Jake Rusnak challenged himself to the longest swim of his life in October—10K (6.2 miles), or 438 laps around the pool. Thankfully, the Baltimore teen didn’t have to count all the laps—his all-in-one training partner, coach and former lifeguard dad, Andrew, took on that task. Aside from the physical …
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Parents Respond to COVID-19 Vaccine for 5- to 11-year-old Kids
While Renee Goldschmidt’s three children, a 12-year-old and two 11-year-old kids, go to Sunday school in person at the Chabad of Owings Mills, they attend Franklin Middle School virtually because of the risk of COVID-19. Since the pandemic started, the Goldschmidt children have socialized only with their grandparents, …
Read More »Editor’s Picks: Here’s What We’re Loving for Kids This Month
The picks below are presented by Elena Epstein, director of the National Parenting Product Awards. For more product reviews, visit nappaawards.com. Discovery #MINDBLOWN Career Play Doctor Kit This 32-piece deluxe playset features an anatomy model, blood-pressure monitor, clipboard, working kid’s stethoscope, eye chart and more. $32.50, ages 6+, discoverymindblown.com/products …
Read More »Advocate for Adoption Competency
Family relationships can be complicated. Families that come together through foster care, guardianship and adoption often experience added layers of complexity. One constant for all these families is the experience of loss. For some children and their parents and caregivers, these losses loom large, creating significant challenges. Families often …
Read More »Community-Minded Kids: Tyler Stallings
Even the Very Young Can Help Veterans Sometimes it’s hard to believe the words coming out of Tyler Stallings’ mouth are from a 10-year-old child. “Basically, when I was 4, I had a very real awakening to what veterans had to go through when they got out of …
Read More »Top 10 Family Events For November
Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the November 2021 issue of Baltimore’s Child.
Read More »Let It Fall
This time of year lends itself well to the telling of a tale or two. While we tend to go for the obvious ghost story, here are some titles that welcome fall in other ways. Board/Toddler ‘Touch and Feel Fall’ This book’s lively illustrations and vivid photographs will catch a toddler’s …
Read More »Costumes on a Budget
Shortly after Halloween four years ago, my son announced that he wanted his next costume to be Jason Voorhees. Why? I am not really sure. He has never even seen a horror movie let alone one from the “Friday the 13th” franchise, but he never wavered all year in his …
Read More »Private School Learning Models
If you are thinking about enrolling your child in a private school, you may be overwhelmed by all of the options — not only the sheer number of schools to choose from, but also several different learning models and educational philosophies across the country that these schools employ. Three …
Read More »Partners on the Journey
Nabila and Tariq Syed’s son Nihal and daughter Sania celebrate life through their very existence. With their zest for living, the kids keep their parents on their toes. When Nihal was diagnosed with autism at 2 1/2 years old, Nabila and Tariq began gathering as many resources as possible …
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