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Sleepless In The City

Cities are full of lights, sounds and people at all hours. Combine that with small spaces, paper thin walls and a lot of tiny humans in one living area, getting your baby to sleep is all but a Herculean task. Two former A-lister professional nannies dish out their top tips for getting your baby to sleep. zzzzzzzzz (we can dream it already.)

Please Don’t Touch My Kid’s Hair

How would you feel if strangers on the street came up and touched your child’s hair? This was the reality one family experienced until they felt driven to chop off their son’s gorgeous curls. This powerful essay from a London mom who is in a mixed race marriage opens up why touching her son’s hair has a deeper, more disturbing connotation and she wants to start talking about it.

EssayPatrice PoltzerApril 17, 2019city life, city living, tiny spaces, tips, London, race, commute, city commute, crowded trains

How Do You Know If You Should Move To The Suburbs?

Last week’s article about one family decamping from city life to burb life, only to come back to city living 2.5 years later sparked massive discussion on the Citykin platforms. This week, we spoke to a former city parent and founder of Suburbs 101 who moved to Greenwich, CT and never looked back.

EssayPatrice PoltzerApril 4, 2019Suburbs, nyc suburbs, city life, city living, greenwich, Connecticut, tiny spaces, suburbs, tips

City Parent Tip Guide To Having Sex In Cramped Quarters

Small apartments, thin walls, fake walls, shared bedrooms, nosey neighbors. Sex in the city can seem all but impossible sometimes. Citykin gathered some tips to help improve your sex life in cramped quarters.

VIDEO: A Dad’s Guide To Brunching With Toddlers

Dining with toddlers is no joke. See how two Brooklyn dads and Citykin co-founders navigate brunch, beer and a bevy of toddlers. Tip: sit in No Man's Land.