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“Tell This To Babies About the Sun If You Ever See Them:”
Parents Escape To Museum As Kiddo Hangs With Grandparents
Kid Curates a Night Of Games, Soup, and Fun
Ladies Enjoy High Tea At Bergdorf
Kid Awakens Parents Loudly As Sun Rises On Christmas
Critic: “It Tastes So Good Your Brain Will POP OUT!”
Child Says Sorry, Demands Compensatory Apologies
“If You’re Bad, Santa Will Put Krill In Your Stocking”
Child Cursed With Supernatural Hearing
“I Know Why the Arctic Is Cold!! I’m Coming To Tell You Soon!”
Child Rumored To Be Soliciting Gifts From Random Kids At School
“Who Invented That the Weekend Is Only 2 Days?”
“Snuggle Battery” Ruse Proves To Be Effective!
In Attempt To Curb Nighttime Wake-Ups, Mommy Recharges Child’s Snuggle Battery
“I Think Men Need To Hear ‘Bingo!’ From Time To Time”
Birthday Spectacle At the Neighborhood Play Space
“Daddy’s Making Up Random Feelings, Mommy!”
Child Subjected To a Tragic Lack Of Entertainment
Daddy Returns From the Printing Plant With Videos of Actual Robots
Daddy Regrettably Loses To Vegetarians
Entire House Smells Like Chili
“Knock It Off. That’s What Mommy Tells Me To Do”
Mommy Returns From Vegas With Awesome Dress
Child Makes Long Journey Home Alone In Back Seat
“I Need Some Space From Your Face”
Child Bamboozled By Thanksgiving Feast
“I Couldn’t Keep My Feet Still For Long and I Didn’t Have Much Oxygen”
Kid Makes Beautiful Art For Funeral Guests
“Pictures Don’t Have To Be Realistic”
Girl Crew Schemes To “Hatch a Plan”
“Keep the Kitchen Light On and the Living Room Dim but Not Purple”
Where Did All the Ice Cream Sandwiches Go?
Feats Of Strength At the Breakfast Table
Kid Takes Knuffle Bunny On Whirlwind Tour Of Life
“This Is Not the Dad I Expected You To Be”
Daddy Gets Inked By Local Tattoo Artist
Kid Announces Visit From Knuffle Bunny
Kid Cheers For At Least Seven Runners
Child Reënacts Her Parents’ Meet-Cute
“You Sure There’s No Bedbugs In New York?”
BREAKING: There May Be Another Kina In 2nd Grade
Child Eats 14 Lollipops On Vast Trick Or Treat Tour
Kid Busts Out Another Princess Dress
“Nobody Knows I’m a Scientist,” Whispers Child In Bathtub
Child Knows Where Daddy’s Heart Is
“Tell Siri ‘My Daughter Said To Remind Her [Mommy] To Pace Herself’”
Child Found Smuggling “Makeup” To School In Purse
Met Visitor Insists On Seeing the Mummies
“You Know What? You Should Shave”
“Hey I’m One Of Those Guys In Paris”
“You Can Use Me As a Stuffie—I Don’t Mind”
“We Are a Really Competitive Family”
“Would All Of You Like To Feel Your Pumpkins?”
Child Shocked ago Find Mommy Emerging From Bedroom
BACK TO SCHOOL! First time we’re early LALA!
Little Entrepreneur sells homemade Balloons
Child gets first blessing at the Columbus DAY BLESSING OF THE CHILDREN
“I Just Wanna Pull My Feet Off!”
Mommy’s and Kina’s Socks Grow Nearly Indistinguishable
Mommy Thinks She’s the Boss, But the Earth Is the Boss
Lifelong New Yorker Visits the Panorama
Elderly Couple Have a Little Play Date
Pizza At Twilight, Piñata In the Darkness
“What Did the Witch Say When She Sneezed?”
Kid Pays a Visit To Her Favorite Allergist
“Mommy, If I Already Passed It, That Means I Don’t Like It”
Kid Repurposes Balloon As Belt
PTA-Sponsored Penny Drive Tears School Apart
Local Queen Wears White Gloves To Pasta Dinner
“I Like Scary Things But Then I Am Scared Of Them”
“After You Sleep, Your Brain Restarts, and You Can’t Remember What You Ate For Lunch Yesterday”
Kid’s Evening School Reports Lack Customary Detail
Kina Holds Court In Park For Back-to-School Meetup
Student Awards First Prize to New Teachers
Kid Sits On the Toe of the Statue of Liberty
Kid Careens Through Visit to Central Park
“Sheesh! Tell Me How You Really Feel!”
