"Ohhhh, turn up! It’s Graduation Week!" That was my message to my 4-year-old who was about to finish pre-kindergarten and to my 10-year-old who was graduating 5th grade. Yup, two in the same week! Graduation will make any dad proud and, since my dad never made it to any of my graduations, it means even more to me. My dad never made it because he had to work. How many other dads are in that same situation? I get some people can’t make it, but if you have the opportunity to make up for a lost day of wages and still choose work or other things over an hour or two of showing love. That’s no … [Read more...]
Vivvi Preschool to Offer Working Parents Robust Community, Convenience
Disclosure: NYC Dads Group received compensation from Vivvi for this post. Just as important as finding the right NYC preschool environment for your child is finding one right for you -- the child’s parent. A safe, nurturing and robust in-class learning and social experience is vital to a young child, but working parents also must weigh other factors. Location and price, obviously, are important. So is whether an early learning center provides coverage for the hectic, sometimes erratic work schedules of today’s moms and dads. Your interaction with other parents and involvement in your … [Read more...]
School Zone Speed Camera Program in NYC Set to Expand
The school zone speed camera program in NYC, once on the brink of extinction, will soon dramatically expand to cover every elementary and most middle and highs schools in the city. A new bill passed by New York State legislators last week will add more than 600 new school zone speed cameras to 140 already in place. The cameras must be turned on between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays, a much broader time frame than the previous requirement of being operational only during school hours. The bill defines a school zone as a radius about a quarter mile from a school building, entrance or … [Read more...]
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