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Fresh Food for the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, FreshDirect, specializing in high quality foods at reasonable prices delivered right to your door, has introduced gift cards! These make great gifts for just about anyone living in the New York metropolitan and New Jersey area. (read the story...)
Holiday Gift Giving Guide: The Hottest 20 Toys of the Season
Jonathan Samet and Laurie Schacht, co-publishers of "The Toy Insider," give parents the rundown on the most sought-after toys this season, broken down into age categories. (read the story...)
Take Home the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has created the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Pop-up Book, a memorable pop-up book about the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with six detailed scenes of the show. (read the story...)
Holiday Gift Giving Guide: Toys for Boys
To help you sort through the dizzying array of toys in the stores this season, take a look at a few of our favorites for that special boy in your life. (read the story...)
Holiday Gift Giving Guide: Dolls Galore
Check out our guide to 2009's hottest dolls to find the perfect companion for your little girl. (read the story...)
Getting the Best Shot
As a parent, you are always taking pictures of your children. Find out the best tips for great photos of your family. Don't miss the perfect shot of your children's activities, or the family gathering at birthdays, Christmas, Hanukah, or any other holiday or celebration. (read the story...)
Say Cheese!
There are great family photographs to be captured in holiday celebrations, pictures you’ll look back on for decades to come. Following these few simple tips can make your pictures even better. (read the story...)
Alternatives to Overindulging Your Child
With all the economic turmoil, your family and other families may be forced to cut your holiday spending. But this should be thought of as a time to teach not only your children but also your entire family to be grateful for what they have and what the holidays are really about. Which ever holiday you celebrate, be it Christmas or Hanukah, your children will get so much more from volunteering at a holiday center then a material object. (read the story...)
Moments of Meaning During the Holiday Rush
I admit it. I love the holiday season, which seems to be getting longer each year. I love it all! But what I don’t like is that all the material aspects of ‘the season’ are making it more difficult for me — and you — to instill in our children a deeper, more spiritual feeling connected to whichever holiday we observe (read the story...)
Holiday Concerns for Special Needs
For most families, the holidays represent a time to be with relatives, children, parents and family and celebrate. For a special needs family the holidays can create overwhelming stress. (read the story...)
Tecmo Reaches Out To Philantropic Communities With Family Fun Football
In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, video game developer and publisher TECMO® has been working with several local and national philanthropic organizations to bring Family Fun Football, a casual, “pick up and play” style football game exclusively for Wii™, to kids and families who are sick or in need. (read the story...)
Stepmoms: Common Myths About Raising a Stepchild
Books for stepmothers tend to perpetuate certain myths. The myth of the blended family and the myth of the maternal stepmother are the most glaring examples. These books' relentlessly upbeat tone can make stepmothers feel as though our own occasional negativity and impatience regarding his kids are freakish. (read the story...)
New Places, New Programs for Kids in Rockland County - November 2009
Check out these new businesses catering to kids and families in Rockland County. (read the story...)
MomBiz: Manhattan's Katie Danziger: The Accidental Entrepreneur
Manhattan resident Katie Danziger never imagined she would develop a new problem-solving product for parents, but her idea soon turned into an award-winning way to take the guesswork out of cleanup. (read the story...)
DVD Review: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Released October 27, the second film in the Tinker Bell series welcomes viewers back to Pixie Hollow – a world where tadpoles blow the best bubbles, fireflies are a girl’s best friends, and fairies bring the change of seasons to the world. (read the story...)
Beyonce Joins the Wubb Girlz - New on DVD for Kids
Read about Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'s newest full-length DVD adventure, featuring the voice of Beyonce Knowles as lead singer of the Wubb Girlz! (read the story...)
MomBiz Long Island: Kathy Cruthers and the FlipFlopOgram
Read about Long Island mom Kathy Cruthers and how she began a revolution in gift giving - the FlipFlopOgram. (read the story...)
Fresh Direct Partners With Robin Hood Foundation To Help Fight Poverty
For the 2009 holiday season, Robin Hood, the non-profit organization committed to fighting poverty in New York City and FreshDirect, one of the nation’s leading online gourmet food providers and grocery delivery services, are coming together to help feed 120,000 New Yorkers in need. (read the story...)
Not Just Obama's Breed: Ted Kennedy's Dog Splash on Life in Washington
Long before the popularity of First Dog Bo Obama, the senator, a proclaimed aficionado of Portuguese Water Dogs, penned his own children's book, My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington D.C. (read the story...)
New and Noteworthy Products for Kids and Parents - October 2009
Check out these innovative products for kids and parents that have just emerged on the scene. (read the story...)
The New State of Math: The Influence of Technology on Children's Education
It was New Math in the 1960s, and New New Math in 1989. Rote math is no longer being taught and fundamentals have given way to new thinking strategies. Gone are the days when 8 + 7=15. Now 8 + 5 = about 15. (read the story...)
New Places, New Programs for Kids in Nassau County, Long Island - October 2009
Stay up to date on the new businesses and programs for kids opening up in Nassau County, Long Island this fall. (read the story...)
How to Not Raise Material Girls (and Boys)
Sometimes these are other people’s children; sometimes, God forbid, they are our own. (read the story...)
MomBiz: Manhattan's Lynn Jawitz, Owner of Florisan LLC
Read about how Manhattan's Lynn Jawitz, mother of two, started Florisan, a full service wedding and event planning company where she designs it her way. (read the story...)
New Places, New Programs in Queens - October 2009
Stay up to date on the new places and programs for kids and families opening up in Queens this October. (read the story...)

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