Tag: parenting

Motherhood is like trying to fold a fitted sheet: no matter how often I got it "right" before, I struggle to remember how to...

I am Melinda, a local mom and an 11th and 12th-grade English teacher in NYC schools. I am engaged to be married in 2019...

2018 was another great year for Westchester County Mom. Our contributors live, work, and parent in Westchester, and are passionate about sharing real stories...

I started running way back before I had children—before I was even married. When I was young and single, I lived in this attic...

I have never been a fan of labels, but you can’t deny the era we were each born into and the birth order of...

  As a parent, you like to enrich your child’s life as much as possible. Aside from education, we like to include activities where our...

In light of our toxic political climate and the #metoo movement, what’s a parent to do, especially those raising girls? It seems women and...

Growing up in rural Maine I saw a lot of guns; even shot a few. So, it was no surprise that my younger brother’s...

Growing up, there were things that I always wanted to do but was scared to do because of what my parents or my friends...

This morning, on our last day of vacation on Long Beach Island, I set my iPhone alarm early so I could walk the four...