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Game On! – January 2016

By Patrick Gutierrez Rodney Johnson was some athlete. Johnson, whom I went to high school with 25 years ago in Southern California, was a classic three-sport star. Six-foot-two and blazing fast, he played football in the fall, once scoring five touchdowns to lead us to victory on homecoming night. In …

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You Have the Right to Refuse:

By Joanne Giza 26, 46, 14, 16. No, that series of numbers isn’t Joe Flacco barking out a play on third-and-long. It’s the number of hours third-graders spend taking standardized tests annually in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, and Howard County, respectively. That’s a lot of hours—way too …

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Tech Talk – January 2016

By Sandra Gordon Handing our smartphones or iPads to our children can be a sanity saver on a long car ride or when we’re in line at the supermarket. But can letting them play Monkey Preschool Lunchbox or Temple Run—or even Skype with Grandma—be putting them in danger? Wireless devices …

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Your Special Child – January 2016

By Amy Landsman The door in a corridor at the Loyola Clinical Centers in Belvedere Square is blandly marked “storage.” Inside, however, stuffed from floor to ceiling, is a wonderland of toys: trucks, dollhouses, puzzles—even a mini basketball hoop. They’re all tools of the trade for Loyola University Maryland graduate …

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Last But Not Least – January 2016

By Lisa Robinson   In this new year, I challenge mothers everywhere to learn to say “yes” more often. We’ve already had enough difficulty saying “no.” No to the outrageous demands of our children. You know, 8-year-olds who want iPhones. Teenagers who want cars and lavish vacations. But, more often …

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