-military program between high school and the army) and they have individually and collectively decided (along with many similar groups) to travel to communities within missile range of Gaza to set up youth programs so that parents can go to work with an easy mind.

Most parents, that is. 

My daughter, who has been safely studying in the Jordan Valley in one of the few parts of the country currently out of rocket range, is willingly relocating to a place where they have between 15 and 30 seconds to find shelter when the 'Code Red' sirens sound.

I am so proud of her for this decision that I wish I could give her a promotion to some higher level of human being; Princess or Empress, perhaps.  But I am also terrified.

All over the south, difficult decisions are being made... and wonderful, strong, resilient Israelis (like my daughter), are stepping up and providing solutions to logistical problems that probably never even occurred to most people outside of Israel.