Some sororities demand more time and financial commitment than most people would ever expect. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/greek-letters-at-a-price.html
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Articles by Risa Doherty
Messy teen rooms: Get out the caution tape! Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family and Staten Island Family
Moms like me have found themselves sitting on the floor of their child’s room picking up every Lego, Transformer piece, or Barbie accessory our youngster failed to place in the proper bin or box. After all, we paid for…
My Little Klepto Working Mother
One is never too young to learn that there is a price for beauty. http://www.workingmother.com/content/my-little-klepto
Hallux Rigidus – Dealing With a Stiff Big Toe Arthritis Self-Management
Treatment options for arthritis are not always clear-cut. People who suffer from foot pain and find out that the source is hallux rigidus or “big stiff toe,” a condition which results from a lack of cartilage in the joint, are faced with a myriad of surgical and non-surgical options by podiatrists and surgeons. This article provides a straightforward breakdown of the alternatives.
Hallux_Rigidus (pdf 482kb)
What did you say? Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family, Queens Family, Staten Island Family
Gone are the days when a parent would threaten to wash a child’s mouth out with soap for using a “four-letter word.” Many of today’s teens and tweens sprinkle their everyday conversation with language our mothers would tell us…
Parents Across The Table: Moms and dads are the new faces of college admissions New York Times (Education Life)
Colleges are inviting parents to join their admissions offices in recruiting prospective students by staffing college fairs, reaching out to local applicants and conducting interviews; tasks once limited to official college representatives and alumni. Some people think it is a great idea,…
Application Agitation Bay Area Teen Focus
When children are applying to college today, hysteria takes hold, as nervous parents struggle to maintain their sanity. Read how to help maximize teens’ chances without taking over and without allowing the process to inundate your life.
Oct TFS F-Application (pdf 1.9mb)
Formidible Friendships Manhattan Family, Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, SI Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family
When kids are little, we bring them to playgroups and baby classes, where we pick friends for them. Most of the time, parents and toddlers get along, and if there is a personality conflict that the parents do not want…
College Applications. No Need for Panic Your Teen
Parents across America are a summer away from panicking over whether their procrastinating teenagers will submit their college applications on time and whether any of those applications will end with an acceptance. Meanwhile, reports of the latest average incoming…
New book by Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg calls for grrrl power Bronx/Riverdale Family / Brooklyn Family / Long Island Family / Manhattan Family / Queens Family / Staten Island Family
The new book, “Lean In,” is partly anecdotal and partly a rallying cry, intended to encourage women to break free from their innate hesitation to aggressively advance their careers and “step up to the table.” It is a primer with…