Q&A about Hoboken Safety & Schools

Mar 07, 13 Q&A about Hoboken Safety & Schools

Posted by in Parenting, Real Estate

I received email from a reader interested in moving to Hoboken with her young family. She reached out to me because I live in southwest Hoboken with my three young children. Her questions and my answers are below. Q. Is it safe for a woman to walk in that area around 7-8 PM while coming back from work via the Light Rail (2nd Street...

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Choosing (or Not) to Have Children

I recently learned that half of my generation (X) does not have children. With the youngest of us right at age 35, that means that this is a permanent state of affairs. Pregnancy after age 35 is hard to achieve and rife with risks; after 40 it is almost impossible unless you use donor eggs. Adoption is expensive and comes with a lot...

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Why plan when life doesn’t work out as expected?

That is the question a friend posed to me earlier tonight. She asked why I make comprehensive long-term plans when life rarely goes as expected. I used the analogy of Y2K to answer her. Remember the Y2K scare? Companies everywhere went nuts for months, even years, beforehand, backing up systems and installing failsafes. Everyone...

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Kids headed to school = mommy career crossroads

Most stay-at-home moms want to be home for six years. September marks the beginning of my sixth year at home. With my daughter starting kindergarten and my son beginning pre-k3, it’s time for some tough career decisions. Newspaper column at http://patch.com/A-gZSC

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