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Work and Parenting

LIers earn up to $2,500 a month doing others' laundry with a gig work app
NYS gives 4 LI nonprofits a childcare funding boost
Summer jobs are getting harder to find for LI teens
Here's a step-by-step guide to signing up for Trump Accounts
Why LI childcare costs are so high — and why providers say they're struggling
These LI women started a career group to help students enter tight workforce
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Working Moms: Negotiating a return to work
02:09
Cost of living keeps Gen Z at home with parents
0:56
'Movement is a form of medicine'
02:40
'They love the light-up slides'
02:00
A getaway close to home for mom
02:21
'Probably as much as rent or mortgage'
07:05
'We focus on community and bringing females together'
02:21
'You don't just lift here, you lift each other up'
02:10
'I hope they learn people with disabilites aren't to be taken for granted'
02:07
'Chemo actually scared me more than the surgeries'
02:07

Family health

Perimenopause ads filling your feed? LI experts debunk social media misinformation
Is hormone therapy right for you? LI doctors and their patients weigh in on menopause treatment
'Life-altering at any age': LI women at different life stages react to breast cancer diagnosis
Disease screening can save newborns' lives. New treatments may save many more.
Pilates is on the rebound. Work your core, find your crew
Medicare will begin covering GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here's what to know.

Mom break

LI's new mobile bookstore is all about romance novels
LI's 'Euro-trip': 3 stops inspired by Denmark, Italy & Spain
Skip the stay: Resorts offering day passes near LI
2 new mah-jongg clubs open on LI
It's all the buzz: A guide to LI's newest coffee shops
Quick, budget-friendly mom trips on or near LI

Classroom

See NY's most (and least) expensive colleges
College applications have gotten more competitive. Here are 5 things to know before applying.
First the phones. Now tablets? NYS could limit screen time in schools.
Most parents doing back-to-school shopping earlier as they try to stretch their money
Major federal student loan changes now in effect. Here's what you need to know.
Median teacher pay on LI: See how your district compares.

Things to do with kids

LI indie bookstores offer everything from novels to novel events
LI's retro revival: Skating, comic books and arcades
Guide to fall adventures at LI farms, from Hicks to Harbes
NYC day trips for families that won't break the bank
Splash and spray parks on LI
LI's ice cream boat hits the water this summer
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Parenting commentary

Our hardest days as working moms on Long Island
'I pretended my heart was not completely breaking'
'I had minutes to figure out how I was going to work that day'
'I desperately wanted to go with all of them'
'I worried those moments were not enough'
'I simply cannot be in two places at once'
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