Parenting Advice

by Mary Helen Berg
Every parent knows sleepovers are not for sleeping. Sleepovers are for bonding, whispering, tickling, pillow fighting and tossing and turning until daylight. Having a sleepover…

"You will have 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete this test. There are ten separately timed sections: one 25-minute essay, six other 25-minutes sections, two 20-minute sections, and one 10-minute…

Fancy dresses, tuxedos, corsages, dinner, dancing and more. Spring is in the air, and it's Prom time! It's a night many teens look forward to and many parents stay up worrying about their…

Virginia — 9/11. Virginia Tech. Newtown. Boston. The list of horrific, violent events could go on. For adults it is hard enough to process emotions stemmed from these events, but for children it…

By Nina Parrish, M. Ed.
Chatter about autism is everywhere. And anyone who is a parent has heard of and probably spent some time worrying about the skyrocketing statistics on Autism Spectrum…

Host of HGTVs The High/Low Project talks about transforming spaces and following her dreams
Written by Chris Jones
Photo by Heidi DiEugenio
Dressed in tall, black boots, dark denim skinny jeans…

Is it possible that it is already spring break? Perhaps you are one of the lucky people reading this on a plane to Disney World or while headed to a sandy white beach. Or maybe you are like me,…

Local Resources for Preventing Child Abuse In Virginia, a child is abused or neglected every 75 minutes, and every 14 days a child dies from such mistreatment. However, despite this alarming…

For many parents, it has been quite a long road to get a proper diagnosis for their child. Some worry that next month that road may just get longer. On May 5th, 2013 when the new version of the…

How much praise is too much?  Can overpraising kids actually harm them?  Is it possible for kids to have too much self-esteem?   These are just some of the questions being raised by new research…