Ah, to be young again. Not only do kids get summers off, but there are so many cool summer camp and program opportunities available to indulge their passions, pique their interests or simply serve as a safe and nurturing place to make new friends. For 22 years, the Baltimore’s Child …
Read More »Elizabeth Heubeck
Making the Grade
These days, in the halls of high schools across the nation, there’s a lot of talk about Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Advanced Placement (AP) courses, created by the College Board, have become increasingly popular among high school students across the nation. In 2016 alone, 1.1 million students had taken at …
Read More »Help Name the Maryland Zoo’s Baby Giraffe
What would you name a baby giraffe? The Maryland Zoo’s Giraffe House animal care team is pondering that very question right now—and they want your help! On Monday February sixth, Juma, a female giraffe at the Maryland Zoo, gave birth to an adorable giraffe calf who already is over 6 …
Read More »Local Expert Explains New Guidelines on When Kids Should First Try Peanuts
Forget everything you thought you knew about when first to expose children to peanuts. New guidelines from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases refute older recommendations issued in 2000 by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Now scientists recommend children at highest risk of peanut allergies—infants with severe …
Read More »Summer Camp Season Starts…Now
In the middle of December, my friend Alicia Danyali started emailing me with questions about which summer camps our kids should attend next summer. Is the holiday season too early to debate whether to invest in two or four weeks of children’s sailing camp? Not for us. Alicia and I …
Read More »My teenagers have me tongue-tied, tossing and turning
My 14-year-old son had a day off from school. It was rainy and cold outside, and I figured he’d want to sleep in, so I refrained from calling him from my office until late morning, around 11. He answered the phone in his new weird low man voice that I …
Read More »The Story Behind Slimeyard Slimes
Every once in a while, a story of human hardship, perseverance and personal triumph grips an entire community. Such was the case when Archer Senft, a 17-year-old McDonogh student from Baltimore, suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed and fighting for his life. Since his injury on …
Read More »Two Local Venues to Celebrate Launch of Local Indie Musician’s New Children’s Book
Finland native Ruut DeMeo has been a staple in Baltimore’s local indie music scene for over a decade. But since the birth of her two children, now 6 and 4, she’s found herself veering toward storytelling for a much younger audience—through live music, a brand-new children’s book, and an accompanying …
Read More »When Birds and Bees Start Buzzing Around
Talking about the “birds and the bees” with our children is tricky, uncomfortable and, in many ways, a parent’s nightmare. But it’s a part of life. We have to do it. My oldest daughter Paige was 8 when we sat down to talk. The girls at school were talking about …
Read More »Teaching Children to Love—Themselves
February’s always been a weird month for me. After the wiz-bang-rush of hurtling through the holidays and the shiny new possibilities of a new calendar year, February feels like a bit of a slog. Yes, there’s the magical excitement of, um, Groundhog Day, but somehow the freezing rain manages to …
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