Weekend Family Fun for June 4-7 brings you a mix of activities. On Friday at 5 p.m. the state moves into Phase 2 of its coronavirus recovery plan. Here are all the details about that. Our gatherings will include outdoor activities, small groups, social distancing and masks. With that …
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Diary of a Parent: April Flores
Meet April Flores, a sometimes blogger for BC, former teacher and SAHM to two wee ones. We brought April back into our “Diary of a Parent” mix because she has been thinking a lot about homeschooling and we know many other parents are, too. Here’s what she says. On Tuesday, …
Read More »My Niece Is Sick, And I’m Angry
Thousands of fearless people across the country took to the beaches, parks, racetracks, pools, clubs and streets this holiday weekend, drunk with freedom, liberty and their constitutionally guaranteed right to kill as many people as they chose. Meanwhile, my sister-in-law cried over her baby’s hospital bed in the pediatric intensive …
Read More »What to Say When …
The coronavirus outbreak may be causing stress and anxiety for you. And it is likely that your children are also feeling some varying levels of anxiety due to disruptions in their lives and schedules. So how can you as a parent help your children process what they’re feeling when you …
Read More »Planet Fitness offers free ‘work-ins’
To help gym-goers and others keep healthy during the pandemic, Planet Fitness has begun the “United We Move” Campaign, which allows exercisers to get in a sweat in 20 minutes or less. To learn more about the campaign, we spoke with Theodore “Teddy” Savage, fitness training director at Planet Fitness. …
Read More »Weekend Family Fun: May 21-25
It’s Memorial Day weekend. The day, of course, is a somber one, but the weekend itself marks the beginning of summer for so many families. With that in mind, Weekend Family Fun: May 21-25 has three ways to honor fallen soldiers and to learn about American history. It also offers …
Read More »How to Fight Caregiver Fatigue
American Red Cross volunteer Lynn Hottle has seen many families in crisis after disasters. But the 2020 coronavirus pandemic is “so new, so different and so prolonged,” she says. Hottle is the regional lead for disaster mental health services with the organization’s National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region. She also …
Read More »Diary of a Parent: Krystina Wales
Krystina Wales is the director of donor relations and stewardship for GBMC HealthCare and lives in the North Harford neighborhood of Baltimore city. She shares a day in the life of her family. My husband is a stay-at-home dad to our 2.5-year-old and 8-month-old so their lives are virtually …
Read More »Class Notes
I was supposed to listen to our class president give her speech. I was supposed to hear our valedictorian commemorate a traditional rite of passage. I was supposed to hear a board member confer degrees on our graduates. I was supposed to have one final opportunity to say each student’s …
Read More »Healing Gardens
Admit it. We could all use a little mental health boost right now. Forced isolation, uncertain finances, disrupted routines, increased responsibility of homeschooling with no childcare. It’s enough to make even the most optimistic and cheerful among us feel downright gloomy. The list of remedies that experts recommend to combat …
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