Archive for March, 2012

Has It Been A Year Already?? By Liimu


I’m sorry – I’ve been so inundated with work lately – big project, massive deadlines – I haven’t even had time to blog, let alone figure out how to do so in this fabulous new format. As a result, I’ve been out of touch. So, here’s what’s new with me. Biggest ...

Later (and Younger) Mom Testimonial


By Cassandra Arnold, Parenting Coach and Mother of Five Yes, I’d do it again. At age 35, I was giving birth to my fourth child and my second daughter. My first daughter was born seven weeks shy of my 16th birthday. I have five children in all. My second and third sons ...

What Do I Do If My Child is Gay?


When I discovered that my 13-year-old son, “Alex,” was gay, I went through a wide range of emotions: First there was denial: “He’s just experimenting - trying on different identities.” Then guilt: “If only I hadn’t let him play with his sister’s Barbie dolls in the bird bath to make ‘Hot Tub ...

Me, Myself and…My Dog: Alternate Parenting Weekend Part 2 – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


Day 1 My son left for school at the very last minute and hugged me as if he were going away for a year. I think he just wanted to take a long smell of my "momminess" before he left. It reminded me of the infant days when I would wear ...

Fighting for Kids and Families by Margaret Hart


I've been absent from my blog for a couple weeks. I can blame it on a hundred different things as it seems my plate is always full. But one thing's for sure, I was definitely preoccupied by a sucker punch thrown by our town's interim superintendent, and focused a lot ...

PICKS: Mom and Kid Treats by Robin Gorman Newman


OMEGA WATER is the first flavored bottled water fortified with 100 mg of Omega-3s and 6 essential daily vitamins. It comes in four thirst-quenching flavors: Lemon Squeeze, Orange Splash, Fruit Fusion and Berry Breeze. It has zero calories, is sugar free and naturally flavored.  My favorite was the Berry Breeze, ...

ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW and GIVEAWAY: FUERZA BRUTA – LOOK UP


   FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP  is a performance piece unlike any you have likely seen.  Stimulating in every sense of the word, it is an inspired and imaginative spectacle that  floods the senses with dynamic visuals and pulsating music as performers run through moving walls and frolic in a watery world ...

A Later Mom Letting Her Hair Down – by Robin Gorman Newman


They had a multicultural fair at my son’s elementary school, and I volunteered to help out at the French table.  It was manned by a gal and her mother who was French.  I lived in Nice for a summer during my junior summer at Hofstra University, so I’ve always felt ...

Looks Like We Made It – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


We did it. My son and I successfully got through our first "alternate parenting" weekend that the court requested. Although hectic, we had many different activities planned. Playdates, (but not for seven hours), movies, a carnival and sweet, bonding time. What made it even more special was that we had ...

Feeling Beautiful—by Jamie Levine


Yesterday morning, while my pajama-clad daughter sat playing in her room, I left her clothes on her bed, and told her to get dressed by herself because I had to "run downstairs to put on my makeup." Jayda responded, "Why do you always put on makeup before you go to ...