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All Around the Big Apple
Cool Playgrounds for Hot Days
NYC Dads Group member Niel Vuolo has started an occasional series reviewing city playgrounds. First, he looks at the Triassic Playground in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a breezy "oasis" perfect for water balloon fights. His second piece looks at the very "modern" Gantry Plaza Spray Park in Long Island City, which as various climbing apparatus, rubber surfaces, and lots of room for imaginative play.
'Rocky' on Broadway Knocks Us Out
Rocky remains one of the seminal films of our times, and a dozen NYC Dads recently had the opportunity to take the night off and see the show ... on The Great White Way. Our Corbin Younger reviews the "Rocky" Broadway musical and tells us why this unlikely adaptation of Sylvester Stallone's 1976 Academy Award winning film wins the title again.
Want That U-Haul in Vanilla or Chocolate?
Many of us can surely relate to NYC Dad of two Ariel Chesler who reminisces about losing his family's close friends and neighbors. But what does one do when the people whose kids grew up with yours decide to move on?
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Mayor honors
NYC Dad
Jason Greene
NYC Dads Group blog contributor Jason Greene recently received acknowledgement from the city's elected officials that involved fathers really do make a difference in the lives of their children and in the community. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honored Jason and others with "NYC Dads Matter" awards at a Gracie Mansion ceremony in June. Jason, who writes about being a stay-at-home father on his blog One Good Dad, was recognized for being a role model for others as part of The Mayor's Fatherhood Initiative. Congrats, Jason!
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Of Diapers and Daddyhood
Did you know that the cradle of American liberty also serves as a diaper changing table? NYC Dads Group member Niel Vuolo does. He recounts how Independence Hall in Philadelphia is among the strangest places he's ever changed a diaper in a hilarious article appearing in WhatToExpect.com.
In a more serious look at parenting, NYC Dads Group member Lorne Jaffe writes about the moment nother great piece of writing by Lorne himself Here, he recounts for What to Expect.com, the story of his first emotions the moment his daughter Sienna was born.
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New Dad Boot Camps connect expectant and new dads with guys who have been there for a frank discussion of fatherhood, and hands-on experience holding, burping, changing, swaddling and comforting babies.
These 3-hour workshops, facilitated by a trained NYC Dads Group member, run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at these locations:
- Saturday, July 20, 2014 - Upper West Side @ City Births - Register here
- Saturday, July 26, 2014 - Upper East Side @ 92nd Street Y - Register here
- Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 - Upper East Side @ 92nd Street Y - Register here
- Saturday, Sept. 28, 2014 - Tribeca @ Pregnancy and Parenting - Register here
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