First in a special Baltimore’s Child series on school safety Not long after the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, there was a threat against Mary Stovenour’s middle school in Carroll County. The online threat was not real, it turns out, and the school’s principal quickly reassured …
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Mom on the Move
Lives: Baltimore Children: Maya, 6; West, 4 Occupation: Writer and global marketing strategist Tell us about a typical day of work for you. First of all, do you have a typical day? There is no typical day of work. I’m a global marketing strategist by day and writer by night, …
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Last year, I attended the senior awards ceremony at my daughter’s high school to see her be honored for serving as class president. It was one of the first awards of the evening — she and the three other girls who had served as officers were called to the stage …
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Lives: Windsor Mill Children: Aaron Jr., 18; Zaire, 8; Makena, 5 Occupation: Director, Office of Undergraduate Admission & Recruitment, Morgan State University What is a typical week like for you? A typical week is anything but typical. My day begins at 5:30 am as I begin to prepare myself for …
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The summer before my daughter’s junior year of high school, a pile of college look books covered our front table. It was a collection of magazines and postcards with clever slogans and beautiful photos of other people’s happy, healthy and presumably smart children who were now advertising their school to …
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I ended 2017 with nine kid-less days. Nine days, no teens. In odd years, my children travel to Bozeman, Montana, to spend Christmas with their father and his family. My daughter breezed in from college on a Wednesday afternoon and the next day I dropped her and her brother at …
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When my daughter and her friends left for college this fall, there seemed to be a flood of emotion online. Suddenly everyone I knew on Facebook was dropping off children for their first year of college, and everyone was tearful and choked up. Not me. “This doesn’t mean I am …
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Let the festivities begin! Whether you are celebrating a holiday or simply fending off the dark days of winter, December brings an array of activities and events for the whole family to enjoy. Here is our calendar of holiday happenings. Information for these listings was gathered from event organizers and …
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Nysa Martin, 8, has always been a kid who likes projects. In the past year, she felt it was important to start a project that would make the community “feel good,” says her mother, Melanie Martin. She decided to create brightly painted rocks with positive messages, such as “Smile,” “Be …
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Lives: Hampstead Children: Ryland, 19; Emersyn, 12; Kai, 9 Occupation: Epidemiologist; president/CEO, Translational Technologies International Tell us about your work. I am an epidemiologist by training. I did a doctorate and post-doctorate at Hopkins and now I run a research and consulting firm in the public health sector. We evaluate …
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