Welcome to Parents’ Place
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One in four people in Westchester County is under the age of 18. In Rockland, the percentage is even higher, 28 percent. In Putnam, it’s 27 percent. For the adults in the homes where these children live, being a parent is a defining part of life that can’t help but affect every decision, experience and facet of existence.
Just as we explore news that affects our readers through the lens of religion, the environment and transportation, we hope this blog will be an opportunity to tap into the experience of being a parent.
Parenting starts before that second pink line shows up on the pregnancy test and rarely ends when a college grad throws the cap in the air.
I’ve been a mother for a little more than a year, and I am still amazed on a daily basis by how my life has been transformed.
When you learn you’re going to have a baby, you know things will be different, but just how different becomes apparent in increments.
I remember the weekend after we learned about Pumpkin, I was standing outside Kohl’s in Mount Kisco, looked over and saw The Little Gym, and I said to my husband, with dawning realization, and, I have to admit, glee, “Do you realize that we’ve entered a whole new world of consumerdom?”
I mean, there was a whole aisle in the grocery story we never even stepped foot in.
Maybe because my daughter was born three months early and I don’t take anything for granted, or maybe because I’m too analytical for my own good, but this experience of becoming a mom has reshaped my take on almost everything, including what’s news.
I’m hoping this blog will be a way to connect with other parents in the Lower Hudson Valley who are trying to cope with the overwhelming — and sometimes contradictory — fountain of information on parenting that’s out there.
I also hope we can share our tips for decisions as serious as choosing a godparent and figuring out how to pay for college to as whimsical as whether a T-shirt with rhinestones is outrageous for a 1-year-old.
I’m also hoping Parents’ Place will be a resource for parents in the Lower Hudson Valley, with everything from best places to get a coffee with a twin stroller to library story hours to playgrounds with toddler-size equipment to stores that cater to tweens to best neighborhoods to teach your teen to drive.
Thanks for your time. I can’t wait to talk to you all.
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on Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 6:00 am by Julie Moran Alterio.
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I know you’re reaching out to your Hudson Valley readers and have just stopped by to wish you both the best of luck with your venture.
Ann