Philly Parents Archive
10 Family-Friendly Winter Break Activities in Philly
The holiday season is here…and whatever holiday(s) your family celebrates, all of us parents are looking for fun activities to enga
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7 years ago
Seven ways to get real about traveling with kids
There was the time we kept our three children up until 1 a.m. before flying from Philadelphia to Seattle, hoping that they would sleep on
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7 years ago
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Great videos to teach kids about disability
Have you and your family watched ABC’s fabulous new sitcom “Spee
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7 years ago
5 things your child can learn from Trump and Clinton
With this election dominating the media, your child may be asking tough questions. As a parent, the urge to shelter young minds may be ap
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7 years ago
What to say to a parent whose child Is born with a disability
Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award
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7 years ago
My 9-year-old has insomnia; here’s what I learned
Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily
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7 years ago
Confronting the conflicts of cleaning out the garage
This month we cleaned out our garage—a gargantuan chore that involved the whole family and threatened to send a rift through
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7 years ago
The end of my suburban honeymoon
After a year and a half in the suburbs, I still struggle with the persistent feeling that I don’t belong here.
A year and a
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7 years ago
The daily grind: What to make for dinner
My oldest daughter, the only one of our three children with a sophisticated palate, rarely gets to sample the diversity of dishes she was
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7 years ago
Instead of grieving, mom ‘evolves’ with autistic son
The word grief bothers me. It doesn’t match up with the process that I went through in making peace with the challenges in my paren
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7 years ago
My mood was almost festive – we would have no childcare responsibilities for the next three days and be alone together for the firs
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7 years ago
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Summer survival: Stop the kids from fighting over nothing
It’s summer and you should be enjoying it. What could be your summer lifesaver? Teaching your family to under-react.
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7 years ago
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It’s been a good but long school year – why not give kids the summer break they need?
My two pre-teen daughters have j
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7 years ago
8 ways to stop scorekeeping in your relationship
None of us want to admit to being a scorekeeper in our relationships. Behaving that way would mean that we are petty, small-minded, immat
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7 years ago