Archive for February, 2014
GUEST BLOG POST: Motherhood Later by Lori Lite, author, Stress Free Kids
February 28th, 2014
I was once the youngest mom on my block at 26 years old and I joined the motherhood later crowd when I had my 3rd child at the age of 36. My body, mind, and spirit were very different ten years later. · Was it my age? · Was it that I ...
Family Entertainment: Magic and Comedy Shows in NYC by Robin Gorman Newman
February 28th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_16888" align="alignleft" width="300"] Michael Chaut (right) with TV Personality Robin Leach[/caption] Magical Nights Inc presents New York's longest running Off-Broadway magic show, Monday Night Magic. Each week at the The Players Theatre you’ll find a different array of stage magicians performing magic in an intimate theatrical setting. (Every show features ...
Chat with Ruthe Ponturo, creator, Til Divorce Do Us Part: Interview & Ticket Giveaway by Robin Gorman Newman
February 27th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_17163" align="alignleft" width="240"] Photo by Janine N. Ajamian[/caption] In support of my passion for theatre and desire to share with readers information about cool shows in NYC, I did an interview with the hysterical and candid Ruthe Ponturo whose true life story inspired the Off Broadway musical comedy revue, Til ...
Adventures In Attachment Parenting: Eating My Own Advice by Allison Silver
February 27th, 2014
Before I had our daughter I was working my way up the public school ladder, so to speak. One of my many assignments was to create and present parent education workshops to the parents of our preschool students. I presented a new workshop roughly every four to six weeks and ...
Watching My Kid Behind His Back by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
February 26th, 2014
As I sit here here typing, I am listening to my son talking to some YouTube trailers for upcoming movies on his laptop computer. I am aware that they are cartoon type PG-13 movies. My son is 10 and 1/2. No issue here. Yesterday, though, was a different scenario. My son ...
Becoming “That” Mom. What I Was Never Told About Having A Toddler! by Vicky Dal Molin
February 25th, 2014
I became one of those mum’s this past weekend. You know the ones that you see in the department store or supermarket, their child throwing a tantrum of a lifetime throwing themselves around the floor. And it shouldn’t have surprised me really but the looks that I got as I ...
Minecraft Lessons by Conlee Ricketts
February 24th, 2014
Let me announce upfront that Minecraft baffles me. When my daughter started playing the pocket edition I asked her why she was holding that package. “Mom, That’s Steve’s hand.” “Oh. Who’s Steve? Why does he have that box, it looks like a package?” “Mom (sigh and eye roll) it’s his hand. This is ...
GUEST BLOG POST: Minimum Self Care Requirements: an excerpt from The Life Organizer by Jennifer Louden
February 21st, 2014
Between surviving and leading a fully humming creative life lies the middle ground of determining your minimum requirements for self-care, a duded-up way of saying what you absolutely must have to stay in touch with your center. Basic needs, or minimum requirements, are different for each woman, although getting enough ...
I Couldn’t Say It Was My Mom, By: Lori Loesch
February 20th, 2014
Now that my first born is finished with school, and working for his living, it's quite an adjustment for me and his little, nine (9) year old sister. I keep reminding myself that the projects he has on his mind at the present time, are much bigger and of more importance ...
A Lesson in Humility: Age Sometimes Doesn’t Matter by Vicky Dal Molin
February 18th, 2014
“Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.” Freud said that. Smart guy…. And something I’ve learnt to have at least some element of truth to it. When I was pregnant with my son I joined a forum for pregnant woman who’s babies ...
