Arts & Culture
Elizabeth Isadora Gold, author of The Mommy Group. (Photo credit: Dana Miller) “The baby is a bomb that goes off in the middle room, affecting all aspects of home life, marriage, body and sense of self—especially for mothers,” Elizabeth Isadora Gold [http://www.elizabethisadoragold.com/] writes in The Mommy
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Megan with a baby’s client in Fort Greene. (Courtesy Megan Davidson.)Doulas are having a moment. Take it from Megan Davidson [http://www.brooklyn-doula.com/BrooklynDoula.html], a labor and post-partum doula and long-time Clinton Hill resident. “I didn’t hear about doulas until I’d already had a
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The author with his 6-year-old son Tyler. (Photo by Jonathan Dant)In 2014, my wife and I went through a grueling process faced by many New York City parents each April: finding the right school for our son in Southern Brooklyn. Like most parents, our first priority was finding a
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Photo courtesy of Winnie Hu.It has been a month since 24-year-old Lin Li was arrested and confessed to inadvertently drowning her two-year-old daughter [/police-fire/sunset-park-toddler-mother-arrested-murder-manslaughter-charges/], Melody Pheng, in a basin of water for soiling her clothes. In the weeks since, Melody was laid to rest, her four-year-old brother was
Announcements
REWARDING EDUCATION Parents, what if you could stop the battles over homework? Chores? Practicing for that recital? A newly launched mobile app (for iOS users only currently), Gradestar, is here to help you do just that. It is a free app that rewards academic and extracurricular achievement, and gives parents
City Kid Corner
Courtesy Matthew Bowden [http://www.freeimages.com/photo/another-brick-1510095] BY AMY RODRIGUEZ Over dinner, back before we had kids, a friend told me about a man who spent his entire career studying sea turtles. The group of us laughed, asking how a person could spend an entire career studying one
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Courtesy Trisha Shears [http://www.freeimages.com/photo/crayons-1426571]“Your son meets the diagnostic criteria [http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html] for autism spectrum disorder.” I often wondered what my reaction would be after hearing those words. Sadness? Anxiety? Anger? All of the above? To some extent, yes,
City Kid Corner
We recently discussed ten great ways to take a momcation [/destinations/need-a-break-10-ways-to-take-a-brooklyn-momcation/], but how about a dadcation? These guys are right there in the parenting trenches with us hardworking moms, and deserve their own time to regroup. What’s the best way to spend a dadcation in the city, though?
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Courtesy Airbnb [https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3989564?s=wwPnKRwz] We’ve all been there. Weeks of tween crises, toddler meltdowns, work pressures, and just those everyday stressors of life in the city have built up and pushed Mama to the brink. Sometimes you just have to get away. Luckily,
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We’ve all been there. Weeks of tween crises, toddler meltdowns, work pressures, and just those everyday stressors of life in the city have built up and pushed Mama to the brink. Sometimes you just have to get away. Luckily, those of us living in NYC don’t have to
Emily Flake
Emily Flake (Photo by John Pastore)When we discovered that I was pregnant, after five long years of fertility issues, I envisioned all the magical parenting moments that were no doubt headed our way. Gummy smiles, coos, peaceful walks through Prospect Park, and the overwhelming joy that comes when that
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Photo by Christine Bush/City Kid CornerWe all love our kids, but in order to maintain a happy (and sane) relationship with the little angels, parents need an occasional night out on the town. Sans children. Preferably with alcohol. Unfortunately, skyrocketing neighborhood rents, plus the general cost of city living,