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What We’re Thankful For — NYC Parent Edition

Let us count the ways! Here are just a few of the reasons we're blessed — and proud! — to be raising kids in the Big Apple!

By Mimi O'Connor October 25, 2015

Don’t get us wrong: sure, being a parent in New York can have its, uh, hassles. But for every annoyance there are a dozen ways that raising a child in the city can be glorious fun. Packed playgrounds, neighborhood communities, the best museums and theater for kids — and fellow parents who will clue you in on how to make it work here with little ones. Click through to see just a few of the reasons why we here at Red Tricycle are thankful to be parenting in the Big Apple.

The arts, the playgrounds — and Santa!

I am thankful that my children had been inside Carnegie Hall — indeed, even on the stage! — long before I ever was as a kid. Same goes for the New York City Ballet (where my husband and I still have yet to go) all thanks to the amazing array of school trips these institutions provide to the public schools.

In summertime, I am thankful for the increasing number of playgrounds with sophisticated playground systems in my neighborhood, Morningside Heights, and all around town.

And I am thankful that we get a first glimpse of Santa and Mrs. Claus at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year, and then that weekend we venture down to Macy's itself and visit Santa to tell him what we want for Christmas! A lesson we learned: the lines are totally reasonable that first weekend, even as compared to the very next one.

— writer Cheryl de Jong-Lambert

photo: Ben + Sam via Flickr

Why are you thankful you’re raising a kid in NYC? Share your reason in the comments below!

—Mimi O’Connor