Latest Raisingkidsinthecity Podcast Episodes

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35. Season 2 Finale: Unpacking The Education Series

Raising New Yorkers - December 19, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
For our season 2 finale, we thought it'd be beneficial to unpack the episodes from the Education Series with you all. For this series we invited 5 very different moms who either work at a school in NYC, has a child that currently attends a NYC school, or home schooled their children here for mult...

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34. Education Series: Charter Schools, A Viable Alternative

Raising New Yorkers - December 01, 2021 05:47 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators.     🏠  As we wrap up ...

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33. Education Series: Freedoms of NYC Homeschooling

Raising New Yorkers - November 17, 2021 05:02 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators.     🏠  Today's episod...

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32. Education Series: Journey To Private School

Raising New Yorkers - November 10, 2021 19:55 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators.     🏫 In this episode...

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31. Education Series: Let's Talk NYC Public Schools

Raising New Yorkers - November 03, 2021 04:05 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators.   📚 In this episode, ...

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31. Education Series: Demystifying NYC Public School

Raising New Yorkers - November 03, 2021 04:05 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators.   📚 In this episode, ...

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30. Education Series: It All Starts With Pre-K

Raising New Yorkers - October 27, 2021 10:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Education in New York City will forever be a hot topic. This season we're exploring various school options offered to New York City kids by sitting down with adults who have first hand experiences with them. Our guests will range from parents, teachers, and administrators   For the first episod...

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29. Adoption in a Predominantly Black Neighborhood

Raising New Yorkers - October 20, 2021 07:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In this episode, we chat with Sam Hawley about her journey to adoption, the process of adoption, transracial adoption, and everything in between! Sam gets real about what it's like raising children of color in a predominantly black neighborhood, her & her spouses intentions, and the work she know...

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29. Let's Talk Adoption in a Predominantly Black Neighborhood

Raising New Yorkers - October 20, 2021 07:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In this episode, we chat with Sam Hawley about her journey to adoption, the process of adoption, transracial adoption, and everything in between! Sam gets real about what it's like raising children of color in a predominantly black neighborhood, her & her spouses intentions, and the work she know...

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28. Books We Think You'd Enjoy!

Raising New Yorkers - October 13, 2021 10:19 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In today's episode, Deidre & Gyna highlight some of their favorite reads in the past couple of years. From practical parenting books, to self-help books, and a few funny audio books, they believe you'll find these books to be helpful in your walk as a believer, a  parent, and your overall growth ...

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27. The Realities of Mommying in NYC

Raising New Yorkers - September 29, 2021 04:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
We've concluded that raising kids in NYC is just different... but also being a mom here is just as nuanced. In this episode, Deidre and Gyna discuss what it's like being a mom in the Big Apple. They explore topics around identifying as a SAHM, working mom, young mom, older mom, and living in area...

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26. Loving Your Neighbor As A Business Owner w/ Petrushka Bazin Larsen

Raising New Yorkers - September 22, 2021 18:54 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
This week we sit down with Petrushka Bazin Larsen, the Co-Owner of the coveted Sugar Hill Creamery to explore what it looks like to truly love and serve your neighbor as a business owner.  This Jane of many trades does a phenomenal job explaining her why and how she's honored people who's lived...

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25. The Power of "Moms In Prayer" with Julie Koontz

Raising New Yorkers - September 15, 2021 04:10 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Our first guest this season is no other than Julie Koontz from Moms In Prayer, Manhattan. With majority of kids heading back to school in person this week and the delta variant running rampant, we thought, what better way to start the school year with prayer! 🙏 This episode explores what Moms I...

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24. And We're Back For Season 2!!

Raising New Yorkers - September 08, 2021 12:01 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Just like that, Summers over and we're happy to be back for another season exploring what it looks like to raise kids in NYC well! We have a bunch in store and excited to dive deeper with you all! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/raisingnewyorkers     We'd love to hear from you...

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23. Extraordinary NY Minutes - Season 1 Finale

Raising New Yorkers - June 30, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
From beautiful moments to the jaw dropping stories, the NY Minutes in Season 1 did not disappoint.  We discuss our most memorial ones. If you have a story to share we would love to hear it!     Fill out our podcast survey here: https://forms.gle/gmntFN6sHYGo7aw18   Support us on Patreon: htt...

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22. Outside Is Open But My Mental Health Is Struggling w/ Rosdaly Ramirez

Raising New Yorkers - June 23, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Rosdaly Ramirez joins us on a topic that many NYC moms have struggled with in the last year, anxiety & depression. As a mom and social worker, Rosdaly shares her own journey with anxiety and depression during the pandemic while raising her boys.     Tune in as this Bronx native shares her heart...

