Tag Archives: Lisa Robinson

Current scenario: You are shopping for a homecoming or holiday dance dress for your daughter and are disgusted and appalled at the choices. Many are too short, too revealing and way too expensive. Yeah, I remember this whole experience all too well. WBAL-TV news anchor Mindy Basara was helping her …

It’s been 22 years since you left this earth and I miss you every single day. I miss the talks we had when I left home to live my adult life. Not a day went by that we didn’t talk. I asked your advice, you gave it. Sometimes I didn’t …

One of the worst things a parent can say is that they have to babysit their kids. They are YOUR kids, so there is no babysitting. It’s called spending time with your own children. Mostly, I hear this from mothers, who say their husbands call it “babysitting.” If they really …

The first day of school has so many challenges and joys, whether it’s the start of daycare, kindergarten, middle school, high school, college or just starting the next grade. Many parents talk about tears when sending their little ones off to school for the first time and having a deep …

Everyone is not cut out to give fashion advice, especially a certain father I know. My daughter, Grace, had an interview at college for a resident assistant job. She had an outfit picked out, but was on the fence about the shoes. She did what she always does when trying …

Question: Every year my kids and I look forward to summer vacation and a break in the busy school year schedule. The first few days off feel like paradise. Then the kids get bored, and I get irritated with them. I don’t want to over-schedule them—that’s the beauty of summer …

Question: My 11-year-old daughter has been friendly with a group of girls in our neighborhood for years. But recently, they seem to be pulling away, leaving her out of get-togethers more often than not. And, quite frankly, their interests seem to be moving away from hers, too. My daughter is …

If you have a child who is graduating from high school soon do your best to not let the celebrations ruin their next chapter.   Young people want to shout to the world that they are done with high school and are moving on to college or at least closer to …

I am making a plea on behalf of all parents of newborns and babies: “Don’t touch the baby!” At WBAL-TV, I am surrounded by colleagues who are new parents. And the topic of people randomly getting up close and personal with their new additions has come up on more than …

There’s a cruel yet necessary part of life that the universe has subjected parents to—the final year of high school when your teen knows everything and finds ways to make you unapologetically not like them. At times, you don’t like them so much that you can’t wait for them to …