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Got kids? We’ve got Brooklyn’s best listing of upcoming family-friendly events! Browse our full calendar or use our search bar below to find some fun.
Smartmom’s Xmas
Smartmom: Smartmom’s tree is a symbol — not of the birth of Jesus, silly, but of her acceptance of her family’s new holiday traditions. Comment.
Hepcat can’t wait for his 30th reunion
Smartmom: Hepcat gets the invitation — and it makes the younger — but more neurotic — Smartmom question what she’s accomplished in life. Comment.
Family Calendar
Parenting: All the action for you and your kids! Comment.
Latkes and life are best improvised
Smartmom: Hepcat makes latkes the old-fashioned way: He improvises. And therein lies a great life lesson! Comment.
Celebrations change, holidays stay the same?
Smartmom: A chance encounter with Painter Mom jumpstarts Smartmom’s holiday dread. Comment.
Smartmom trots with the turkeys
Smartmom: Smartmom runs in the Turkey Trot — but why didn’t she tell the hubby and kids? Comment.
In sickness, health and opera
Smartmom: The Oh So Feisty One gets sick but Smartmom is the one who needs medication! Comments (1).
Family Calendar
Parenting: All the action for you and your kids! Comment.
Smartmom, Hepcat sweep aside memories
Smartmom: Smartmom and her hubby finally threw out their old trash. Now, can they preserve their memories? Comment.
Death teaches Smartmom some life lessons
Smartmom: Smartmom’s uncle died last week — but should she take Teen Spirit and the Oh So Feisty One to the funeral? And therein lies another great Smartmom psychodrama! Comment.
Teen Spirit is her little mushroom
Smartmom: Teen Spirit is coming out of his shell — but did Smartmom have anything to do with it? Comments (1).
How about a ‘thank you’ for Smartmom?
Smartmom: Smartmom learns first-hand that no good deed goes unpunished online. Comment.
Family Calendar
Parenting: All the action for you and your kids! Comment.
Smartmom and OSFO love ‘Gossip Girl’
Perspective: Smartmom and her daughter are addicted to the new show, “Gossip Girl.” It’s like “The O.C.,” only better (it’s in Brooklyn!). Comments (1).
Hepcat learns the secret to long life: fight!
Smartmom: Smartmom and Hepcat are fighting again — but this time, it’s for their health! Comment.
A tribute to an old friend
Smartmom: A tribute to Best and Oldest — Smartmom’s best and oldest. Comment.
Family calendar
Parenting: All the fun you could be having with your kids — right now! Comment.
You forgot your pencil
Smartmom: Smartmom follows the supposedly independent Oh So Feisty One to school. And all heck breaks out! Comment.
Smartmom is no Blanche DuBois
Smartmom: Smartmom learns to rely on the kindness of her friends, not strangers. Comment.
Smartmom’s still worrying
Smartmom: The start of the school year has been an emotional roller coaster for Smartmom. So what else is new? Comment.
This ain’t no pane in the glass
Parenting: Now that everyone is back from the beach, it’s time to think about sand in a whole different way — as in melting it in a 2,000-degree furnace, dipping a hollow pole into it, twisting it around, blowing into it and hopefully not burning off your clothes in the process. Comments (1).
It’s the last first day for Smartmom
Smartmom: Smartmom and her fellow mom-friends mark the opening day of school. Comments (1).
New doll makes her feel historic
Smartmom: American Girl releases a 1970s doll as part of its “historical” collection. Man, does that make Smartmom is feel old, or what? Comments (2).
Family calendar
Parenting: All the fun and excitement for you and yor kids this Labor Day weekend — and beyond. Comment.
Family calendar
Parenting: All your local family events. Comment.
The Hamptons ain’t for kids
Smartmom: Smartmom noticed it first: there was a note on the menu blackboard and in the menu as well that said: It is a condition of service at the Clam Bar that all children must stay in their seats. Comment.
In Slope, the sidewalks have eyes
Smartmom: What happens in the idyllic brownstone neighborhood of Park Slope if you see a teenager smoking a cigarette on Seventh Avenue? Comment.
