The story of a girl who starts her own cake-decorating business.
LI_Family_July_2009 (pdf 913k)
Author: Risa C. Doherty
The Reality of Motherhood Fantasies (originally entitled: Mom, Can You Drop Off my Fake Blood?) Newsday's Parents & Children
This article describes how parenthood isn’t always what one would expect and the author reminisces about her teens’ early years.
Newsdays_Parents_Children_Oct_2008 (pdf 266k)
Raising the Children of the Nineties The Social Critic
This article poses the question of whether we doing too much for our children when we race to provide our children with the latest technology and newest “tie-in” toy and how we may be buying into a manufactured corporate set of expectations.
The Social Critic – July/Aug 1996 (pdf 561k)
Balancing Career & Family: Four Podiatrists Tell How They Made the Pieces Fit Together Podiatry Management
Article describes how four women juggle their careers and family and how podiatry offers them flexibility in their professional lives.
Podiatry_Management_Mar_1996 (pdf 2.4 mb)
Breaking Out Of My Shell Queens Parents' Paper, December,1995/ Big Apple Parents' Paper, January,1996
The light-hearted view of how new moms find new friends in playgrounds by “picking up” other mothers.
Queens_BigApple_Parents_Paper_Dec_1995 (pdf 913k)
What Kind of Mother Are You?! Parentguide
The article describes the characteristics of the nurturing mother, the apathetic mother, the “girl scout leader” mother, and the “Supermom.”
Parentguide_Nov_1995 (pdf 2.8 mb)