Parenting Advice
Parenting is the hardest job there is, and you do not have to do it alone. Washington Parent shares trusted, locally relevant parenting advice for families across DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia, covering child development, behavior, family health and early childhood. Browse our latest advice below.
Why Free Swim Lessons? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately two children ages 14 or…
Winter is over, and now we can go outdoors to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. Unfortunately, as the weather…
Nearly one-third of women have a pause in their career to start families. Less than half of these women return…
Parents have many options when choosing where to send their children to summer camp. One interesting option lies right in…
How do you know you can trust the person you hired to watch your kids? With scary headlines of child…
When your kid shirks social interaction, hiding behind your legs at the playground or hugging the wall at a birthday…
Exploring the psychological benefits of summer camp. Updated June 24th 2021. After the school year ends, the warm, lazy days…
Dashing from one thing to the next? Constantly running late? Feeling overwhelmed by everyday events, or surprised by forgotten appointments?…
How did your parents treat your fevers when you were younger? Did they use cold washcloths and a variety of…
The multitude of day, instructional-based, sleep over, single-focus and specialty camps for K-12 schoolchildren in the DMV are varied and…
For our digital natives, online interaction is part of the new order. But that doesn’t mean our kids don’t require…
Many families struggle to rouse sleepy children in the morning, but what if you have the opposite problem? If your…
Parents living in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C. have great access to scores of culturally-rich and rewarding opportunities for…
This past Thanksgiving, our family of five and a few friends ate dinner on folding tables and camp chairs alongside…
Jane and Drew Tamassia love going to the dentist. They think it is fun. Perhaps it’s words like “tickle toothbrush”…
Teachers know that one of the marks of a bright child is the size of his or her vocabulary. The…
