Parenting

Chain of parenting centers abruptly closes

By adamg - 1/15/14 - 7:36 am

Isis Parenting, which provided classes, consulting and products for expectant and new mothers, announced yesterday it's closing all of its centers in the area - Back Bay, Arlington, Needham and Hanover.

The chain, which started in Brookline in 2003 - and which provided pre-natal classes for a number of local hospitals - broke the news on its Facebook page last night:

With heavy hearts, we announce the extremely sad news that Isis Parenting must close. Effective immediately, no classes or phone consults will take place.

Missing Brookline teen found safe in New York City

By adamg - 1/9/14 - 9:24 pm

Brookline Police tweeted tonight that Caleb Jacoby, son of Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, has been found "safe and well." The department elaborates:

Family, friends search for missing Brookline teen

By adamg - 1/7/14 - 2:58 pm

UPDATE, Thursday: Found safe.

Caleb Jacoby, 16, an 11th grader at the Maimonides School, has not been seen or heard from since 12:30 p.m. yesterday.

He's 5'11" and 140 lbs., and was last seen wearing navy chinos, a navy polo shirt, a brown winter jacket with a hood, white socks and brown sneakers or shoes.

Police urge anybody with information about his whereabouts to contact them, at 617-730-2222.

Jacoby is the son of Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby.

Missing mittens in Camberville

By adamg - 1/5/14 - 9:41 am

Sacha Pfeiffer noticed these fliers up around Cambridge and Somerville:

Sad children with cold hands (and annoyed parents) somewhere in Cambridge/Somerville

Just got the call the kidlet's been waiting for

By adamg - 1/1/14 - 5:35 pm

Boston Public Schools are closed on Friday. This was followed by a few minutes later by a press release from the mayor's office with the following sub-headline:

Extended vacation one last gift from Mayor Menino to students of Boston

Also:

Citizen complaint of the day: Sidewalk-blocking urban-assault stroller in the South End

By adamg - 12/6/13 - 8:03 pm

Now that the menace of Southie-style wrong-way parking has been dealt with, concerned South End citizens can turn their watchful eyes to other menaces, such as this sidewalk hog of a stroller:

My South End neighbor has locked a baby carriage to a water pipe and is blocking the entire sidewalk.

One Papa Gino's pizza proves a roaring success

By adamg - 12/5/13 - 8:59 am

Mike reports that when he ordered a pizza from the Randolph Papa Gino's last night, he made a request: "Draw a lion on box, please. Even if cheesy." As you can see, they delivered. He adds:

My one year old saw it and roared. Which was my entire reason for the request.

Nobody messes with Dot moms, not even their kids

By adamg - 12/3/13 - 8:05 pm

So kids, stay straight and don't skip school.

Police investigate injuries that killed 2-year-old in Roxbury

By adamg - 11/13/13 - 1:50 pm

Boston Police report they are investigating how a toddler girl wound up at 1833 Washington St. yesterday afternoon with injuries that would claim her life.

Police say she was found unresponsive around 4:40 p.m. and was declared dead at Boston Medical Center. The Globe reports authorities do not consider her death "suspicious."

Damn kids, get outta her basement

By adamg - 11/4/13 - 10:11 am

Some Globe columnist determines the reason so many people in their 20s don't have jobs isn't because the economy sucks and the middle class is disappearing, but because their goddamn coddling boomer parents were too nice to them and didn't kick them out of the nest to forage for bananas.

Is this what John Henry meant when he wrote: "A newspaper needs to provide the breadth of perspective and diligent analysis that gets to the heart of what is going on in our world?"

Gun found outside Hyde Park high-school building

By adamg - 10/29/13 - 1:08 pm

BPS added extra security to the Hyde Park Education Complex today after a staff member found a gun outside the building. In a statement, BPS says:

When kids went trick or treating all by themselves

By adamg - 10/27/13 - 3:50 pm

Our own Suldog recalls a different time.

School buses roll, but BPS warns parents to brace, just in case

By adamg - 10/21/13 - 6:32 am

Everything normal, but BPS still warns:

Unfortunately we do not have complete confidence that service will continue every day. Parents should continue to have alternate plans in place. We will send automated phone calls and update this website in the event of a service disruption.

Citizen complaint of the day: Mr. Mayor, fix this chain!

By adamg - 10/20/13 - 12:13 pm

UPDATE, Monday: The city Parks Department reports the chain was fixed this morning.

A concerned citizen of the parental type (we assume) files a complaint from the South End:

Titus Sparrow park playground climbing ladder is broken and dangerous! Please fix!

The world-class city, small-town edition

By adamg - 10/18/13 - 7:16 pm

Bill Clinton's getting an award at the Harvard School of Public Health next Thursday and the kids at Boston Latin School couldn't be more thrilled. Not because they get to mingle with Bubba, because they don't, but because the fact the award is being given across Avenue Louis Pasteur from the school means they all get out of school 2 1/2 hours early so the city can shut the street or something.

BPS has new service for parents: Wake-up calls

By adamg - 10/10/13 - 6:27 am

There he was, at the other end of the line at 6:03 a.m.: BPS Robocall Guy, alerting us that school buses are rolling in the city of Boston today, but cautioning that, as parents, we should continue to maintain contingency plans, just in case.

The Globe reports the bus company has put two union leaders on leave.

Buses roll, for now

By adamg - 10/9/13 - 6:16 am

BPS Robocall Guy seemed more chipper in his early morning call today, but he urged parents to check the BPS Web site later, just in case, and said the T remains free to all BPS students today.

Car service Uber is offering free rides to and from Boston schools today.

Nothing like a little warning: Boston school-bus drivers walk off the job

By adamg - 10/8/13 - 6:34 am

Boston Police cruisers and community-center vans were pressed into service as impromptu school buses when school-bus drivers struck this morning over proposed work-rule changes - including a new bus tracker for parents.

BPS says the strike by United Steelworkers of America Local 8751 caught it unawares:

Because of this, students will not be marked late and absences will be marked as “excused” in the Boston Public Schools during the disruption.