Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2013 will be a year full of good things for each of you: peaceful homes, employment, good health and love. I hope for those things for myself… Read More »What I Have Learned This Year (2012)
This is my first post since the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. It is weighing heavily on all of us. I am on a roller coaster of emotion; one minute I feel soul-emptying grief, and… Read More »Sandy Hook: What We Can Do Now in Brooklyn
Can you breastfeed a premature baby? Yes, even if your baby has spent time in the NICU and was given bottles. Sara Chana Silverstein, a New York based, international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), classical… Read More »Breastfeeding a Premature Baby
Congregation Mount Sinai re-opened their playspace for the cold weather season this week. They had 15 parents and their kids show up on the first day and 8 the second one. Mount Sinai is an… Read More »Playspace Re-opens at Congregation Mount Sinai
After four years, I should be an expert at putting two kids to bed in the same room, but I’m not. I’ve struggled with it enough to make me try every trick in the book-… Read More »Putting 2 Kids to Bed in the Same Room
Sponsored Post The baby boom in Williamsburg/Greenpoint has ushered in many new amenities for families, including play spaces, stores and daycares. One of the newest is The Creative Academy Early Learning & Childcare Center, which… Read More »New Daycare in Williamsburg- Includes Infant Program
Alice Kaltman, our Expert in parent coaching, sent this great article about an “odd kid out”- it might be your kid, your friend’s kid, or just the kid you see on the playground or at… Read More »Odd Kid Out- Exclusion on the Playground and at School
Sponsored Post. Documentaries can be educational and inspirational, but rarely are they also entertaining and thrilling. The new documentary, Brooklyn Castle, hits all those high notes, making this one film that you must see. If… Read More »Chess Legends in Brooklyn: New Doc Inspires with Movie
When I heard and read about the new book, “How Children Succeed” from both NPR and the New York Times within the span of one month, I suspected the book was going to be a… Read More »“How Children Succeed” Author Reading
Parents of children with special needs can have their own emotional needs unmet as they navigate everything from finding therapists to navigating the NYC school system. But who takes care of them? The Seleni Institute… Read More »For Parents of Children with Special Needs