On The Blogroll: A Child Grows In Brooklyn

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Blogging From: Brooklyn, New York

A Child Grows in Brooklyn is designed as a comprehensive parent’s guide to the borough rocking the best of both worlds; quiet and residential with a pinch of the fantastic culture that makes New York legendary. Sure, you could hop the G or the L and romp around Manhattan with your tykes, but A Child Grows in Brooklyn gives you hundreds of resources and reasons to hardly leave.

Over the years the group of contributing moms has grown to now include (but not limited to) a clinical social worker, culture specialist, mental health therapist and a music listings guru, who happens to be a dad! Together, this team of city parenting experts cultivates a bustling calendar that will keep the fam on their feet, knowledgeable reading material covering breast feeding to showing parents how to digitally backup precious memories of their kids. A Child Grows in Brooklyn keeps the focus on family-based events and suggestions that will make parents excited too!

This spring, A Child Grows in Brooklyn is expanding their presence on the scene with the Brooklyn Baby Expo. Many years in the making, the blog has finally gained enough ground and impressive sponsorship to host vendors, childhood experts and baby demo diehards to the advantage of the New York parenting public. 

A Child Grows in Brooklyn is your virtual Brooklyn home and guide to the best of the borough while remaining both parent and kid conscious – a rare blend. The blog also teams up with top-notch local vendors to bring you the most amazing deals on restaurants, shopping and events. No one said raising kids in New York was cheap and A Child Grows in Brooklyn does what it can to give you priceless memories for a little bit less.  Whether you sign up for their e-blast or visit daily for articles and suggestions, A Child Grows in Brooklyn will make your day a whole lot better; just ask your kids! –Melanie Baker

 

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