Family Calendar
Parenting: Things to do with your kids this week. Comment.
Why won’t OSFO write?
Smartmom: The Oh So Feisty One has been away at summer camp for more than a week and Smartmom hasn’t received a letter. Not one friggin’ letter. Comment.
It’s an Ingmar Bergman time of life
Smartmom: Smartmom has been on a steady diet of Ingmar Bergman movies — and now she knows why. Comment.
Public school is best because she’s broke
Smartmom: Smartmom has always been a strong believer in public schools — so no wonder she gets angry when friends leave PS 321 for the supposedly greener pastures of private school. Comments (1).
Smartmom is going on a diet
Smartmom: Smartmom is battling the bulge — yet trying not to teach the Oh So Feisty the wrong lesson about body image. Comment.
Family calendar
Parenting: All the fun stuff for you and your kids. Comment.
Teen Spirit gets kitty-cornered
Smartmom: Smartmom finally says “no” to Teen Spirit. Call Mr. Guinness! Comment.
Lessons of parenting in a tiny yellow bird
Smartmom: Smartmom sees a rare bird and learns about being a better mother. Comment.
Family calendar
Parenting: We know how hard it is to go from busy Master of the Universe to camp counselor every weekend, so here are our picks for how to entertain your kids — and yourself — this weekend. Comment.
Smartmom & OSFO apart for the 1st time
Smartmom: For the first time in 10 years, Smartmom and the Oh So Feisty One are going their separate ways — and both are looking forward to it. Comment.
A mea culpa to stepmoms everywhere
Smartmom: Smartmom learns to stop worrying and love her stepmom. Comment.
Once again, America asks: What to tell the children?
Smartmom: Smartmom learns a lesson about how to break bad news to kids. Comment.
Trying to avoid becoming Ms. Frump in middle age
Smartmom: Our columnist heads to the cosmetics counter for a midlife spruce-up. Comment.
A trip with Diaper Diva brings out sibling rivalry
Smartmom: So, Smartmom and her twin sister Diaper Diva went on vacation together — and the fur flies! Comment.
Out with the old, into the bathroom
Smartmom: Smartmom ruffles some feathers while cleaning up the clan’s apartment. Comment.
Wanna stay together? Have time apart
Smartmom: Look, Smartmom and Hepcat are NOT headed for Splitsville. They just like some time apart, OK? Comment.
Beautiful Smile tells all: Secret of life: ‘Kids, love and God’
Smartmom: Smartmom has an exclusive sit-down with her nanny, Beautiful Smile. Dumb Editor accuses her of double-dipping. Comments (1).
Smartmom takes on Times weasel
Smartmom: Smartmom wants to know: Does New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks know anything about Park Slope? Comment.
Smartmom has Fly-On-The-Wall Syndrome
Smartmom: Teen Spirit’s band was playing a “no-adults-allowed” gig. Guess who crashed the party. Comment.
It’s that time of year again
Smartmom: Snow was in the forecast. Valentine’s Day was coming (it’s Hepcat’s least-favorite Hallmark holiday). And in the middle of everything, Smartmom found out that one of her paying projects has been substantially downsized. Comment.
A trip through time at Two Boots
Smartmom: Smartmom goes to Two Boots and starts reeling in the years. Comment.
Alternadad is an idiot!
Smartmom: Smartmom goes to Neal Pollack’s reading at the Tea Lounge and finds the humor writer’s take on parenting not that funny at all. Catfight! Comment.
OSFO gets a piano
Smartmom: The fingers are flying as the Oh So Feisty One finally gets a piano. Comment.
Suburban pals a memory
Smartmom: Smartmom misses her friends that have fled from Park Slope. Comment.
Teen Spirit’s New Year’s IM showed a real lack of IQ
Smartmom: Aside from the drunken woman who threw up (and just missed Smartmom) on the A train, Smartmom spent an exceedingly pleasant New Year’s Eve drinking champagne and sparkling cider with Hepcat, the Oh So Feisty One and a gaggle of college friends in the West Village. Comment.
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