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21. Teaching Kids Street Smarts

Raising New Yorkers - June 16, 2021 11:44 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
We discuss why it's important to teach our kids street smarts and how we've gone about doing it.   Fill out our podcast survey here:   We'd love to hear from you! Email us!!: [email protected]   Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/raisingnewyorkers

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20. The State of Real Estate Post Pandemic

Raising New Yorkers - June 09, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In this episode, we invited a friend of the show, Gabby Gilbert, licensed realtor and mommy to chat about the real estate market. This hot topic was fun to discuss with Gabby as she went into trends, ways people actually afford living in NYC, and her thoughts on what's to come for a city that was...

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19. Experienced Mom Chat with Sheri Adams

Raising New Yorkers - June 02, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Sheri Adams from Episode 12, When Loss Brings Forth Joy, is back to talk all about raising her children in NYC.  She has done, public, private and homeschooling, which we discuss at length, as well as financially how they afforded to live here and then some aspects of difficulties they ran in to ...

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18. Why People Move In The City & Tips To Do It Well

Raising New Yorkers - May 26, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
With over 8 Million people living in NYC, one thing is true, many people move within the city for a plethora of reasons. Gyna shares why she moved 4 times in two years and gives Deidre tips on how to move in the city with kids well!   Fill out our podcast survey here: https://forms.gle/gmntFN6s...

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Bonus Episode: The Time I Had A Baby In The Car

Raising New Yorkers - May 21, 2021 13:09 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Deidre spills it all about the time she miraculously delivered her fourth child in her car!! Thankfully, both her and her baby turned out just fine with the help of her husband and mother but this story never gets old!     You can access the full video episode on our Patreon and other bonus mat...

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17. Summer In The City

Raising New Yorkers - May 19, 2021 04:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In this light and fun episode, Gyna and Deidre go into what New Yorkers do in the city during summer months with their kids. Some people leave, others stay, and many mix it up. They talk about camp, adventures, and things to do around the city.   We'd love to hear from you and what you love doi...

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16. Fighting Human Trafficking and How to Talk to Kids About It

Raising New Yorkers - May 12, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Sarah Tintle, a volunteer with International Justice Mission (IJM) sits down with us to discuss human trafficking and modern day slavery. As a Freedom Partner Coordinator for IJM, Sarah goes into what IJM does in NYC, internationally, and how they are working to end modern day slavery in our life...

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15. Experienced Mom Chat with Singer/Songwriter Stori James

Raising New Yorkers - May 05, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Heather Morris aka Stori James shares with us what it was like as a young single mom pursuing her singing career in New York City. We get an inside look of what it takes to pursue a career in the arts while being a mom. She also speaks a lot about raising kids in the city, but not at the pace of ...

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14. NYC Public School Testing Dilemma

Raising New Yorkers - April 28, 2021 08:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
This week we have two special guests with us discussing the dilemma around opting in or out of standardized testing this school year.  Katy & Genisha are moms of 4th grade students who happen to be at the same NYC public school. They share their perspective on the implications  around testing stu...

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13. Experiencing NYC Birthday Parties

Raising New Yorkers - April 21, 2021 11:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
We chat about how we handle birthday parties for our kids.  Deidre spent some time working at children's (sometimes extravagant) birthday parties which bring up a lot of questions like: is there a right or wrong way to celebrate your child's birthday? Sign up for Patreon here: https://www.patreon...

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13. Let's Talk Experiencing NYC Birthday Parties

Raising New Yorkers - April 21, 2021 11:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
We chat about how we handle birthday parties for our kids.  Deidre spent some time working at children's (sometimes extravagant) birthday parties which bring up a lot of questions like: is there a right or wrong way to celebrate your child's birthday? Sign up for Patreon here: https://www.patreon...

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12. Let's Talk When Loss Brings Forth Joy

Raising New Yorkers - April 14, 2021 04:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Sheri Adams tells us the story of losing her 4th child to a terminal brain illness at the tender age of 15 months.  She shares how she found joy in the midst of pain and suffering and encourages us to find beauty in the every day and live intentionally every day we wake up with breath in our bodi...

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12. When Loss Brings Forth Joy with Sheri Adams

Raising New Yorkers - April 14, 2021 04:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Sheri Adams tells us the story of losing her 4th child to a terminal brain illness at the tender age of 15 months.  She shares how she found joy in the midst of pain and suffering and encourages us to find beauty in the every day and live intentionally every day we wake up with breath in our bodi...

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12. Let's Talk when loss brings forth joy

Raising New Yorkers - April 14, 2021 04:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Sheri Adams tells us the story of losing her 4th child to a terminal brain illness at the tender age of 15 months.  She shares how she found joy in the midst of pain and suffering and encourages us to find beauty in the every day and live intentionally every day we wake up with breath in our bodi...

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