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I officially became a “soccer mom” last year when my eight-year-old daughter enrolled in the town soccer team. She loves…
It is universally accepted that visiting a college before accepting an offer to attend can influence a student’s success. The…
Barely one year ago in the summer of 2018, entrepreneurial Fairfax mom, Laura Arndt, launched her Matriarc app, designed specifically…
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Have you ever found yourself “listening” to your child while actually thinking, “are you kidding me, this again?!” Children are…
“I’m going to test him for whooping cough,” the doctor said. “But he was vaccinated for it right? How could…
Like most parents, I was horrified when I discovered my daughter had head lice. But, as a pediatrician, I knew…
My mom always tells me she was a mess after my first day of kindergarten drop-off: she had to go…
One of the best things you can do for your kids is to teach them about money. As you’re getting…
It’s Saturday, and Mom is wearily unloading groceries – a chore she’s performed hundreds of times. Meanwhile, Dad drives twelve-year-old…
Gender incongruence, or gender nonconforming, a conflict between a person’s physical or assigned gender and the gender with which that…
“You need glasses,” the ophthalmologist said to me. I was 12 years old. My mom was shocked since I never…
How can parents plan for a successful shopping trip or simply get out of the house and enjoy their local…
Eight years ago, the Smithsonian piloted Morning at the Museum, a free weekend morning program for young people on the…
Local Author Makes it Big There is no shortage of child-family-parenting positivity these days. Local author Dave Engledow, originally from…
