Raising Kids in Manhattan: Native New Yorkers, Bat Mitzvah After-Parties & "New York Is My Third Parent" — with Mallory Schultz

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on raising kids in Manhattan with insights from a native New Yorker.

Send us Fan Mail Two NYC moms walk into a couch — one's leaving for Miami, the other's staying — and a third native New Yorker joins them to make it make sense. This week Eva and Caroline are joined by Mallory Schultz — founder and creative director of luxury event studio House of Mal, former Condé Nast editor (Bon Appétit, Self, Martha Stewart's Everyday Food), and a fourth-generation New Yorker raising her own kids in the city she grew up in. They get into all of it: what it actually means ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Eva Heyman, Caroline Leventhal

Guest: Mallory Schultz

Topics covered

• parenting
• New York City
• cultural identity
• family
• events

Keywords

• parenting
• Manhattan
• New York
• Bat Mitzvah
• events
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House of Mal, Condé Nast

Places: Manhattan, Miami, New York

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