It’s A Keeper

New York Family doesn’t have an official motto, but we know our core mission: to help parents raise their children and enjoy life in the city. As a parent attempting to do that myself, I’ve found that my relationship with my kids and my wife—my life, really—often feels like one big reality check for my work. It’s both an endlessly replenishing well of experiences I want to share and an ongoing reminder that the parenting life is rarely easy—and that we should spoon out information and perspective with a healthy regard for parenting’s challenges as well as its joys. My kids are now 9 and 13, but as a father, I still think I’m learning as I go; I try to remember that when I’m editing the magazine.

But I do love to share, and I consider The Ultimate Guide to Raising Kids in the City, published every July, to be the ultimate act of sharing between our editorial team and our readers.

When people ask me the best way to follow New York Family, I have a few answers. You can visit our website and sign up for our wonderful (also free) weekly e-newsletters.

And then there’s this special guide. More than anything, what I would like you to know about it is that every bit of it is contemplated and curated—even the listings—reflecting our years of experience discovering local resources that parents can turn to whenever they need them. We think of The Ultimate Guide to Raising Kids in the City as a keeper, the issue you can turn back to time and again in the course of the year as new questions about parenting in the city show themselves, whether you have a new baby or a kid who’s ready for camp.

But before you stick it on the shelf for future reading, give the magazine quick read right now. I think you may be pleasantly surprised by how much you’ll discover.

Big hugs and best wishes,

Eric Messinger
Editor
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