Supporting and empowering new parents in NYC

By Simon Gornick We asked Meg Akabas, a leading parenting educator and author of 52 Weeks of Parenting Widsom: Effective Strategies for Raising Happy, Responsible Kids, to answer important questions about striving to be a strong and effective parent. Check out Meg's thought-provoking answers: Is parenting harder than we think? Whether one takes on the parenting role with relative ease or with difficulty depends on various influences, including parenting models, resources, sup

By Simon Gornick Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good, but believe it or not there are also a few cast-iron guarantees too. Like this one. The day your first baby comes into the world is the first day of a totally different life. There will be denial and disbelief, but you can’t buck a sure thing. Your life will never be the same. And that’s a promise. In fact, within weeks you’ll start looking back at your old “pre-baby life” and hardly remember it in the

By Simon Gornick It is one of the happiest moments of a new parent’s life, a time of overwhelming love and joy. But for many new parents, the bittersweet truth is that the arrival of a baby can also be a time of great anxiety. Parents may worry about doing the wrong thing, fear what could go awry or doubt their own abilities – temporarily losing confidence in their parenting skills. They can also experience the toughest trials of life during this time. Life in New York City c