It’s that time of year again where we gear up for school by shopping for and purchasing school supplies. If you are anything like me, it’s one of my favorite activities ever. Give me a Staples and I’m in heaven! But there are some choices to be made – now more than ever – about […]
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!
Explaining Weather to Children
As weather is a topic that comes up often with children, I want to share my latest column in NY Family magazine. About a year ago, many New Yorkers experienced noticeable tremors from a small earthquake. A week later, we braced for Hurricane Irene, which was projected to hit New York head-on. Luckily, both events […]
My Child Is So Different From Me… How Can I Relate?
On a recent walk with a few of my girlfriends, we were talking about how our children in some ways remind us so much of ourselves, but in other ways are so very different.
Growing Up in the Garden
As we’ve moved from an agrarian society to an urban, industrial/post-industrial one, we have lost contact with nature. And with that we have lost our understanding of where our food comes from, how plants and animals live and grow, our role in nature, and how our actions impact the natural world.
Mom Feels Guilty about a School Decision She Made
The problem for Barbara is that having her girls in two different schools last year in different parts of the city was a scheduling and transportation nightmare, between getting the girls to their schools in the morning and to their afternoon activities and doing the pick ups.
Storia Can Help Parents Raise Readers for Life
Combining its expertise in childhood learning materials with widely used technology, Scholastic introduces Storia, a free eReading App that customizes learning to your child’s ability level–and beyond.
Green Parenting: Most Good and Least Harm
How can each of us make choices in our lives to make the most good and the least harm to ourselves, other people, animals and to the environment?
Diary of a New Green Mom: Natural Cleaners & Panic at the Store
At one time, before I was married, before the kids, I would have spent hours dissecting every ingredient listed on every product–and then checked its safety on various scary websites. I had rather bad obsessive compulsive disorder, and I was focused on germs and chemicals.