Parenting

City Life

Who Is Supposed to Pay for Prom These Days?

Just Ask Victor is a new column from Philly Mag senior reporter Victor Fiorillo. He will attempt to answer all of your questions, no matter […]

City Life

Main Line School Board Un-Bans Banned Books After Emotional Testimony

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

Be Well Philly

Our Ultimate Resource for New Philly Parents

The Philly-area people, products, and places that will support you before — and after — your little one arrives 9 Essential Philly Baby-Gear Brands and […]

Be Well Philly

9 Essential Philly Baby-Gear Brands and Shops

If you’re a soon-to-be first-time parent, you’re likely building a registry of must-have products. (So many choices!) If you’ve been in the parenting game for […]

Be Well Philly

How to Prep for Giving Birth, According to a Philly Expert

Brittany Sharpe McCollum, childbirth educator and founder of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services, shares her tips for an empowering labor and delivery. I want to […]

City Life

I Love My Kid, But How Long, Exactly, Am I Supposed to Keep His Baby Teeth?

My sister and I are crouched on a cold cement floor in my parents’ basement, combing through a pile of small plastic horses. They’re from […]

City Life

I’m Sending My Kid to CCD Because I’m Scared of My Mom

It’s a hot day in the middle of July, 100 degrees, the sort of heat that makes the air feel heavy, and I’m standing with […]

City Life

If Patience Is a Virtue, What Is Our On-Demand World Teaching Our Children?

“Mom, can we look at backpacks, like you said?” It was the Fourth of July. Three weeks into summer break and eight weeks before fifth […]

City Life

From Lemonade Stand to Taylor Swift’s London Show This Friday

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SEPTA plans to do away with free parking lots like this one at the Wynnewood stop on the Paoli-Thorndale line
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SEPTA Plans to Kill Free Parking

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Donald Trump with Pennsylvania mom Clarice Schillinger, who just received her sentence for providing alcohol to her underage daughter and the daughter's underage friends at a drunken party (photo via Clarice Schillinger for PA campaign page)
City Life

Let This Scandalous Mom Be a Reminder to Not Get Kids Drunk

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The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

It’s a random Tuesday night, and my husband, Christian, and I are doing what we typically do: bingeing a TV series du jour as we […]

A Wawa gas station
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How Do You Steal $1,700 Worth of Gas at a Wawa?

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a kid at a bar
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Do Kids Belong at Bars and Beer Gardens?

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Be Well Philly

This New Group Is on a Mission to Better Support and Connect Philly-Area Moms

Parenthood comes with its own challenges: lack of sleep, a disrupted routine, physical and emotional changes you might need support for, trying to find new-parent […]