One of the most adorable responses, aside from all the “ummm”s and pauses, was, “I have smaller toes than Artie.” Read More
New York’s First Homeless Girl Scout Troop Is Making News
At first glance, the girls who make up Girl Scout Troop 6000 may seem just like your ordinary group of Scouts. They wear their vests, earn badges, and recite their pledge. They laugh, hug, and support one another.
The troop is also New York City’s first all-homeless group of girls, all living in the Sleep Inn in Queens, NY. Read More
Bold, Bald, and Beautiful: This Seven-Year-Old With Alopecia Rocks Crazy Hair Day!
After seven-year-old Gianessa Wride was diagnosed with alopecia in January, all of her hair fell out. This led her and her mother on a quest to make her school’s Crazy Hair Day the most fabulous yet. Read More
Julia, Sesame Street’s First Muppet With Autism, to Make Her Debut
Families have turned to Sesame Street for generations in order to start conversations and teach important life lessons. With an estimated 1 in 68 American children having autism, there is no better time than now to show the public what it’s like to interact with these special people among us. Read More
In Defense of the ‘Fit Mom’
I realize now that the bulk of negativity we harbor comes from insecurity. We judge others because we are judging ourselves. When I first saw Maria Kang’s smiling face come across my computer screen, and in turn found myself inwardly shooting her down, I know I was communicating more about myself than I was about her. Read More
Entering Into the Gray: Turning Children into Compassionate Adults
Sometimes I think we live our lives as though we believe that this is a world just for adults. I’m coming to hold that, hand in hand with observant and intentional parents, children are capable of being ushered lovingly, and carefully, into the world and walking some of these tough roads with us, even at such a young age. Read More
I Have to Tell You: You’re a Good Mom
What I’m getting at is this: There is no guidebook on what it takes to be a good mother. We all have our failures and flaws along with our own unique ability to actively love our children. There are pressures from all sides to do x, y, and z in order to excel at mothering and raise perfect children… but it’s disingenuous to assume that it’s one-size-fits-all. Read More
5 Ways to Teach Your Family Gratitude This Holiday Season
Although we at Mom’s Choice are intentional proponents of exercising an attitude of thankfulness every day of the year, having a physical holiday to focus on, especially for younger children, can help us zero in on the central theme of the Thanksgiving holiday. Because children learn best by doing, we’ve compiled a list of 5 ways that you can help teach your children to flex their gratitude muscles this holiday season. Read More
College Students Dress Up as Disney Princesses to Bring Joy to Hospitalized Children
These two remarkable young women are college students in the Bronx, New York, as well as founders of the organization A Moment of Magic, which sends volunteers dressed as Disney Princesses to visit children with serious illnesses in area hospitals. They hug, sing, face paint, take walks, and more, making the goal simply to spread joy and spend time together; all without ever setting time constraints or cutting their visits short. Read More
The Myth of the Happy Modern Mom
If we continue to tell ourselves, and each other, that it’s normal and expected to not enjoy these child-rearing years, we’re perpetuating a mentality that lends itself to missing out on literal decades of our lives. And our children’s lives. Poof. They’re gone; they’ve disappeared into an abyss while we resigned ourselves to being miserable. And do you know what the sad thing is about time? It’s impossible to get it back. Read More