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Baking cookies with the kids? Raw eggs in unbaked cookie dough pose a significant risk of salmonella, according to the FDA. (read the story...)
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A Whale of a Renovation
When the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Ocean Life reopens in May after more than a year of renovation, its famous 94-foot blue whale will have gone through a little cosmetic surgery. (read the story...)
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Every Day’s a Miracle for Long Island Mom
Donna Bliss didn’t plan on being a stay-at-home mom running a business from her basement. But sometimes things don’t always go according to plan. Bliss was working at what she calls her “dream job”, in the marketing department at a large computer software company on Long Island. She had just given birth to a healthy baby girl after years of fertility treatments and three miscarriages. Things seemed to be going her way. Then she lost her job. (read the story...)
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COED SLEEPOVERS:The experts weigh in
The next time your teenagers tell you their friends are all sleeping over at someone's house, ask who they mean by "friends”. You may be surprised to learn that both boys and girls are included. Single gender overnights do still take place, but coed sleepovers have become a part of today's teen culture. (read the story...)
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Breastfeeding and the Workplace: NY Laws Rounding the Curve
Four years ago, Laurie Fett, a vice president at the midtown Manhattan office of the cable network, Showtime, was in Ray Gutierrez’s office when the telephone rang. His executive assistant, Elaine Reda, took the call. It was from an employee who had recently returned to work after giving birth, and she wanted permission from Gutierrez, executive vice president of human resources, to use the handicapped bathroom so she could express milk. “Elaine and I said we couldn’t have her pumping on the toilet bowl. The boss said, ‘What do you need?’ Within days we had a room,” says Fett. (read the story...)
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Tonsils: Should you have them out?
I thought that people didn’t get their tonsils out any more? I heard this frequently once we scheduled our son’s tonsillectomy. I told people that it still happens. About 500,000 tonsillectomy procedures are performed each year, “making it a pretty common operation — if not the most common operation that children undergo,” says Joseph Bernstein, M.D., director of pediatric otolaryngology at the New York University School of Medicine. (read the story...)
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Health Hazards on the School BusNew Report Shows Children Exposed to Dangerous Toxins Daily
Last September, around the same time school bells across the nation began to ring in a new academic year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a 10-year health assessment of diesel exhaust. Its findings? Diesel emissions contain toxic gases and minute particles that are easily inhaled deep into the lungs, especially small lungs. Children who ride buses to school are exposed to these toxins daily, placing them at higher risk of lung cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments, the study found. (read the story...)
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Council Committees Vie to Impact Quality of Life Issues for Queens Kids
Editor’s Note: Early this year, the city's term limits legislation resulted in the replacement of 38 out of 51 members of the City Council, including all 14 members of the Queens delegation. The Queens Council delegation, all freshmen, was made the most powerful borough delegation in the city's legislature when new Council Speaker Gifford Miller named all 14 to leadership positions. This article is part of a series examining how Queens Council members plan to use their positions of power to benefit children and families. (read the story...)
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EATING OUT IN THE CITY - New York's Theme Restaurants
As you head into New York City this holiday season to see the tree or catch a show, you may want to add one of the city's theme restaurants to your itinerary. From alien landscapes to old-fashioned diners to sports memorabilia galore, New York has some great theme restaurants that can please just about any youngster. Here are some: (read the story...)
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Surviving the Holiday Merry-Go-Round
Last year, I could barely wait for January 2 to roll around. After two months of frenzied baking, shopping and decorating, it was such a relief to finally be able to relax and catch my breath. I love the holidays, but like most mothers, I sometimes get caught up in my own expectations of how things should be and in the process manage to become exhausted, cranky and exactly the opposite of how I want to be. (read the story...)
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Two bills pending in NYC:Moms need lobbying support
When the Million Mom March was founded in 1999, the national grassroots organization was focused on a Mother�fs Day march the following year. The Washington, D.C., march attracted more than 750,000 people,peaceably demonstrating for stronger gun laws. More than that, it galvanized a movement that continues today, a group that has since merged with the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. (read the story...)
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Alarming bicycle thieves
According to recent statistics, there are over 1.5 million bicycle thefts in the U.S. each year. As high as it is, the number isn't really surprising, given the fact that a bicycle is a pretty easy thing to steal. (read the story...)
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Musical Munchkins
167 Scarsdale Road
Tuckahoe, NY
914-771-7000
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Westchester's original and most trusted music prog...
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Little Sparklers
40 Westchester Ave.
Pound Ridge, NY
914-764-9100
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Little Sparklers will provide the fun, playful and...
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