With school back in full swing, so are birthday parties. When the invitations start coming week after week, it starts to get out of hand. It puts a strain on time and on your purse. But it goes with childhood. Today here is also a lot of pressure on kids …
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Back to School, The Teen Edition
We’re all getting ready for that return to school. My daughter, Grace, has been away for a year but returns to college in the fall. I think she pretty much has it under control — the packing, what she will need, etc. Her father is going to get her moved …
Read More »Cool Acceptance
When my oldest daughter was born, and even before, I worried about princesses the way people worry about bedbugs. I was afraid that once they got into our lives, they would never leave and that the child would be obsessed by the celebration of wealth, beauty, privilege and the need …
Read More »What’s New at School?
When I went to kindergarten, teachers sat misbehaving children in the corner of the room with dunce caps on their heads. (I also walked to school 10 miles uphill in the snow and 10 miles back — uphill again.) Schools have changed. We know a lot more about how children …
Read More »Gardening with and for children
When my children were young we had a small vegetable garden that was a source of anticipation and picking pleasure for many years. The tiny shoots of green would sprout from the soil, optimistically becoming a salad large enough to feed the neighborhood. It was wonderful to celebrate the tremendous …
Read More »When Moms Don’t Get Enough Sleep…
If you send a text message to Jamie Maier after midnight, there’s a good chance she’ll respond right away. Maier, a family law attorney in Maryland, routinely stays up until 2:30 or 3 a.m. despite knowing she’s going to be woken up four short hours later by her 5-year-old son …
Read More »Mom Life: Shawn Dunworth
Lives: Westminster Family: Husband and three children, ages 16, 10 and 8 Occupation: Owner, Sunset Slush of Glyndon I am the owner of Sunset Slush of Glyndon, a beach-inspired classic Italian ice dessert shop in historic Glyndon, which has become a favorite spot in the community to gather with family …
Read More »FROM A TO ZZZ’S
Overtired? Exhausted? Fatigued? As our collective sleep deficit grows, so does our vocabulary to describe it. There’s no shortage of words to accurately depict that groggy state between eyes wide open and sound slumber we so often find ourselves in. A quick search of synonyms for “tired” will return a …
Read More »Getting Your Child (and Yourself) College Ready
Many of you are going to be sending a young adult off to college soon, and that means you’ve got some work to do. I mean beyond buying all of those dorm essentials — I hope that you have already started (But if you haven’t, I have some tips for …
Read More »Is Your Child Delayed?
Your child just completed a regular checkup with his or her pediatrician who notices a developmental delay. What does that mean? And what are you supposed to do to help your child catch up? Rebecca Landa knows these answers. Landa is a speech pathologist who has studied infant development for …
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