My daughter, she said that my teacher today didn't come because her son went to the war.

So this is for a girl third grade, something that she cannot understand.

I mean, how the son of her teacher can go and make the war in Gaza against the people of my father.

To explain to a kid this situation, you have to be a very good parent, actually.

Hey, I'm Ishi Harmon and this is Israel's story.

As you know, we're in the midst of our wartime Diaries series,

which is an attempt to collect slivers of life during these endlessly difficult days.

The war has been incredibly tough on parents. I mean, just understanding what's going on,

factually, emotionally, politically, morally,

that's all difficult enough.

So having to then also explain it to your kids is practically impossible.

But if that's a challenge that almost every parent here has felt since the start of the war,

the parenting tightrope that Anwar

bin Badis had to walk is unique. See, Anwar's Palestinian and is married to Sari,

in Israeli Jew. They have a young daughter, Hili, who's eight, and goes to the bilingual

hand-in-hand school in Jerusalem. So figuring out what to say,

what not to say, how to balance the dueling narratives and identities, it's all personal in Anuel's

case. It's as if the entire conflict, with all of its barbed complexities exist within his home.

Anwar came to our studio in Jerusalem for a conversation with our producers, Adina Karpukh and

Mitch Ginsburg. Here he is. Hi, my name is Anwar Ben Badiz.

I'm 45 years old.

I live in Jerusalem.

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