One of my favorite ways to bond with my now tween-age son is through books. That’s right. I get most of my book recommendations these days from a 12-year-old boy. So far, we’ve read The Hunger Games series, the Divergent series and we both just started The Maze Runner. And I am not embarrassed to […]
Tag: Entertainment
All parents know how important it is to entertain our creative kids. Is your family looking for something fun to do this weekend or beyond? Need a night out – just the two of you? Our kids want activities that will satisfy their need to experience new events, and this section is filled with fantastic places to go and activities to do! So come check them out and plan your next family outing.
The Magic Of A Photo
As someone with very little artistic talent, I am always mesmerized by artists’ ability to capture the human spirit and the grandness of nature through photography. In a time when media and technological advances are exploding, there is still something magnificent and satisfying about a still image. I stumbled upon this year’s winners of Sony’s […]
Achieving a Sustainable Play Setting
Nowadays, sustainability does not only pertain to the environment. It can also be seen in our green playgrounds. Kids get a good time playing while making sure that the environment still stays safe. In 2013, New York City had its first green school playground at the Boerum Hill neighborhood using “green infrastructure”, and the play […]
Halloween Costumes
I had to laugh when I read my friend Verta’s latest article in NY Family Magazine because it so mirrored my own experience with Halloween. I, too, have one son who hates dressing up in Halloween costumes. Come to think of it, he’s never even wanted his face painted (the closest he got was getting […]
The Adventure That Will Make Your Soul Happy
Dear Woman, You are enough. You are good enough, beautiful enough, imperfectly perfect enough. Pay no attention to the messages out there that tell you you need to be doing more or better – or feeling crappy about any part of your being. Tune it all out to the best of your ability, because I […]
Overprotective Is Not the Secret to Good Parenting
From the first time a mother carries her first born, she freaks out. It’s a natural thing for a first-time mother to be overprotective of her child and worry about everything – lifting the baby’s head, driving the baby home, bathing, clipping nails, colds, fever, etc. As the baby learns to roll over, crawl, and […]
What Happens in Vegas
Last week, the Mommybites team and I were in Las Vegas for the ABC Baby & Kids Expo. The Expo was ginormous and we connected with a ton of incredible companies. But it’s Vegas after all, so in addition to working hard, we also played pretty hard. Here are my top 5 reasons why I […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: A Grandmother’s Letter to Her Grandchildren
Dear Readers, In the spirit of National Grandparents Day on September 7th, I want to share a letter that a grandmother wrote to her grandchildren. I am collecting letters between grandparents and grandchildren. If you have a letter you wrote (or wish you had written!) as a grandparent or one that you received as a […]