A local mom reflects on her Oreo-eating childhood, and how she’s instilling some healthier habits in her own son.
As a kid, I relished Saturday mornings. I grew up in a small town in Arkansas—a sleepy place on the weekends where not much was going on except children playing in the yards and everyone getting ready to go to church on Sunday. I would wake up well before my exhausted parents who just wanted to sleep in and not… [more]
A local mom realizes that she’ll have to start having some difficult conversations with her three young children.
About a year ago, I began writing for New York Family magazine and was talking to editor Eric Messinger about possible parenting topics to explore. We somehow got on the topic of 9/11 and I mentioned that my husband and I hadn’t yet fully discussed the events of that day with our children, the oldest of whom was 7. Eric… [more]
After watching Tina Fey’s new film, “Admission,” one NYC mom feels saner about her own son’s college application journey.
I never ran after an enrollment officer using a Bundt cake as a bribe. Nor did I ever make a moving plea in front of a college’s admittance panel on behalf of my son. But Luke got in anyway. (Not to brag, but I will: Luke got into a top engineering school, as well as several liberal arts colleges that… [more]
Our editor finds that as long as his son commits to an extracurricular activity, he’s on board as well–if only for the community of parents he gets to join.
I’ve had debates with other parents over which sport is the worst one for a child to devote themselves to--the worst, that is, being an inconvenience to the parent. Hockey Parents make a great case, with all that travel to cold towns in New Hampshire. As a former Swim Parent, I know how humid it gets in those crowded stands,… [more]
The Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality remind our editor of a related travesty.
Last week's Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality reminded me of how many states not only have laws against homosexual couples marrying, but also ban them from being able to adopt. Both policies are heartless and unfair, and there's no excuse for them. But as a parent and the editor of a family magazine—and as the son of a mother… [more]
The Waldman family visits an indoor water park for some amazing rides, slides, and a lazy river full of aquatic surprises.
After a long, cold winter, my family was longing for some good old-fashioned summer fun. So we grabbed our bathing suits and drove less than two hours from NYC to Sahara Sam’s Oasis, a fantastic indoor water park where it’s always 80 degrees and sunny!
As we drove up to the… [more]