parenting

My 3-year-old son has been a champ using his potty lately at home and at daycare and I didn't want to break the momentum yesterday, but  when I took him to a basketball game at the Times Union Center all hell broke loose.  When he told me he needed to go pee, I proudly took into one of the bathrooms, but was clearly ill-prepared for what to do once we got there.

You know the song, have watched the video probably more times you can count and now, sorry parents, there's a singing toy your kid is gonna want to see under the tree this year.

I don't have any kids and apparently, this wasn't something my Mom did for my baby book but one local woman needed help from the Capital Region to fill-in some baby book blanks.

I remember when I was younger, my Mom would always have to take a second look at all of my candy, just in case someone put in poison or razor blades. Looks like that is still happening but these awful human beings are getting more clever.

There's a strange illness that has already affected children in New York similar to polio. This is what it is and this is what you should look out for in your children.

​The video game Fortnite has become the latest gaming sensation and many households are having a hard time controlling the amount of time their spouses or children are playing .  It's gotten so out of control that some families - in extreme cases - are saying that Fortnite is literally ripping apart their home.  It's addictive, expensive and insanely time consuming.  One mom called into the show t

You realize that your kids grow up so fast but this mother put into perspective just how fast it really is.

It seems like every kid has a smartphone and sometimes it's hard to keep track of all of the apps they're downloading for it.

I was born and raised in Upstate New York, Schenectady specifically, and I had a great upbringing. If you were to ask me about raising my potential kids in any other area, I would have no idea- until now.

The other day while I was writing a blog for WGNA about a weekend activity I did with my son Brody, it was brought to my attention that years ago, I would scoff at people who write these kinds of things and use them as content.  They're not wrong, I would have.  If the Brian of 4 years ago could see the Brian now, what would he think? How did I become the person I'd never thought I'd be? Don't get

I mentioned a few days ago that Governor Cuomo will be requiring public schools to provide menstrual products for women, but that wasn't the only change he made to public restrooms recently.

I understand teaching children good values and morals from a very young age and you should start ASAP but when it comes to this, I think 5-years-old is a little young. What do you think?