Alternative Uses for Halloween Candy
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Is it fair to have The Halloween Talk with your toddler telling them that the Milky Way is only a spiral-shaped galaxy and Hershey is just a city in Pennsylvania? If your child's...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Holiday Card Addenda
by Jocelyn Jane Cox This season, we hope that you, like us, experience an appropriate amount of guilt about sending out holiday cards. The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by the Blue Rock School....
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Best Places to Hide Gifts
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Good job getting those gifts for your kids ahead of time... but where are you going to hide them? The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by the Blue Rock School. The post...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Lazy Leaf Crafts
by Jocelyn Jane Cox In case your kids just won't...leaf you alone, here are some easy foliage-inspired crafts. The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by the Blue Rock School. The post Chronicles of...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Selling Baby Items
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Planning to become a millionaire by selling off all those baby items? Think again. The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by the Blue Rock School. The post Chronicles of...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Trick-or-Treating Right
by Jocelyn Jane Cox It’s not that we don’t want to spend two hours trick-or-treating with our offspring, it’s just that there’s so much other stuff to get done. The Chronicles of Parenting are...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Eat Your Vegetables
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Yes, the chances are slim to none that your kids will choke even one serving of vegetables per day, but we all still have to try. The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by the...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Ice Cream Advice
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Like so many aspects of parenting, the key with ice cream and kids is to not only be prepared, but to always always expect the worst. The Chronicles of Parenting are sponsored by...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: What We Can Learn from Deer
by Jocelyn Jane Cox What if everything we needed to know about parenting - instilling patience, courage, and independence in our young - could be learned from deer? The Chronicles of Parenting are...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Mixed Messages of Summer
by Jocelyn Jane Cox School is almost out: soon, the days, the weeks, and the months will stretch out before us, filled with all kinds of unbridled fun. Well, except for those parts that aren’t so fun....
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Letter to the Creators of Kids’ Movies
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Here are some suggestions for the creators of kids' movies, i.e. less screaming and more math. Surely these will be taken into consideration. The Chronicles of Parenting are...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: New Bubble Warnings
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Sure, bubbles are a lot of fun, but they're also guaranteed to spill everywhere. This is why we have come up with some new warnings. If you feel strongly about the bubbles not...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Which is Worse?
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Time to play a little parenting game called "Which is Worse?" The Chronicles of Parenting Is sponsored by Summer Play Camp at Blue Rock School. The post Chronicles of Parenting:...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: The Santa Question
by Jocelyn Jane Cox When your children ask the tough questions about Santa, it’s important to neither deny nor confirm. By answering their questions with a lot of your own questions, your children will...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Use Your Words
by Jocelyn Jane Cox We encourage our kids: "Use your words." Maybe we should take our own advice. The post Chronicles of Parenting: Use Your Words appeared first on Nyack News and Views.
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Why Toddlers Are Like Turkeys
by Jocelyn Jane Cox You know that Thanksgiving is right around the corner because 2016 holiday season advertising is beginning to fill the stores and the airwaves. With only ATE days until "I 8 Too...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Crafting Manifesto
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Of course we all want our children to express themselves creatively through crafting, but there are downsides. In case you also have misgivings in this area, here is a Crafting...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Helpful Halloween Lies
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Halloween can bring up a lot of questions from little kids, questions you may not be ready to answer quite yet. Of course you’re going to come clean on all this stuff, eventually,...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: You Might Think This is Funny But it’s Snot
by Jocelyn Jane Cox If blowing your nose or even wiping it quickly with a tissue takes entirely too much time away from playing, here are some other ways to address – or, not address – the nasal...
View ArticleChronicles of Parenting: Having Kids Can be So Embarrassing
by Jocelyn Jane Cox Being a parent can be really embarrassing. I’m not saying that our kids are embarrassing or that we should be embarrassed by them – not at all, I’m talking about the humiliating...
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