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.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreNo matter what the age, it’s every child’s worst nightmare: walking in on their parents (BARF.) But with city living often presenting space and privacy challenges, doing the deed takes a bit more ingenuity. One NY mom explores city life and sex.
Read MoreSmall 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.
Read MoreCitykin co-founders Patrice and Olly take you along on what a typical day looks like for them raising two young boys in Brooklyn. Some of their friends ask them on the regular, “CAN YOU CHILL THE F&%^& OUT AND SIT.” But the answer is always….no. They live in Brooklyn. So many things to do, so little time to do it. Enjoy!
Read MoreThis is part 1 of Citykin's "Pimp Your Rental" series. Follow Citykin co-founder Patrice Poltzer’s forced move from her Brooklyn apartment of five years to needing to find her new family home in only a few weeks and with strict parameters. Tired of living like a college student for most of her adult live, she decides this new apartment is going to be baller. There is only one problem. She sucks at all things home and design. Enter, Emily Rickard..a designer whose talent knows no bounds and who has never met a crappy NYC rental she couldn't transform. Follow along on our journey that is known as, “Pimp Your Rental.”
Read MoreSpace for city dwellers is the ultimate challenge. There is never enough. The essay on why city people are certifiable is another article but until then…here are some unreal tips by a designer who styles for ALL THE drool-worthy furniture brands.
Read MoreWe ask three NY dads what they love best about raising their kids in the city. Small spaces, crowded streets, Times Square and all…
Read MoreYou have no outdoor space, a tiny apartment, it’s raining like London is watching a really sad movie and you have an energetic tiny human who needs to expel energy immediately. What to do? Citykin has some answers.
Read MoreYou swear you’re going to cook tonight. But then you remember…tiny kitchen. What cooking tools do you really need to make meals that would make even Martha Stewart blush.
Read MoreYou have an oven that doubles as a shoe closet and a freezer that makes your dorm room fridge look spacious. Welcome to the NY city kitchen.
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