Big Apple Circus!
Win Tickets to the Big Apple Circus
Enter to win a family 4-pack to see The Big Apple Circus! Deadline to Enter: April 20. Show is for May 2 at 6:30 pm All prizes are awarded courtesy of North Shore Children & Families, and in partnership with select sponsors. Please – only one entry per family. Several winners will be selected. Your entry gives us permission to publish your name in a future issue. … [Read more...]
Win Tickets to North Shore Music Theatre
Enter to win tickets to ANY MUSICAL at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre Deadline: May 25 All prizes are awarded courtesy of North Shore Children & Families, and in partnership with select sponsors. Please – only one entry per family. Several winners will be selected. Your entry gives us permission to publish your name in a future issue. … [Read more...]
Win Tickets to Boston Ballet!
Enter to win tickets to: Boston Ballet's Cinderella! Deadline: February 23 Performances: March 13 - March 23 All prizes are awarded courtesy of North Shore Children & Families, and in partnership with select sponsors. Please – only one entry per family. Several winners will be selected. Your entry gives us permission to publish your name in a future issue. [custom contact =2] … [Read more...]
Welcome to Our Winter Issue!
Welcome to the Winter (December/January) issue of North Shore Children & Families. To view the articles featured in our November issue, simple scroll down. If you are looking for a pdf of our Winter issue, please go to the home page and click on "Current Issue (pdf)". Thanks for visiting! … [Read more...]
Back to the Future: Why We Need a Bit of Old School Parenting
By Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. The November 2013 issue of North Shore Children & Families contained a call to “Reclaim Parenthood”. In that issue, I argued that there have been many unintended negative consequences from adopting what has been called “child-centered” parenting. In an attempt to foster individuality, autonomy, self-confidence and creative expression, child-centered parenting places the interests of the child above that of the parent. As a result, the present generation … [Read more...]
Are You a Nice Parent or a Mean Parent?
Glinda: “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” Dorothy: “I’m not a witch at all!” Like Glinda, we might ask, “Are you a nice parent or a mean parent?” Like Dorothy, a good parent will reject the question: Parenting is not something that we should think of as something that is either nice or mean. When many of us think of parenting, we often start by making The Big Mistake. The Big Mistake is thinking of parenting as something that occurs along a single dimension or continuum. This … [Read more...]
