Summertime in NYC moms are out with their babies, joggers are running along the river and groups of people are meeting up for fitness boot camps. Take another look and you’ll also see families stretching, doing obstacle courses and engaged in group workouts – a growing trend in the City. Now more than ever, parents […]
Tag: Health
Top NYC Beaches and Speech & Language Activities
We love summer! And we also love the beach. July is a great month to escape the city streets and go to the nearest ones! Some of our favorites include Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens, which is a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and a close ride away! It includes the Pitch […]
Programs to Help Children Get the Most Out of Summer
Summer is fast approaching, and parents know that all that free time can be challenging to fill. We’re often asked how to organize summer plans that allow children to improve academic skills, or prepare for the social challenges of the next school year – and still be kids and have fun. The good news is […]
Laughter: The One Thing You Need on Your To-Do List
We are mediating, going to yoga and doing things for ourselves like taking a writing or photography class. We are trying to breath more. But are we laughing?
The Park Avenue Wig: One Mom’s Journey to Beating Cancer
I keep thinking about the last episode of Sex and the City where Samantha gives a speech I keep thinking about the last episode of at a Cancer benefit saying, “She’s brave, she’s capable, she’s you. Oh f*@k it she’s me.” Watching that episode in 2004 with my college friends, I would have never imaged […]
Put The Happy Into Your Mothers Day: Ideas To Keep You Positive And Centered As A Mom
With Mothers’ Day fast approaching, and with it the prospect of receiving another adorable round of glitter-covered picture frames and half-raw pancakes, it may be time to reflect on what mothers really need. Most moms readily declare that more sleep would be a singularly precious gift, or perhaps the metaphysical power to halt time! Yet, […]
Reducing Test-Taking Anxiety
The Situation Today With New York State tests just around the corner, hearing children in your life complaining about their fears or frustrations around writing short answers and extended responses, explaining their answers, or the “stupid Common Core”, may be frequent. As a tutor in Manhattan to several third, fourth, and fifth grade public school […]
Beauty Beware: The Truth Revealed
Count how many things you put on your skin every day. Now, can you tell me what’s in them? Chances are, you have no idea. Well, neither did I, until a friend told me to read Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan, co-founder of the Campaign […]
The Myth About Having It All
Chances are, you’ve heard it throughout your life. “You can have it all.” “Women can do it all.” “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan…” And the thing about this myth, is that we want it to be true. We know we’re smart enough to have it all, we know […]
Avoiding The Perils of the Halloween Trail
When I was growing up, the main thing we worried about at Halloween was a non-packaged item that might be given to us by “freaks.”I do find it somewhat ironic that, of all things, we were warned about apples.Back then we weren’t concerned about genetically modified or organic varieties of apples. No, then we were […]