Dear Readers: During the busy holiday season and throughout the year, I hope you find my six guidelines for giving and receiving gifts make giving and getting gifts more fun and enjoyable for your child, as well as for your child’s gift givers. 1. Help your child create a “gift wish list.” At a very […]
Category: Grandparents
Welcome grandparents and parents! We know how important grandparent relationships are, so here you’ll find articles, videos and events on activities grandparents can do with their grandchildren, ways to positively foster these relationships, better communication and appreciation between parents and grandparents (and vice versa!) and more!
Green Parenting: 2012 Green Gift Guide for Children
It’s that time of year again when parents and grandparents go into full on shopping frenzy to find all of the perfect gifts for family and friends on their lists. The hype starts in November and reaches a fever pitch right about now. With Hanukkah starting this weekend and Christmas two weeks away, I thought […]
Immune Building Foods
Hi Super Moms! Happy Fall. I LOVE this time of year – the chill in the air invigorates me – although I live in Los Angeles, so the chill isn’t quite what it is in New York. New York winters call for warming foods, and foods that boost our immunity. Our children’s schools and our […]
American Made for Baby Makes Sense
After my partner and I welcomed our son, Oliver, I was surprised to discover a marketplace saturated with poorly made, unnecessary products for toddlers. As a fashion designer and arts educator, I was intent on finding the very best clothing, toys and furnishings for my child and began conducting extensive research. It was quite challenging […]
The Holiday Season: Make it Different
It is December and people of all religions, cultures and walks of life are looking forward to celebrate the coming of a new year. No matter how we look at it, this holiday season really is the best time of the year – time to reflect on goals, accomplishments and sometimes failures; to make plans; […]
Grandparents Grapple With Question: Is Santa Claus Real?
We have two grandchildren, five-year-old Danny, and three-year-old Jessie. We live near them and spend a lot of time with them. As we head into the holidays, here’s our problem. Our daughter-in-law Bethany “does Santa” in a big way, e.g., leaving cookies and milk out for him, planting reindeer hooves marks in the yard, having […]
The Best Charities This Holiday Season
As the holidays quickly approach, many of us (and our children) are creating holiday wish lists. I am sure many of you take time out of your busy schedules to factor in a charitable act or gift during the holidays. Perhaps you select a family in need for whom to buy presents or maybe you […]
Apples for Everyone
Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum (ages 4 and up) is a wonderful, educational book to include in your home library. I was immediately attracted to this particular book because of the photographs (it’s made by National Geographic Kids so I wouldn’t expect anything less than fantastic) and its accurate descriptions of how apples grow […]