Hi everyone, Thanksgiving is almost here! If you are in town this week there are lots of fun holiday events happening. This week take the kids to see the Origami Holiday Tree at the American… Read More »Weekday & Thanksgiving Events in Brooklyn & NYC: November 23rd-26th
With so many options now (everywhere) for how to educate our children, I have decided to include a piece here on A Child Grows about the The Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Program in Chicago. It’s… Read More »An Interesting Curriculum and The Importance of Music Education
Thanksgiving brings to mind lots of familiar images: Candlelit dinners with lively conversation, perhaps watching the parade from a friend’s apartment on Central Park West, various forms of cranberry dishes, turkey, and usually Beaujolais Nouveau… Read More »Why… it’s Beaujolais Nouveau Time!
Brooklyn library-lovers can nominate their branch to win $20,000 as part of the third annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards. New Yorkers can nominate their library for exceptional service to the community, via a form available… Read More »NYC Neighborhood Library Awards are Here!
Mark your Calendars! New York City has a great group of musical bands of children ages 9-17, that we at A Child Grows in Brooklyn would love to introduce you to. There’s no better time… Read More »NYC’s real life “School of Rock” in the East Village
Family therapist Kathryn Snyder discusses toddler brain development and helps shed some like on how this informs their (ahem) behavior. Hint: It’s not you, it’s me. —– Imagine if you will, you are in a faraway land… Read More »Parenting in the Land of Wild Beasts and Never Ending Stories
Hi everyone, I hope everyone had a great week. This is the last week before the official holiday craziness starts! This weekend take the kids and have fun at BAMkids Movie Matinees: The Wizard of… Read More »Weekend Events in Brooklyn & NYC: November 20th-22nd
Everyday when we go online or watch TV, or read glossy magazines, we’re bombarded with images of women and men who are considered to be the very embodiment of perfection. Finely toned bodies, perfect skin,… Read More »Body Image and Eating Disorders
The dreaded nightmare started what seems like forever ago: my daughter was benevolently, constantly scratching her head one morning as we strolled to the playground a couple of months back. Four-year-olds have bigger concerns than… Read More »The Lowdown on Lice
Xtend Barre Brooklyn is a boutique fitness studio located in the heart of Brooklyn Heights, specializing in Pilates and Barre classes, owned and operated by Brooklyn native Kristine Storie. Kristine describes her clients as, “dynamic and… Read More »Xtend Barre Brooklyn: Babies on Board!