Babies in Bars: The debate roars on

    by Karen on 3/02/10 | 2 Comment(s)

    This debate comes up every month or so- whether it is on a blog,  parenting forum like Brooklynian or a parenting list serve. Read all of the 1127 comments (as of 10:21 pm tonight) from the CNN article about Brooklyn bars and babies and you will find a lot of mean-spirited and vitriolic comments. Sigh…so [...]

    The winning books that might make your Reading List

    by Karen on 2/23/10 | 0 Comment(s)

    Last October I was sent the above pictured 5 books with the request that I read and evaluate all of them within 2. 5 months as a judge for the Books for a Better Life Awards. You can imagine that my holidays weren’t spent going to many holiday parties, but curled up on the couch, [...]

    My favorite “To Do” Lists

    by Karen on 2/16/10 | 0 Comment(s)

    Are you a list maker? Lists are a great way to stay organized, feel accomplishment and make your crazy life feel structured. So, if you aren’t a list maker, maybe this is the time for you to try one- and I have some cool ones for you here.
    I am a virgo- which I think pretty [...]

    Playdates that go badly- new babies, toddlers and dogs

    by Karen on 2/08/10 | 0 Comment(s)

    I read and am grateful for all the parenting listserves that I am on in Brooklyn. You can hear advice, ask questions and even buy and sell kids’ items. On one of the yahoo listserves, a parent asked about aggression in toddlers. As a mother of a young baby, she wanted to know if a [...]

    Is Overparenting “over”?

    by Karen on 11/23/09 | 0 Comment(s)

    There is a really good article in Time Magazine about overparenting. Is helicopter parenting “over”?
    “And so there is now a new revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the almost comical overprotectiveness and overinvestment of moms and dads. The insurgency goes by many names — slow parenting, simplicity parenting, free-range parenting — but the [...]

    How To Help Siblings Get Along

    by Karen on 11/11/09 | 0 Comment(s)

    Alice Kaltman, one of our Experts in parent coaching, gave a successful talk this last Saturday about siblings and how they interact. She agreed to give us some of the text for the blog. Her next talk is on December 5th, on “Raising Only Children”- – hear how how it is possible to [...]