Philly Parents Archive

Have you made plans for your family for the upcoming President’s Day weekend?

The US Constitution Center joins a group of Philadelphia museums that offer programs for people with sensory sensitivities

Walking through the streets of Old San Juan Puerto Rico on a balmy December evening my 30-year old nephew handed my 6-year old daughter a ten dollar bill and said:

How will you and your kids recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. day this year? If you are not working on Monday, there are lots of ...

All the airbags deployed. Every single one of them.

December is a month of giving…but many of us parents struggle with the consumerist expectations that surround the holiday season.

I’m the last guy you would ever expect to see behind the wheel of a heavy duty pickup truck.

It’s been two and half weeks since 11 people were killed and 7 more were injured while they were praying during Shabbat morning services at a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill

Do you like to be scared? I don’t!

When I was five years old, my pet guinea pig died.

Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods—and depending on where you and your family live, whether within the city limits or in the Philly suburbs, there may be lots of neighbor

My family loves to travel. On a brisk late spring night in Atlantic City, just an hour away from our Philly home, my adventurous f ...

Anyone who’s ever heard me stumble through trying to explain the identifiable traits of a mammal, watched me do 5th grade math, or list ...

That time of summer is here…when the stores are filled with school supplies, bus schedules and teacher assignments are announced and ki ...

There’s something opulent about easing your way into a summer vacation day.