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Home Work: Kathy McGuigan

Home Work: Kathy McGuigan

[ 1 ] 4.30.2012 |

We love getting to know parents in our community. In our Home Work series, we ask moms and dads how they juggle their work while raising kids, hoping to get some insight on how to better balance our own work/playtime while being introduced to our neighbors and their cool businesses. Today, meet Kathy McGuigan — social worker and co-founder of Rhode Island New Moms Connection.

Kathy McGuigan, MSW has been working with women and children for 16 years. As a social worker, she has provided services for women and children in a variety of settings including shelters, community health centers, and schools.

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Anisa Raoof, guest speaker at RI New Moms Connection Moms of Multiples Workshop

Anisa Raoof, guest speaker at RI New Moms Connection Moms of Multiples Workshop

[ 0 ] 4.30.2012 |

Rhode Island New Moms Connection is pleased to announce the upcoming Moms of Multiples Workshop. The workshop is for moms of multiples (or women pregnant with multiples)—partners and any siblings are welcome too!

The workshop will be held at Kite Tails Play Center in North Kingstown on Saturday May 5th from 1-3pm. Anisa Raoof, founder of Kidoinfo and mother to twin boys, will be the guest speaker and she will share tips, information and resources regarding raising multiples. In addition to Anisa’s wisdom and expertise, there will be time for participants to connect and share experiences and support with one another. Kids are welcome to come and play!

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Aardman’s new film The Pirates! Band of Misfits is fun for the whole family!

Aardman’s new film The Pirates! Band of Misfits is fun for the whole family!

[ 0 ] 4.26.2012 |

Aardman Studios’ new movie, The Pirates! Band of Misfits based on Gideon Defoe’s book, The Pirates! opens Friday, April 27th. We had a sneak peak of the film during the recent TIFF Kids International Film Festival. This stop-motion animation film combines swashbuckling comedy with science. Family-friendly with themes of loyalty and friendship mixed with adventure and British humor. Lots of fun gags without the bathroom humor, drinking, or scantily clad women.

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Today’s Home Work: Grace Welch

Today’s Home Work: Grace Welch

[ 0 ] 4.24.2012 |

We love getting to know parents in our community. In our Home Work series, we ask moms and dads how they juggle their work while raising kids, hoping to get some insight on how to better balance our own work/playtime while being introduced to our neighbors and their cool businesses. Today, meet Grace Welch is founder and president of patemm inc in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Parenting Simply: Lessons from the morning news

Parenting Simply: Lessons from the morning news

[ 4 ] 4.23.2012 |

used to watch the morning news. Every day would start with a strange, sensational mix of horror stories interspersed with complete fluff, repeated over and over again until I felt nothing but disgust. Child abductions, pop stars, spousal abuse, fashion trends…ugh. If the morning news was any indicator, the times we live in seem pretty grim.

So one day I turned it off. Click. And I haven’t watched television news in about five years.

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