I can probably count on one hand the number of times I took my kids to a restaurant when they were too small to reach the table without a booster seat. But one time stood out from the others. We were eating at a sushi restaurant and my then 3-year-old …
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Waiting to Cut the Cord
Cutting the umbilical cord represents the final act in the wild and wonderful birth process. Now, in many hospitals, doctors will be waiting a little longer to perform this cut—30 to 60 seconds to be exact. This recommendation to pause briefly prior to cutting the umbilical cord comes from the …
Read More »Should You Monitor Teens’ Online Conversations?
Last year, when my son was 13, his father and I learned that he had been part of a “group chat” with other adolescents—a handful or so boys and one girl—via some Smartphone app (yes, I’m a bit of a techno luddite), in which the quote-un-quote chatting eventually devolved into …
Read More »Read to Reef Program Lets Kids Earn Free Admission to Aquarium
It’s back by popular demand. In the Read to Reef book club, now in its third season, Baltimore’s National Aquarium has teamed up with the Enoch Pratt Free Library to offer local kids an opportunity to earn free entry to this local treasure. Here’s how it works. Local school students …
Read More »Meet Nyla, our Child of the Month
About Nyla Age: 11 Attends: Deer Park Middle Magnet in Randallstown, MD. Grade: 6 Favorite hobby: Dance: hip hop, jazz, modern, African Nyla Adams serves as a shining example of the adage: “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” After learning about community helpers in kindergarten, Nyla …
Read More »Local Radio Station Hosts Family-Friendly Show for Indie Music Lovers
Kids up early on Saturday mornings? Keep them—and yourself—entertained with a brand-new radio show aimed at kids and their parents with a discerning ear. Local Radio Station WTMD (FM 89.7) proudly presents Young at Heart. This hour-long show runs from 7 am to 8 am on Saturday mornings and is …
Read More »Meet Izzy, our Pet of the Month
Thanks to all of you who participated in our first-ever Pet Photo of the Month contest! We had so many adorable entries; it was super-hard to choose just one. That’s why we were happy to have you, our viewers, weigh in. You helped us whittle down our ten finalists to …
Read More »Downsizing
Baltimore-area family the Smiths followed the trajectory of countless homeowners before them. They bought a “starter house”—a reasonably sized duplex—where they lived when their two children were young, before “buying up”. Their second home was a big old house dating to the late 1800s with a large wrap-around porch, …
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In 2001, California native Patrick Gutierrez and his wife, Sacha, moved to the Baltimore City neighborhood of Brewers Hill, where they lived happily for several years. But in 2010, with their family expanding to include two young daughters, their living quarters started feeling cramped. So they did what many other …
Read More »Meet Kimberly Neal
Kimberly Neal, JD Age: 36 Lives in: Catonsville Child: Caleb, age 4 Job title: President, TranZed Apprenticeship Ventures, a Children’s Guild affiliate partnering with an apprenticeship provider from the United Kingdom to deliver Maryland’s first apprenticeships in nontraditional occupations (IT, digital and social media, cyber security). Formerly, she was a …
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