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Happy New Year from GlenRockParent.com!

Quick wish for a happy, healthy, productive and fun 2010. We’re expecting big things for GlenRockParent.com in 2010 and we need your help to get there! Look for new content, new authors and lots of interesting reading and conversation in the new year.

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What are you doing New Year’s Eve?

What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
You’re older. You’re not dead. It’s creeping up on New Year’s Eve. In the past you were all over planning, scheming and figuring out just how to ring in the new year with fun, friends and style (ok, not always style). But now, you’re a parent. Your kids are [...]

Part-time parenting Part II: Your employer

In Part-time parenting Part I, we discussed how working parents try and maximize their time with their kids. In this article, we explore the real issue: your employer. Since we all work for a variety of company sizes and cultures, it’s difficult to pitch a one-size-fits-all proposal for this concern. Your employer truly determines how [...]

Part-time parenting

One of the most frustrating things about being a working parent is the amount of time you actually get to spend with your kids during the week. If you’re commuting into New York City daily and your kids are relatively young, you get, on average an hour at most in the morning and about an [...]

Keep your child at home

And so the cold and flu season is upon us. It’s a tough time of year for parents as we attempt to go about our lives – whether we’re employed full-time, part-time or a full-time parent – and attempt to keep our child on their routine. The petri dishes our children dip in and out [...]