New York City has a rich past that you and your family can explore at these kid-friendly historic sites.
Your kids don’t need to sit in a classroom to get a history lesson in NYC; all they have to do is go outside. New York is always progressing, but don’t forget that the city has a rich and ever-present past. From former presidents to famous authors, there are historic homes in every borough… [more]
Energized by a menu of creative hands-on experiments, SciTech Kids makes scientific learning fun and intriguing for children.
Four kids and a woman in a white lab coat are sitting around a long wooden table covered with test tubes, film canisters, markers, and a bag of Oreos. A new SciTech Kids class is starting, and it’s a special session for learning: Space Day.
“When your parents said you were going to go… [more]
Children can learn how to take care of the planet and its creatures with these ideas from Tristin & Tyler!
Earth Day only comes along once a year, but 9-year-old twin reporters Tristin and Tyler are always on the lookout for kid-friendly ways to help the planet which they then share on their webseries “Tristin and Tyler's Tales from the City.”
As the producer of the series, and Tristin and Tyler’s mom, I’ve learned that going green is not just about… [more]
A prominent writer on family issues suggests creative team-building and problem-solving methods for parents in his new book, “The Secrets of Happy Families.”
As first-time parents, author Bruce Feiler and his wife Linda found themselves completely overwhelmed with the notion of raising twin girls while trying to build and develop a family identity. Searching for answers from friends and family proved fruitless; their parents were working with dated methods and their friends were equally clueless. Met with the same tiresome answers from the… [more]
As it enters its 100th year, The Parents League is more active and impactful than ever in promoting independent schools to city parents.
You’re a new mom in the city, and in the course of talking with other new parents at Mommy & Me classes and local parks, you’re starting to think that even now, while your child is a baby, you’d like a better grasp… [more]
A convo with Anna Fader, founder of the popular, parenting website Mommy Poppins.
The Ear Inn is a three-story Federal-style building tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined block in SoHo amid tall, sleek glass buildings. Originally built in 1812 for James Brown, the African American who helped George Washington make his famous escape across the Delaware in the early days of the Revolutionary War, the squat building’s ground floor has served as a… [more]