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Parenting in a Pandemic: As Easy as ABC

This essay was contributed by Rachel Perks, PhD, mom of one and author of The Little A-Z: A Companion for First-Time Mothers and Their Partners  “You Got This” “We are in this together.” “Stay the course.” These days it is easy to mistake ourselves for extras in a...

My Chicago Public Library Parenting Hack

Living in the city where space is at a premium, I’m always looking for ways to streamline & simplify our way of life. Today I’m sharing a system/hack that I’m embarrassed to say I only just recently discovered, after 12 years of living in...

Your Home Office: 5 Tips for Making It Work for Your Whole Family!

These days, it’s more common than ever to have a child learning from home or a parent working from home. So home offices—once used only at homework time or on weekends—or front and center. That’s why we asked the experts at Horderly to share their simple 5-step...

$5 Kids’ Days at Pinstripes

Pinstripes has begun a new promotion for their Kids Club Program. Monday through Thursdays, up to 4 Kids are able to enjoy $5 Kids Meals and/or $5 hour of Bowling or Bocce including shoes with each adult meal purchase. Pinstripes has lots of activities coming up for...

The Children’s Books You Need in Your Library This Fall!

One of my absolute FAVORITE parts about being a parent is getting to explore the beautiful children’s book sections in some of my favorite book stores, especially the seasonal displays! I love to rotate the books in our home and bring festive books to the...

Road Trippin! Spend a little Summer OUT of the City!

Remember when the stay at home order was issued in March and we said things like “Enjoy & cherish this time with your kids!”?  Unless you have the patients of a saint, that positivity expired for many parents around May- It definitely did for us!  By June I was...

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