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When it comes to becoming an elite athlete, there are differing opinions on what it takes to win gold. Sports analysts and commentators often reference sprint times, body weight, height or age as differentiating factors, but Dr. Steven Stein, CEO of Multi-Health Systems and emotional intelligence expert, has a different …

If you’ve got kids, you’ve got slime. Sure, there’s a general stickiness that comes with parenting, but we’re talking about the global DIY slime craze dominating social media and store shelves, and most likely, your kitchen. The craze began in mid-2016 and shows no signs of slowing down. Kids and …

  Toni Greenberg could say one thing with certainty about her son during his elementary school years: “Unless you put him under general anesthesia, he (was) going to jump out of his seat.” Greenberg’s son Jake had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Since its appearance in the medical literature in …

Why is there still such a stigma with mental health? Mental health is not something that is talked about or even focused on much in most homes. Often time when mental health issues arise, they are pushed to the side and minimized because they don’t look like a cut or …

Years before PBS introduced Fred Rogers to a national audience, he was a frequent visitor to my kindergarten classroom at the Arsenal Family and Children’s Center in Pittsburgh. I was 5 in 1964 when the courteous man with puppets became a familiar face in my small circle. Having first dibs …

February book selections are all about love: stories about love itself, stories to share with those we love and stories that foster a love of reading, storytelling and togetherness. Our list was chosen with the help of JoAnn Fruchtman from The Children’s Bookstore in Roland Park. BOARD BOOKS: I Love …

Many of our millennial children are smack dab in the era of student loans, expensive tuition and relatively low entry-level salaries. As a result, millennials like my daughter, Paige, rely on their parents to help support them between college and the years they actually start their lives. It seems like …

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 …

  Have you ever wanted to just pack up your whole life and skip town? For most, the idea of getting away from it all is little more than a fantasy on a frazzled day. But for the Fiore family, it’s soon to be reality. For the past 14 years, …

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 …