Kid Coasts Through a Late Summer Sunday
Kina Meets Jersey Julian At His Eponymous Shore
Child Asks If Mommy Hand-Picked a Daughter
Kid Snacks On Couch As Mommy Talks About Supply Chain
Big Bouncy Caterpillar Spotted On 34th Street
Kid Detects Parents Hugging Thru Closed Door!!!
A Day Almost Too Busy For News
Kid Magically Learns To Swim On Her Very Own
“Take Your Mind Off Thinking. How About Trying a Bow and Arrow?”
Child Crosses Two Rivers to Visit Splash Pad With Hannah
Kid Pays a Visit To “Juergen’s Evening Salon”
Breaking: Kid Receives Class Assignment
Mommy and Kina Look Out Over Ocean From Lifeguard Chair
On Last Day at Beach House, Child Parties On Porch
Kid Has Best Day Of Her Entire Life
Small Farm Worker Harvests Summer Blueberries
Cousin Otis Promoted To Kid Brother Otis
Star Student Gets Donut + Bubble Party
Kina and Nicky Goof Around On Facetime
Daddy Pays a Visit To “the Butt Doctor”
Weather Just Nice Enough to Spend Whole Day Outside
Kid Gets Kinda Stoned As First Tooth Filled
Chuckie Avocado Has Just One Job
Well-Dressed Child Unfazed By Heat Wave
“I’m Trying To Make My Brain Scary”
“When You Go to a State, It’s Like You’re Moving But You’re Just Visiting”
Child Suddenly Enjoys Science Museum
Kid Chums It Up With Bali, a Bigger Kid
Visiting Mountaineer Conquers Local Peaks
“Redwoods Are Christmas Trees for Giants”
Her Majesty’s Loyal Butler Attends to Her Royal Emotions
Parents Return From Languid Coastal Retreat
EBB + FLOW—Kina and Lala go to Mama Ocean
Child Choreographs “Life of a Butterfly”
Child Finds Boring July 4th Parade Boring
Trampoline at the Alameda Guest House
Child Makes Her Way to Gate 11
“The Floor Is Lava In Ten, Nine, Eight…”
Local Ballet Troupe Presents 90-Second Recital
Parents Experience Massive Summer Vacation Envy
Final Day of School Passes Without Fanfare
“My Brain’s Not Crazy Anymore”
Kindergarten Grads Reunite at the Turtles
“Ms Chelsea Is Like My School Mom”
Kid Finds Laryngitic Dad “More Boring Than Usual”
Scooter, Shoulders, Subway, and Feets
Kina + Futura Visit Morgan Library
Daddy Watches Helplessly As Father’s Day Unfolds Around Him
“You’re Just Interrupting Your Own Kid Artist”
Small Tattoo Artists Invade Local Block Party
“I Will Not Interrupt You If You Stop Talking”
Kid Receives Surprise Mommy Shipment, Unloads Snuggles
Kid Lands Rigatoni Deal, Then Attempts to Renegotiate
“Why Is It All School, Camp, School, Camp This Week?”
Child and Daddy Sit By the Bank of East River and Watch Waves Break Against the Rocks
“What’s Wrong In the Grand Scheme of Things?”
Local Child Nominated For Playtime Monitor
Child Passes Out In Bed After Long Drive Home
Child Completes 100-Piece Puzzle In One Go
“That Playground Was As Exciting As I Expected It To Be”
Artist Featured In Local Group Show
Feverish Kid Falls Asleep While Reading Highlights
Boys Are Trouble on the Playground
Tiny Dancer Stumbles Upon East Village Dance Parade
Kid Performs Daring Pre-Dawn Snack Raid!
Mysterious Clinginess Creates Dangerous Feedback Loop With Beleaguered Mommy
Kid Repeats Everything Daddy Says
“You’re Still a Weirdo But You Did a Good Job Today”
“Things Should Only Be Named If They Are Real”
“You Know What I’m Gonna Ask, Right?”
Child Asks That Pregnancy Question
Cousins Celebrate First Mutual Mother’s Day
Local Mommy Sponsors Group of Amazing Women, Including One Small Amazing Woman Just Like Her
“What Is the Music Inside Your Brain?”
“My Favorite Part of Day Is the Morning”
“Wow, Daddy Knows a Lot About Marriage”
As Birthday Party Unfolds, Parents Abscond For Beer
Local Student Wraps Up Epic Week of Snacks
“I Have Been Training You For Many Years”
Weather Report: “Still?! This Is Drivin’ Me Crazy!”
“Mommy, Promise Me When You Go To Space You DO NOT Get Out Of the Rocket Ship!”
Kid Draws a Comforting Note For Mommy
Extended Family Visits Governor’s Island
Child and Her Lala Explore the Neighborhood In Excruciating Detail
“Imagine You Were Mommy and You Never Got To Read Any Books”
“How Are We Born Knowing Things?”
