On our most recent teleclass, we were fortunate to have Rich Mancuso, Executive Director of LearningRx NYC-UES – who was also our generous sponsor – discuss how your children learn, and what you can do with them over the summer to keep their brains sharp to avoid the infamous ‘summer slide’. In case you missed […]
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From a Dad to His Little Girl
I would like to share a portion of a letter that a Dad wrote to his daughter about her future husband. He was inspired to write this letter after he read a statistic that one of the top searched phrases on Google is, “How to keep him interested”. Little One, I want to tell you […]
Recipe for Bonding With Your Child This Summer!
This summer, use the time to bond with your child! There is one secret ingredient to developing a solid bond with your children – spend time with them! Children remember quality time spent with their parents, no matter what the activity is. They get a little piece of their parents by spending time with them […]
Most Common New Parent Questions Answered: Teleclass Re-cap
We were so lucky to have some of the country’s top pediatricians on hand from Weill Cornell Medical Associates for this important and highly informative teleclass. In case you missed it, you can listen to the taped teleclass here. Below are just a few of topics that were covered during the class, both generously sponsored […]
Embracing the Weirdness
… or “How To Let Your Kids Be Kids And Not Be MORTIFIED By Them!” Yours is the kid who puts corn in her water at dinner. Or the one who insists on eating ice cream with a fork. Or who wants to only wear green because when he grows up he wants to be a frog. […]
The End Of The School Year
The end of the school years brings with it a lot of mixed emotions for parents. On the one hand, we’re excited for the lazy and luxurious days of summer – the unrushed, unhurried days when it seems perfectly acceptable to eat ice cream for dinner, stay up a little later, play a little longer, […]
Encourage Creative Summer Reading
It’s a well known fact that children who don’t read, or don’t read “enough”, during the summer can lose up to three months of progress made over the school year. This loss can have a cumulative, long-term negative effect. So what to do? Get creative. Common at this time of year are many articles encouraging […]
Secrets Of An Organized Mom: Teleclass Re-cap
Mothers can feel like life is running on a never-ending loop. Just when one problem or responsibility is overcome, another trips us up. Barbara Reich shared her strategies for staying ahead of the curve in her highly informative teleclass last week: 1. purge 2. design 3. organize 4. maintain The keys to Barbara’s success are […]