Mother's Day

A Mother’s Day Poem

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Happy Anti-Mother’s Day from Time Magazine

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How to Explain “Fifty Shades of Grey” to a Seven Year-Old

Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Your iPad? Consider This New Reader and NYC event!

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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A friend of mine told me recently that they felt guilty about letting her daughter use her ipad. Why? She didn’t feel like it was being used in an “educational” way. So, it’s pretty cool that there is a new interactive reader where your kid is doing something educational and you are actually getting educated at the same time too! The new Ruckus Reader aims to stand apart by helping to evaluate how a child is doing while reading and then emails parents a progress report. It’s kind of like a report card: once a week it highlights highlights … [Read more...]

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Join MamaDrama (That’s Me) Tonight for a Rosacea Facts Twitter Party

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Please Join MamaDrama (that's me) for a Very Special Twitter Party      TONIGHT 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET Hashtag: #RosaceaFacts  Let’s talk rosacea awareness and check out the new RosaceaFacts public service announcement (PSA) featuring actress and rosacea sufferer Cynthia Nixon! Tonight join MamaDrama NY for a RosaceaFacts Twitter Party to educate others about the common skin condition, rosacea.  Please visit www.RosaceaFacts.com and view the PSA starring Cynthia Nixon, who reveals her personal experiences with rosacea. We’ll tweet with women … [Read more...]

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Kids Cruise Kick Off with Dan Zanes and more in NYC

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Looking for something really fun and different to do this weekend with the kids? Circle Line is hosting a KIDS CRUISE SERIES KICK OFF EVENT on Saturday, May 19th.  Their kids cruises will be sailing the first Saturday of the month all summer, including June 2nd, July 7th and August 4th. Boarding for the Kids Cruise will begin at 9:30am, sailing from 10:00-11:15am. Pricing is $28.00 for adults, $20.00 for children (3-12) and there is an infant comp ticket, for children 3 and under. The Kids Cruise is a great way for young children to discover the … [Read more...]

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A Mother’s Day Poem

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Mom, You are as sweet as sugar and as nice as a flower. You're as pretty as a lily. You're like a star in the middle of the night. But I'm just glad you are my mom. Love, Olivia … [Read more...]

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Happy Anti-Mother’s Day from Time Magazine

May 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
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By now, you've all read the blazing controversy surrounding the latest Time Magazine cover.  To be honest, I am not even interested in featuring the cover here on my site.  I don't want to feed into the whole sensationalism aspect of what Time has done, driving thousands, if not millions, to the store to pick up a copy to see the image of a 4 year-old standing on a chair while breastfeeding. The story inside the publication that the picture is referring to is about pediatrician Dr. William Sears and attachment parenting.  But the headline reads: "Are … [Read more...]

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How to Explain “Fifty Shades of Grey” to a Seven Year-Old

May 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
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The other day my seven year-old son glanced at my copy of one the Fifty Shades books, and looked at me and said, "Mom, why are there handcuffs on the cover of this book?"  Well, I didn't really have an answer for that.  Here's how our conversation went: Me: "Well, there's a criminal in the book." Son: "What did he do?" Me: "Well, he's not a very nice man.  He's had a hard life." Son: "So, why are there hand cuffs involved? Does he go to jail?" Me: "Not necessarily, no.  It's mainly about a man and woman who love each other." Son: … [Read more...]

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This Mother’s Day Let’s Celebrate Aunts and All Women – oh, and Moms, too

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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  Did you know that Mother's Day was founded by an aunt?  According to SavvyAuntie.com, Anna Jarvis, who never had children of her own, was responsible for creating Mother’s Day. She was close with her mother, who had often told Anna that she hoped someone would one day establish a memorial for all mothers, living and dead. After she died, Anna campaigned for a holiday in honor of all mothers. And hence: Mother's Day. What an amazing story. Every Mother's Day, I look forward to being showered with love by my family, but I always … [Read more...]

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LTYM NYC 2012: All This and So Much More

May 9, 2012 By 10 Comments
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It's been two days since Listen to Your Mother hit the NYC stage.  After weeks and weeks of working on the show's logistics, from finding a non-profit to support... to helping to cast the show to finding rehearsal space... to securing sponsorships... to scouting a location for the cast party, I put my heart and soul into bringing this show to life. I enjoyed every waking minute of it and nourished the experience.  Words can not even express how grateful I was to be a part of it.  I kept thinking that the chance of ever working on a NYC stage … [Read more...]

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Saving Children with Nutrition, Breastfeeding and More

May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Have you ever wondered the best place to be a mom in the entire world? How about the worst? Save the Children’s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report shows Niger as the worst place to be a mother in the world  - replacing Afghanistan for the first time in two years. Norway comes in at first place.  The Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom ranking, which compares 165 countries around the globe, looks at factors such as a mother's health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators such as health and … [Read more...]

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Join Me and The Motherhood to talk THE POWER OF HABIT

May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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      Award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg is joining THE MOTHERHOOD to talk about his critically acclaimed new book The Power of Habit and how understanding habits is the key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, and more. And they've invited me to co-host! Here are the details: When: Tuesday, May 8, from 1-1:30 p.m. ET. Where: On The Motherhood, right here - http://bit.ly/IYMxOf Who: The all-text chat will be hosted by the … [Read more...]

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