Another steamy summer is happening in NYC, and there are several public beaches for residents to cool off and have fun. Remember to apply sunscreen to protect your skin. There is a free sunscreen program located at all eight beaches. Cedar Grove Beach is located at Ebbitts Street and Cedar ...
Sometimes, when it comes to sports, parents force their kids to play. Sometimes the kids beg their parents to let them play, only to realize later it was a big mistake. So is it okay for parents to let their kids quit sports, whether they chose to play or not? ...
I was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 3, and ever since that day, I have had really bad anxiety about going somewhere without an inhaler. Once, as a child, I was in the car with my grandma, no inhaler, no nebulizer, and I started turning blue face and ...
Gym class is one of those classes that you have to pass to graduate, and for students with disabilities, that is not fair. Whether it be asthma, anxiety, adhd or some other disability, teachers tend to overlook those and don’t take them into account. They see it as a failure ...
Welcome to KokoFest, which is NYC’s premier Caribbean cultural Festival. Set against a backdrop of the New York City skyline, it is a full-day outdoor celebration of culture, flavor, and rhythm that sells out every single year. Here is what you can expect at this grand event. Live performances that ...
All my childhood, growing up, I had people tell me that my eating habits were bad, and as an adult, they say I eat like a child. What they don’t know is that certain foods have a different effect on me. Grapes have a weird texture; bananas are too squishy, ...
Not matter how big streaming services will become and already is, it doesn’t beat going to a live show and seeing real people do the show and being around fans of the same one. As someone who doesn’t live anywhere near a live show I’ve never experienced it but I ...
As a child I loved Lion King so much that my mother taught me how to rewind the tape because I would watch it, rewind it, then watch it again. That is probably true for a lot of children in the 90s. As an adult one of my favorites has ...
When I was in school, they taught mostly history, and I get why we need to know who George Washington is, Hitler, and all that, but sadly, history has a way of repeating itself: presidents make mistakes, wars happen, and then it repeats over and over. But we can’t say ...
Everyone has songs that they absolutely love, and even whole albums that they can’t live without. They also probably have songs that, once they hear them on the radio or when they are listening to a playlist, no matter what, they would never skip. When it comes to songs for ...
Wife Swap, the show where two wives, who are drastically different, change houses, husbands, and children for two weeks. In the first week, the wife has to follow the rules of their adoptive family, and then they can change the rules in the second week. The families are usually very ...
I never liked competition, not because I’m a sore loser or winner, but because I like to play games for fun, not to beat the other team. It might be because I didn’t grow up playing sports besides in P.E but I don’t enjoy the pressure of having to win. ...
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