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Mommy Poppins has been live for one month now. Tell us what you think. What do […]

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I don’t think this was intended as a kid activity, but, you know, city kids are sooo sophisticated—we’re just always doing cool stuff with them, like entering into adult contests hosted by celebrities on hyper-intellectual radio shows. So here’s an opportunity to explore your child’s artistic genius and exposing it for all the world to […]

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Preschool admissions—they’re the worst. Yeah, there’s elementary school, middle, oh yeah, high school and, the big one, college admissions. They’re all bad, but preschool is the worst. Why? Because you’re still young and naive—not jaded and beaten down like you will be by the time the others come around.
Interviews for 2 year olds? First choice […]

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Here’s a different activity. Ever been to The Skyscraper Museum? Did you even know it existed? Whether your kid is a budding architect or just needs to appreciate those giant towers about him a little more, head on down to this relatively new Battery Park City institution.
For added incentive, sign up for one of […]

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After a New York Times article this weekend reporting that Hispanic parents have opted to name all their boys Angel, The New York Observer reports that affluent New Yorkers are competing to label their children with the most unusual names possible.
What do you do when the trendy thing to do is try […]

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An intense debate has been started by California Democratic Assemblywoman Sally J. Leiber’s announcement of her intent to introduce a bill to make spanking a child under the age of 4 a crime.
The Republicans wasted no time in shooting down the, as yet unwritten, law as crazy and “not well thought out.” While enforcing a […]

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Jobs that require a lot of travel can be hard for working parents, but jobs that require just a little bit of travel can be fabulous for working parents!
This week I had to go to LA for just a day, which I stretched into three days. Including the 12 blissful hours reading on the plane, […]

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After sex and money and kids the thing most couples fight about is chores. Chores. It doesn’t seem to have the emotional baggage that the others do, so what’s the deal? Apparently, it’s about respect (I read that somewhere). If the other person isn’t taking enough care about the house we share, it feels like […]

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Jason over at dadcentric has posted some very useful and funny sex aids for parents. I won’t say anything else, just read it.

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Circumcision really wasn’t a topic that came up much in my life until I was faced with the responsibility for making a decision about whether to cut my own child or not. How do you make a choice like this? It seems weird and incestuous to be contemplating the future sexual gratification of your unborn […]

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