Rates of anxiety and depression among youth have soared over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last fall, a coalition of the nation’s leading experts in pediatric health declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Due to structural inequities, this mental health crisis is worst among …

  “There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Licensed psychologist Harriette Wimms uses this lyric from Leonard Cohen’s song “Anthem” to think about family conflict. She’s the co-founder and clinical director of The Village Family Support Center of Baltimore. “Even when parents feel …

    As the omicron variant surges, hospitals in Maryland and across the country are filling up with patients. Dr. Annie Soriano, who directs pediatric emergency services at the ER-7 of Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital, says that protocols are in place to separate kids with COVID-19 from those without—but it’s becoming …

  When Jane Brophy, head nurse at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, gets home from work, she puts down her bag, says hello to her husband and five children — and then frolics with her 10 chickens for 30 or 45 minutes. “It sounds crazy, but …

    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, …