Wackiness Levels Reach All-Time High
Child Greets Neighborhood From Lala’s Tiny Balcony
Celebrity Chef Assists Mommy In Preparation Of Breakfast Strata
Kid’s Arms See Sunlight For First Time In Four Month
“Don’t Forget Our Morning Ritual!”
“I Don’t Tell Daddy What To Do”
“You Guys Are the Weirdest Parents I’ve Ever Had”
“I Don’t Know What I’m Thinking but I Can Still Talk”
“Ms. Chelsea Said Something Special Happened Last Night”
Kid’s FaceTime Joke Makes Conference Stage
Kid Recites Litany of Knock Knock Jokes to Daddy on Facetime While Taking a Bath
Kid Imagines Toenail Never Getting Cut, Growing So Big It Breaks Her Window
“Oh, Nothing, Nothing—Too Boring For Adults To Know”
Daddy Does Embarrassing Dance At School Drop-Off
“I Know All the People’s Choices! Easier For Me!”
“Would You Rather Hit the Bricks, Hit the Wall, or Get Movin?”
“The Whole Point of Kindergarten Is Learning To Listen”
Math Teacher Challenges Family With Word Problem
“Why Do We Have To Do Anything We Want and Run Around Our Whole Lives?”
“I’m Drawing What’s In the Blackness Of My Eyes”
Kid Distracted From Important Memory By Sound Of Mommy Drinking
“The Soup Is For God,” Claim Recess Soup Friends
Child’s Wedding Dream Finally Comes True
Child Writes Love Notes To Birds
Child Makes Family Stand Amid Field Of “Powerful Gems”
All Children Suddenly Fascinated By Leprechauns
Rowdy Class Benched In Physical Education
Kid Goes To Nurse With Lunch-Involved Tummyache
“You Have Been In This House For Many Years”
Child's Sense of Absence and Time Grows More Nuanced
Kid Requests Permission To Leave Apartment Alone
There Are Many Kinds Of Friends
Our Investigations Uncover Underground Lipstick Club
Friends Eat Contraband Sweets In Dark Corners Of Playground
“No Shoes In House” Rule Bent For Kina’s Sparkly Shoes
“Stop Telling Me To Do What I Want To Do When I’m Doing It”
Mommy, Daughter Take a Little Tour Of the City
Kid, Daddy Have Little Talk About Emotions
Kid Admits That Some Dreams Are “Made Up”
Child Allegedly Running Illicit Art Club At School
Kid Has First-Class Ticket On the Bedtime Blimp
“Let’s Just Drive Around and Look At the View”
No, Kid Does Not Have To Go Potty
Am I Supposed To Teach This Child About War Now?
Big Girl Attends To Needs Of Small Visiting Friends
Child Defends Baby Otis From Ridicule
Mommy Enjoys First Spa Night In Two Years
Kid Offers Wisdom To Pre-K Kid Seen Crying On Way To School
“I Already Know What I Want and You Don’t Have To Tell Me!”
Child Wants To Live With Parents Forever
“Our Night Is Your Day + Our Day Is Your Night”
“Christina Can Brush My Teeth”
“We’re Practicing Our Victory—Why Don’t We Just Enjoy It?”
“It’s Wintertime and It’s Hot So… That Makes Sense To Me!”
Child Develops Excellent Sense of Color Blocking
Kid Kicks Off 3rd Straight Month With Random Single-Day Covid Panic
Child Cannot Remember Life Before Pandemic
Kid Issues Desperate Plea For Lunchbox
“Who Has a Destiny? I Don’t Have a Destiny!”
Sled Adventure Periodically Interrupted By Weeping
Parents Negotiate Trip Into Tundra With Snow-Hesitant Child
Snowstorm Strikes Area Outside Bedroom Window
Morning Toothbrush Ritual Like Pulling Teeth, But For Cleaning Teeth
Child Lists All the Ways In Which Daddy Is Not Elsa
Students Find Gainful Employment In Classroom
“When Did Space Come Alive? When Did the Earth Come Alive?”
Student Shares Her “Community Board”
“Hey What Smells Interesting In Here?”
“Wait—It Just Goes In a Circle?”
Cinemaphile Cozies Up To a Movie At the Drive-In
Pajamas At School, Uniform At Night
Kid Wonders What the Point Of the Word Game Is
Pajama-Wearing Student Bends School Uniform Rules
Kid, Mommy Make Angels On First Snowy Day Of Year
Professional Swabber More Skilled Than Daddy
Bedtime Story Told Entirely In Cat Language
“Good Luck! Have Fun At the Olympics!”
Kid Disappointed That Vast Light Show In Botanical Garden Is Not a Planetarium