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7 Dangerous TiKTok Challenges Parents Need to Know About

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Where to Get Apple Cider Donuts on Staten Island and Nearby

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7 Spots for Celebrating Oktoberfest on Staten Island and Nearby

P-EBT Benefits Update for NYC Public Schools: Your Child May Be Eligible

Staten Island JCC Presents: 2023-2024 ParentEd Talks led by Experts in Parenting

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Staten Island Girl Wins NYPL Writing Contest (you’ll love her story!)

It’s Time for The San Gennaro Festival in NYC!

Little girl at home in her kitchen with bowls of different ingredients, showing how to make slime

How to Make Slime at Home

Amazing Kid Helps Keep NJ, Staten Island Beaches Clean

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Climate Families NYC: Join the March to End Fossil Fuel (and have fun doing it!)

Read Staten Island Parent's new September 2023 issue

Read Our September Issue!

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A Cheat-sheet for Having the “Credit Talk” With Your Teen

Amusement park rides during the day, showing where Halloween Harvest at Luna Park will take place

Thrills Await at Luna Park’s Halloween Harvest

After school Programs Staten Island

The Benefits of After School Programs: Staten Island After School Activities

NYC School Bus (Possible) Strike: What Parents Need to Know

Huguenot Park Library

A Whole New Huguenot Park Library

Best Laptop for Students of Every Age: K-12 and Beyond

National Dog Day

National Dog Day Events and Ways Your Family Can Help Pups in Need

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Carvel Offers Ice Cream Deals on National Soft Serve Day

Do Portugal Circus Staten Island

Do Portugal Circus is Coming to Staten Island!

New Business Spotlight: Learn and Discover Playschool

The shoreline during the day at Great Kills Park, part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

Enjoy Gateway National Recreation Area at Great Kills Park

children and their mother preparing healthy school lunches in the kitchen at home

8 Tips for Preparing Healthy School Lunches

Four kids in a classroom near a window with sun coming through. One is standing and looks like she's starting a new school or class.

Here’s How To Help Ease “New School” Anxiety

Postpartum depression drug for new moms

The New Postpartum Depression Drug & What Moms Need to Know

A woman outside with a goat named Hermione, one of the animals at Goat Games 2023.

Support these 17 Animal Sanctuaries at Goat Games 2023

Staten Island Parent August 2023

Read Our August Issue!

August Cover: Natasha D’Anna of TwinDollicious

An adult human hand holding lithium coin batteries.

Lithium Coin Batteries: What Parents Need to Know About Accidental Ingestions

Rendering of Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park and Museum, a new fossil museum in New Jersey planned to open next year.

Huge Fossil Museum in New Jersey Set to Open Next Year