Join us next Tuesday, October 18 from 1- 2 p.m. ET as we tackle the ever popular parenting-topic: discipline. It’s one of those words you shudder at when you first thumb through the Barnes & Noble parenting bookshelf: discipline. It’s a word you despise when your mother-in-law suggests you should do it: discipline. It’s the last thing you […]
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ABC…1-2-3…Don’t Forget, Do-Re-Mi!
The Importance of Quality Early Childhood Music Learning By Dr. Patsy E. Johnson, Curriculum Expert for the Music Intelligence Project Music learning is so beneficial to a young child’s development both musically and intellectually, one should considered it a must have learning experience for your child. No other learning activity engages so many senses, interconnects […]
MamaDrama NY: Motherhood Out Loud
Squeeze and release… squeeze and release… squeeze and release. It’s the mantra of motherhood according to one of the actors in Motherhood Out Loud. She explains, at every stage in motherhood you need to squeeze and release or hold tightly and let go. It’s poetic in its intonation and one of the lines that resonated […]
Green Parenting: Green Decor Ideas and Resources (part 1)
By Elise Jones, babybites blog editor This past Wednesday, we were a part of an exciting Green Decor conversation that happened with about 130,000 people. The green experts, Practically Green, and the fantastic paint company, Mythic Paint, joined forces to host a huge Twitter Party and invited some of the top notch experts in green […]
Parentless Parents Notes From Our Workshop with Allison Gilbert
This week we had a insightful workshop with Allison Gilbert, author of the critically-acclaimed Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children. As so many women continue having babies later and later, Parentless Parents workshops were created for parents navigating parenthood without their own mother and […]
A Letter from Heather – Join Us at the New Parents Expo!
Hi Everyone! This week I’m going to start with a big recommendation. The man who saved me (and a million other) new moms—the great Dr. Harvey Karp (author of “The Happiest Baby on the Block”) —will be giving the keynote address next Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, at the New Parents Expo: Prenatal […]
Extracurricular Activities
By Sarah E. Visbeek, author of In the Trenches of Mommyhood In my Trenches, we have a strict family rule that we have managed to stick to (thus far!) regarding extracurricular activities and that is: One Activity Per Child Per Season. ONE. And only one. This just seems to work for my family. And here’s why: […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Reader’s Comment on Advice on Giving Unsolicited Advice
Dear Readers, My 9/21/11 column, “Advice for Giving Unsolicited Advice”, generated both a lot of emotion and e-mails, so in this column I want to share some of these e-mails, as well as my additional comments. One grandfather wrote: …I do not like the image of “walking on egg shells” when considering when an in-law […]