Contributor and blogger Sarah Kurliand interviews the the Khuluq family, a vegan, Muslim family of 5 living in Philadelphia. Elizabeth homeschools her 3 boys, ages 9, 4 and 1. This is their story. Tell me a… Read More »Homeschooling Family Interview: The Khuluq Family
Stair Anxiety By Kristin Eliasberg, November 1, 2015 “It is not the best thing to try to keep your children happy all the time,” wrote Magda Gerber, founder of RIE®. “That is not the way… Read More »RIE Parenting Techniques
Jumpstart Your Digital Media Career with Indie Media Camp Brooklyn Based’s Indie Media Camp, an annual boot camp for writers, editors, and indie publishers, is two days away. If you would like to expand your… Read More »Indie Media Camp, Two Days Away!
With the freezing weather still a bit ahead, some of us are in denial and not yet buying tickets for activities during the winter. Here is an easy glance at some of BAM’s offerings,… Read More »Cold Weather Theater at BAM
Holistic Health Coach and Philadelphia contributor April Reigart discusses the mine field of what we eat, how we eat it, where it comes from, and the illogic of modified and processed foods. —- Did you… Read More »What To Eat.
The other day while I was driving my sleepy snoring kids home, a fascinating interview on NPR aired- with a very cool artist who makes paper, and travels around NYC (Queens, mostly) with what she… Read More »Rejin Leys, Paper Making, and The Pulp Mobile
AltSchool Brooklyn Heights is a new private school that first opened in San Francisco in 2013. Their first Brooklyn location opened this school year and will be expanding to offer Pre-K through 6th grade starting fall 2016.… Read More »AltSchool Brooklyn Heights is expanding to 6th grade
Why Alcohol and Drugs Appeal to Teens When children enter their teen years, one of their parents’ biggest fears is usually alcoholism and drug abuse. Most of us have heard stories of so-called ‘normal families’… Read More »Teens, Drugs, and Alcohol….
According to a press release today by the Brooklyn Public Library: “Brooklyn Public Library announced today that it will offer the innovative Beanstack recommendation service to children and families. Beanstack, powered by children’s curation company… Read More »Brooklyn Public Library will Debut Children’s Recommendation and Family Engagement Service
On the NYC Department of Education website, you can find everything you need to read about the upcoming Gifted and Talented tests. Handbooks are available in English and nine other languages, while if your child… Read More »Gifted and Talented testing is approaching….