I just checked out a new grocery store in our neighborhood and I was surprised to see several reserved parking spots.
This particular store has the usual spots for the employee of the month and the handicapped spots. However, it also had several reserved spots for pregnant women. I’ve seen this before, so I [...]
Tags: children, convenience, drive thru, Families, handicaps, parents, parking spaces, Pregnancy
Posted in: Parenting
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The New York City Wine & Food Festival will be on October 9 to 12, 2008. And I’m glad to read it’s not only for gastronomists and wine connoisseurs. There’s also something for parents concerned about their children’s health. What’s more, one of my favorite authors will actually be there. On 12 October is the [...]
Tags: Alice Walters, children, Families, healthy food, NYC Food and Wine Festival
Posted in: Celebrities, Health, Nutrition
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With Dr Ferber, Weisbluth and all the doctors who have written books telling parents all about the importance of independent sleeping, your grandma, your mom, and the enormous variety of cribs and mobiles and crib bedding sets available in retails stores across the nation, you could be forgiven for thinking that every baby in the [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, co-sleeping, Families, Parenting, playdates
Posted in: Baby, Breastfeeding
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Recently, I’ve found numerous articles about the new trend – you know, the large family ‘trend’. According to all the statistics, families with more than 2 children are increasing. Most of the articles site the 2004 study where 11 percent of US births in that year were to women who already had three children. This [...]
Tags: birth rate, blended families, children, divorce, Families, large families, remarriage, status symbol, trends
Posted in: News, Parenting
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I was chatting with a grandmother who had five children. I asked her how she managed with five, and she said that it was easy raising them. “What’s your secret?” I asked. “Oh, I sent them all outside to play during the day, then they came home for their dinner.”
And if you talk to [...]
Tags: baby safety, competition, Families, grandmothers, grandparents, milestones, reports, work
Posted in: Parenting, Toddlers
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