Denise Schipani / 3 Comments / Uncategorized /
I was just talking over the weekend to an acquaintance, a childhood friend of one of my cousin’s, who’s started her own in-home childcare business. After years as a pediatric nurse, she shifted gears, and good for her! As we talked, I fell into a host of sweet memories of Kozy Korner and Harbor Kids, […]
Denise Schipani / 2 Comments / Uncategorized /
I thought Black Friday (a day during which I resolutely remain home with wallet firmly shut; crowds scare me and the dangling of so-called bargains in front of my face does the opposite of enticing me) might be an opportune time to share this little piece I wrote for DailyWorth.com, an excellent website about finances […]
Denise Schipani / 4 Comments / Uncategorized /
Ironic, ain’t it, that the very thing that spurred me to think about writing a book — this blog — has been languishing with fewer updates lately thanks to… the book. But the home stretch is stretching out. The book has been written, and edited, and re-edited, and designed, and has a publication date — […]
Denise Schipani / 5 Comments / Uncategorized / 9/11, Bryant Park, explaining 9/11 to children, Fashion Week, Liz Lange Maternity, September 11 anniversary /
A couple of weeks ago, I took my boys to a local park in our town — it’s a big park, with a handsome art museum on the grounds, a couple of nice playgrounds, tennis courts, duck ponds (populated by geese mostly — which means much of our time spent there is punctuated by me […]
Denise Schipani / 4 Comments / Uncategorized /
Since the Casey Anthony “not guilty” verdict came in from Central Florida yesterday afternoon, my Facebook wall and Twitter feed have been clogged with “no way!” and “disgraceful!” and “No justice for Caylee!”, to the point where I want to go back in time to an era when social media didn’t dominate. I also […]
Denise Schipani / 3 Comments / Uncategorized /
For some reason I’m feeling more squishy-sentimental than usual (I have this crazy dual-personality thing, which I claim to have inherited from my mom — hard-shell mean-mom exterior surrounding a gooey, nougat-y, cries-at-sappy-ads center.) So I figured it was time, it being just days shy of Thanksgiving, to make a little list. Thanksgiving is one […]
Denise Schipani / 9 Comments / bullying, family life, modern families, other parents, TV Moms (and Dads), Uncategorized / ABC TV, Bill Bixby, Bill Cosby, Eden Sher, Frankie Heck, mean girls, Mike Heck, Neil Flynn, Patricia Heaton, Sue Heck, The Middle /
So, I was going to write about homework this week, but that will have to wait, because an extraordinary thing happened last night, sometime between 8:00pm and 8:30pm, while I was watching the ABC-TV sitcom, “The Middle.” I say extraordinary because this involved a TV dad, who was not Bill Cosby or Bill Bixby (is […]
Denise Schipani / 5 Comments / guest posts, kids and food, The Experts Aren't Always Right, Uncategorized / AAP.org, choking hazards, Debbie Koenig, Stats.org, Words to Eat By /
Two things this week: One, I’m starting a new occasional series, this one called “The Experts Aren’t Always Right.” And two, I’m going to treat you to a guest post as Part One of the series, by my colleague and fellow blogger, Debbie Koenig, who writes the (seriously) delicious blog, Words to Eat By. The […]
Denise Schipani / 7 Comments / discipline, family life, parenting, parenting research, Uncategorized / Brian Lehrer, Jennifer Senior, New York magazine, parenting and happiness, WNYC.org /
Okay, here we go again, with another flurry of conversation swirling around the topic of parents, children, and happiness. Specifically: Does becoming a parent increase or decrease happiness? Do kids make you happy? Are parents happier than non-parents? And my personal favorite: Why do we all work so hard at this parenting stuff without it […]
Denise Schipani / 3 Comments / family life, humor, parenting, school, summer, Uncategorized / kids and personality, Kindergarten, YMCA summer camp /
My second son, James, is bewildering and bedeviling in shifting measures, like all offspring, but I have been feeling for a while lately that, while he’s as capable as his big brother of winning or crushing my heart, I understand him better. To put it in actorly terms, I have flashes of brilliance and insight, […]