Best Of The Web: November 2-8

Contributors: Briehn
Trumbauer

Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —

A fun Halloween edition of Parenting
FAILS. Did you see any fails in your neighborhood on Monday? (Babble)

It being National Adoption month, here’s a sister’s eulogy for Steve Jobs. Mona Simpson on the passing of her brilliant biological brother. (NY Times)

After months of ignoring the rumors, Jessica Simpson
finally proclaimed
on Halloween that she and fiancé Eric Johnson are expecting. Linking to a
pic of her elaborate mummy costume, she tweeted, “It’s true! I am going to be a
mummy.” Congrats! (HuffPo)

The latest in the school lunch debate: tomato paste on pizza will no longer be considered a serving of veggies! Other proposals include cutting back on potatoes and salt. (NY Times)

Is anybody actually surprised that Kim and Kris didn’t last?
Here’s why the Kardashian diva’s marriage
didn’t make it much past month 1. (USA Today)

There are now 7
billion people in the world! On Monday, we broke the 7 billion mark with
new baby girl Danica Mae Camacho, according to the U.N. (MSNBC)

Ever see people eating in the grocery store? (Ever do it
yourself?) One couple has their two-year-old
daughter taken into custody after they were charged for munching on
sandwiches while shopping. Don’t forget to pay for your munchies! (TIME)

An app made up entirely of cute
puppy pics. It’s true. It exists. (A Cup Of Jo)

One Battery Park City family is raising a daughter with Rett syndrome. Read Raising Maisy for their touching story. (The Tribeca Trib)

The Child Online Privacy Protection Act was created to
protect kids ages 13 and younger from revealing information on the Web that
could be used by companies. But a study reveals that 68% of parents
helped their tweens lie about their age to create a Facebook account. (CNET)

Mom blogger Sharon Beesley thinks we’re a little too
obsessed with the weather. Well, we are! When it snows
in October, New Yorkers are bound to notice…and obsess. (NYC Taught Me)

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

The Ailey School – First Steps and Bounding Boys

<blockquote style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="m_-3740164643787738207m_4977048992707393770WordSection1"> At The Ailey School, FIRST STEPS offers a structured creative movement curriculum that allows girls (ages 3-6) and boys (age 3), to develop body awareness and control and learn the basics of dance technique. BOUNDING BOYS (ages 4-6) provides a more athletic experience, and an energetic approach to teaching dance skills. </div> </div> </blockquote>

Monster Mini Golf

Upon entering Monster Mini Golf, all perceptions of traditional mini golf will be spirited away by the indoor, 18-hole, monster-theme, glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course! The locations in <a href="https://monsterminigolf.com/deerpark/">Deer Park</a>, and <a href="https://monsterminigolf.com/gardencity/">Garden City, NY</a> invite guests to experience a host of family-oriented fun activities. Whether visiting for the first time or the one hundredth, mini golfers feel the excitement and adventure of playing mini golf amidst spooktacular monsters and custom, glow-in-the-dark, hand-painted artwork. While testing their skill on the fairways, lively music flows over the course from the unique &ldquo;WEIRD Radio&rdquo; station&rdquo; and an interactive DJ entertains golfers with contests, awarding cool prizes for the wackiest reasons. While the course is challenging enough for adults, it is also quite playable for children. Monster Mini Golf is open year-round and frightfully fun for the entire family. In addition to miniature golf and thrilling arcade and redemption games, the locations offer additional attractions. <a href="https://monsterminigolf.com/deerpark/">Monster Mini Golf in Deer Park, NY</a> offers a Laser Maze and a Virtual Reality experience. The Garden City location offers a Laser Maze, Bowling, and a Virtual Reality Experience. Two very posh, private party rooms are also available and are perfect for any event. Monster Mini Golf looks forward to making it a monstrous success. Monster Mini Golf is indoors, ensuring that the event will always take place, regardless of the weather. It is a climate-controlled, affordable source of family entertainment. For more details please visit <a href="http://monsterminigolf.com">monsterminigolf.com</a> or find them on Facebook.