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Four-year-old Andrew Margaritis, dressed in a white
martial arts uniform snugly cinched with a green belt, gleefully flipped his mother onto her back at Orly's Treehouse in Westbury one recent Thursday morning. (Jul 20, 2008)
"Gwanga, gwanga, galoolie, kariba, kariba, kariv." (Jun 29, 2008)
Parenting experts have long urged moms and dads to
celebrate and respect the uniqueness of twins, while also cautioning against always treating them as an indistinguishable and inseparable pair. (Jun 15, 2008)
Raymond Rose took off a week in late May and flew to
Puerto Rico to help Sen. Hillary Clinton with her quest to win the Democratic primary there. (Jun 8, 2008)
You think a tween is too young to have a MySpace page? (May 25, 2008)
Mother's Day is next Sunday, so why not treat yourself
to an early celebration? On Tuesday night, Mingling Moms, a business that brings together new mothers on Long Island, is experimenting with its first pre-Mother's Day extravaganza. (May 4, 2008)
Gabrielle Yeager is working on being green. (Apr 20, 2008)
Last summer, my son and I joined my boyfriend and his
daughter on a vacation to Williamsburg, Va. (Apr 13, 2008)
Be honest, parents: Does your kid have a potty mouth? (Apr 6, 2008)
Even a well-intentioned gesture can sometimes start a
conflict, three Long Beach 10-year-olds learned recently. (Mar 30, 2008)
When 11-year-old Alfred Nieves heads to day camp this
summer, he won't be doing the archery/arts and crafts/swim routine. (Mar 23, 2008)
Imagine that you could stay the same age forever. How
old would you want to be? (Mar 16, 2008)
On Wednesday morning, Centerport second-grader Jon
Triscari reported for his version of spring training: vacation Baseball Bonanza camp at an indoor-sports facility in Huntington Station called WEST, for Winner's Edge Sports Training. (Feb 24, 2008)
Parents, repeat this until you believe it: "MySpace is not the enemy." (Feb 17, 2008)
Children and teens behaving badly often dominate the headlines. Less is said about the young kids, tweens and teens putting their time, creativity and youthful energy into causes to help someone else at home or abroad, save the environment or change the world. But such people are out there in force. (Feb 3, 2008)
So you've made the big decision: Yes, it's time to buy your child his or her first cell phone. (Jan 20, 2008)
Before going digital 10 years ago, Northport parents Patti and Russ Gomes snapped thousands of family photographs on traditional film cameras. And while some families keep their prints neatly categorized in storage boxes or displayed in photo albums, they were like the rest of us: We keep reminders of precious moments stacked in cabinets, tossed in drawers, or piled in baskets for a rainy day of sorting -- that never quite comes. (Sep 30, 2007)
Four weekdays out of five, 9-year-old Sydney Levy of Port Washington is on the go. She plays on two travel teams -- soccer and hockey (a boys' team) -- so her weekly schedule includes two practices for each sport. On the weekends, Sydney is usually up before dawn and skating by 7 a.m. on a rink somewhere in the metropolitan area. Then she does a quick change for a soccer game later in the day. (Sep 23, 2007)
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And while many parents can make sure their children leave for school with satiated bellies, controlling lunchtime intake is a different matter altogether. (Aug 19, 2007)
The parental complaints are never-ending. (Jul 22, 2007)
How do you get 1,600 kids to sit still for 30 minutes on a beautiful summer afternoon? Tell them school's in session, then sit them in front of a world famous jazz musician. Seriously. (Jun 26, 2007)
A summer with no plans? Aside from a short stint in baseball camp, that's what's in store for 11-year-old Michael DeStefano of Deer Park, who will spend most of his days simply hanging out with his grandmother. (Jun 24, 2007)
Were it up to my 13-year-old daughter, the top of her sleep-away camp packing list would include the following: (Jun 10, 2007)
When it comes to celebrating her kids' birthdays, Melissa Danziger of Commack thinks a one-stop party place is the only way to go. (May 20, 2007)
As warm weather approaches, no doubt our children are looking forward to the end of the school year, which equates to the start of two-and-a-half months' worth of rest and relaxation, possibly coupled with some enriching activities. (Apr 1, 2007)
Are you ready for a sit-down with your child's teacher? If not, then start preparing for it. The annual one-on-one meetings between parents and teachers are on most school district calendars next month. And regardless of how well your child is doing in school, this is a key element of their education. (Oct 29, 2006)
When Margot Bennett of Centerport heads into her son Rory's fifth-grade classroom for her annual parent-teacher conference, she won't just sit back and listen; she's there for a two-way discussion. "I see it as an opportunity," she says. "I let them know what we're doing at home and offer any suggestions that work for me with my son. I ask what they're doing in school. It's nice when they tell you good things about your child, but I want
to know what I have to work on to make it better. We have to work together." (Oct 29, 2006)
Should your 6-year-old be in the audience when Mary Poppins alights on stage at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Saturday? Is your 4-year-old ready to watch later this month as the Grinch, in all his furry green glory, tries to steal Christmas from the warm-hearted Whos? (Oct 8, 2006)
Can you say, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"? More importantly, can your children? (Oct 8, 2006)
Last year, my high school sophomore had a minimum of three hours of homework each night. She always had assignments on the weekends, which sometimes meant she couldn't join what was supposed to be family time. And her teachers had a habit of doubling up the workload during vacations. That meant her textbooks went on the same getaways we did. (Sep 17, 2006)
Though she considers herself well organized, Kathy Diamond, a mother of two in Huntington, acknowledges that her children's after-school schedules have the potential to be daunting. Each week, her 12-year-old daughter, Alex, is taking drum and Hebrew lessons and five dance classes, and is also playing travel soccer, which includes a practice and away games. Seven-year-old Dylan has karate two days a week, drum lessons, soccer and baseball practices and games. (Sep 10, 2006)
You sewed name tags, packed duffel bags, extended warm hugs and shed tears of goodbye. Now that sleepaway camp season is well under way, you may even have kicked up your heels in a little celebratory jig. After all, every mom and dad needs a break from parenting once in a while. (Jul 16, 2006)
School's out and your kids are enjoying a well-deserved break. But while they're taking it easy, will they forget what they learned in school?
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