Remember when you had time to sit down and read the paper? It almost seems like that was someone else doesn’t it? We thought it would be great to create a weekly round-up of the best kid-related articles in the NY media. Want to share a link? Leave it in the comments or if you […]

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[ February 9, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] In between the fish sticks and temper tantrums we sometimes forget about the romance of childhood. Their joy and fascination with incredibly simple things (like my daughter’s recent discovery of scotch tape) or those moments when they are so incredibly empathatic that your can feel your heart breaking. Take some time out this […]

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Taking your child with you to vote is a great way to teach them about the importance of active citizenship. I have fond memories of my father taking me into the voting booth with him, in fact he would actually let me choose who to vote for in smaller races (ok, I realize […]

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Frontline, the PBS documentary news show, is doing an episode tonight about how children today are growing up online. Even though many Mommy Poppins readers have younger children, even some of the preschoolers are starting to go online and I know my 8 year old is starting to Google search for things and look […]

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Apparently hugging and kissing your children is important for more than just making them feel better after getting boo boos. New science is showing that being a nurturing parent could keep them from getting serious illnesses as adults.
A most incredible NOVA episode on PBS called Ghost in Your Genes gave a huge insight into how […]

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How often do you fantasize about escaping the rat race, moving to the country and spending your days making fresh bread and jam from the berries in your garden?
Every time I start to dream about this I have to do the ol’ reality check and make sure my fantasy accurately depicts the garden that I […]

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One of the freaky things about having kids is that you’ll be tooling along in your life when, WHAMM!, they’ll say or do something that just knocks your socks off and makes everything stop. If you’re lucky, you’re not too self-obsessed with blogging or reading headlines on I Can Has Cheezburger to notice and you […]

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When we were looking for eCards for Father’s Day, we discovered hoops and yoyo on Hallmark.com. Hoops and yoyo are an animated cat and bunny that sound like the kids from South Park and sport an edgy sense of humor. They have a bunch of funny eCards for different occasions, but now my kids just […]

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Which of these scary AG doll clones is the real doll?
Read the story of six year old Etta (via Consumerist), who was coldly turned away by American Girl Place’s hair salon because her doll was a Tarjay “fake” and you can’t help but feel a little weepy. But, read the comments written in to her […]

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For parents who are clawing to get their children admitted to NYC Top Tier private school Horace Mann, $300,000 (a conservative approximation of 12 years of tuition) is nothing compared to the value of providing their children with an elite education, safe from the baser elements they might face in NYC public schools. While […]

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