[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.72″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] SPONSORED (Content provided by NY Kids Club): Opening in January 2018 at 30 Pearl Street, the new NY Kids Club Dumbo location will be an impressive 8,400-square-foot center… Read More »NY Kids Club Opens New Location in Dumbo
This is one of my more humiliating middle-school memories: I’m wearing a vintage Victorian dress with a tight neckline that’s nearly choking me to death. My sweaty fingers are clutching a piece of fudge, smearing… Read More »Why Are We OK with Calling Some Kids Gifted and Talented and Others Not?
As parents, one big concern is how your child will handle bullying in school — not only how your child will react if he is bullied, but also what he will do if he sees… Read More »Teaching Your Child About Bullying
Little Essentials (LE) is a community-based 501(c)(3) that offers at-risk families living in poverty in New York City urgently needed children’s supplies and parenting education to promote the health, well being and safety of children… Read More »Little Essentials Seeks Director of Development
Felix Factor is a beloved 14-year-old child—energetic, playful, and curious. He is also deeply disabled. He cannot respond to questions, walk on his own, and is so prone to violence that his family had to… Read More »Q&A with Eliza Factor of Extreme Kids & Crew
It’s hard to believe it, but we’re all preparing to get our kiddos (and ourselves) into the back-to-school routine and bedtime can be a struggle this time of year after the vacations, looser routines, and… Read More »Get Your Child’s Sleep Back-to-School Ready
You know when a child has captured a toad, a worm, a grasshopper—and they are so excited and want to keep it, and perhaps have loved it a little too much? And what’s the lesson… Read More »The Importance of Letting Go
A few years ago, my husband and I made big plans. They were exciting, refreshing, and terrifying all at the same time- we were going to start having kids and I was going to start… Read More »Tips for Being a Student Mother
“But I don’t feel depressed.” I hear this time and time again from pregnant and postpartum women who call my clinical practice. These women are plagued by anxiety, racing thoughts, restlessness, sleep difficulties, compulsive behaviors,… Read More »It’s Not Just Depression: Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
If your kids haven’t already starting asking you about what it means to die, chances are that’s coming down the pike soon. Our former Resident Dad, John Proctor, tells us about how he experienced this… Read More »Talking to Kids About God and Death