Author Profile
Melissa Chapman
City Mom
Melissa Chapman blogs about her marriage and everything
in between at marriedmysugardaddy.com, and is intent on helping
couples everywhere strengthen their marital vows at
www.loveprojectmnmarriage.com. After writing her Staten Island Advance
Kids in the City column for four and half years she also currently
helms www.thestatenislandfamily.com where she provides parents with
the scoop on great activities and musings on parenthood. Her work has
appeared in; Care.com, ABC News, Betty Confidential, BlogHer, She
Knows, Baby Center, Lifetime Moms, Babble, The Washington Post, Time
Out NY Kids and iVillage.
She lives in NYC with the four loves of her life; her two kids, husband and 12 year old Shih Tzu and finds that balance is elusive.
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Read More PermalinkMy husband and I have not been on a weekender - i.e. taken a romantic reprieve from our kids - in a litle over nine months. It has been a rough period in our lives as my first love, the man who stole my heart, ... -
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Read More PermalinkMy husband didn't see any of it coming. I simply changed the script on him. When we met 15 years ago I claimed I had left religion and all its ritulaistic ideas and mandates... -
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Read More PermalinkMy poor second kid Jackson - my husband and I admit that since Jackson is the second child, he...Behavior & Development, birthday parties, birthday parties, boys and their moms, Bravo Beverly Hills Housewives, childhood, Couples, first birthdays, happiness with the opposite sex, husbands, keeping it together, Kid birthday parties, kids, Melissa Chapman, Mothers and sons bonding, parenting, parenting my son, Taylor Armstrong. second children -
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Read More PermalinkIn honor of Valentine's Day I thought it would be interesting to get to the bottom of just what it takes to maintain a loving relationship with your spouse. And how, you ask, is this relevant to your kids? Well, clearly having... -
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Read More PermalinkI can honestly say I think the one remarkable factor that has kept my marital union chugging along for the past 13 years (... -
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Read More PermalinkOn December 19, 2011 my husband and I celebrated 13, count em, 13 years of mostly marital bliss. I want to tell you that after 13 years I've finally learned the secret to staying successfully married and living happily ever... -
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Read More PermalinkThe internet has been swirling over reports that scorned spouse Maria Shriver is considering... -
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Read More PermalinkAccording to a relative of mine who shall remain nameless, I am a bad mother and am behaving in a reckless manner in regards to my six year old son. Why you ask? Did I leave him stranded in a dark alley filled with child predators... -
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Read More PermalinkI admit it. I'm anxious. I'm a bit of a hypochondriac ( for which I blame my mother) and I get heart palpitations at the thought of letting my kids take public transportation without adult supervision. In fact, my 10 year...
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