parenting

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?

I've never been pregnant and (believe it or not) I've never tried marijuana but I found it interesting that both of those are trending together in the news today.

Personally, I only use Instagram to post pictures of my life and watch silly videos of dogs but apparently there's a whole new use for it that's trending fast.

I appreciate a parent who is involved in their child's curriculum but sometimes they may step the line into deciding what's appropriate. Did this mother do that?