When Nina Winner’s daughters, Mara and Abigail, go to a sleepover or a birthday party, they have to take packed meals with them. They can’t eat what the other kids are eating because they have celiac—a genetic auto-immune disease—and their father has it, too. Her daughters’ and husband’s diagnoses inspired Nina to get involved […]
It happened to me last weekend. My 11-year-old had a pea-sized bump on his shin. I panicked: What if it’s a blood clot? And then I did what every other parent does, debated whether it warranted an after-hours call to the pediatrician. Thank goodness I have a pediatrician who encourages patients to call. “It’s my […]
Artichokes and sushi and turnips, oh my! You’re at the country club with the grandparents—in the dining room that’s way too fancy for your kids—but without any theatrics, your child looks at the menu and says, “I’ll try the duck, please.” Or the broccoli sautéed in garlic. Or the bibimbap (that’s when you’re at […]
By day, he’s a consultant to Fortune 500 companies dotting the globe and lectures at a major business school. By night, though, Rick Kolsky does a 180-degree pivot and coaches 11- and 12-year-old girls’ basketball at a local gym. Why? “I view coaching as something that is trying to teach kids great life lessons, […]
This summer The Field Museum is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of SUE, everyone’s favorite dinosaur and the world’s largest and most complete T. rex. Dinosaur activities for the whole family include … RoboSUE: The T. rex Experience, a journey back to prehistoric times where visitors will encounter a super-realistic robotic SUE who […]
“Martin Party, table for four.” There is something about this statement that sounds odd to me. I want to qualify, correct, and explain the full story to our restaurant host. We should be a table of six. It is just that two of our members could not make it tonight, or truth be told most […]
I’m policing a cafeteria recycling bin, directing students like a traffic cop: “That goes in the garbage; remove that straw and put the milk carton in here; dump the mac-n-cheese before you toss the container in the blue bin.” Welcome to Trash-Free Friday. That’s when North Shore students and nationwide are challenged to eliminate […]
North Shore School of Dance (NSSD) has been an integral part of the North Shore community for more than 35 years, and Lisa Gold has been choreographing its moves for the past two decades. The school has grown from 85 students and one studio to 1,000 students and six studios, in Highland Park and […]
When I was 12, my mother renovated the attic and allowed me to have a say in the decor of my new bedroom. Under the heading of no good deed goes unpunished, her willingness to collaborate resulted in an epic battle about whether or not to buy an expensive hunter green wallpaper I loved. Naturally […]
A child who is guided in saving and spending will acquire a healthy respect for money. Parents can help by having their children pick out things they want to buy and save for them in a savings account. Some banks offer accounts just for kids, like North Shore Community Bank’s Junior Savers Club. Junior […]
