Parenting Advice

Create Magical Moments Your Children Won't Forget
by Kara FerraroA child's birthday is the most anticipated day of the year. If your child is like most, as soon as the party is over they are…

By Christina Katz Short on funds this summer? A lack of cash does not have to mean a shortage of summer fun! Outdoor ecstasy for your cooped up kids can be as close as your own back yard. Even…

(Part one in a three-part series)
By Kerry L. Pinto
April 2012
Gail Perkins had a vision. In 2006, the Mary Washington Hospital forensic nurse recognized the need for a Child Advocacy Center to…

By: Tammy Pittman "Congratulations! You're having twins," the nurse told us. Panic immediately set in. I was 21 weeks pregnant with an 8 month old baby girl sitting quietly in her car seat beside…

By Mara Scanlon
I am an English teacher and a nursing mother. Recently, while teaching a collection of short fiction, I asked my class to discuss the adolescent narrator of one story. A female…

By Caroline Conneen
Yes, it is possible to return to work outside the home and continue to breastfeed your baby. Give yourself a lot of credit, because in many ways you are doing the work of both…

by Nimali Fernando, a.k.a. Doctor YumParents of children in my pediatrics practice often ask me what to give their babies and toddlers when they get tired of the baby “mush”. Babies quickly get…

by Cathy Butler
June 2011Happy Father's Day! Today we celebrate the valuable role fathers play in the lives of their children. In 2010, over 40% of births were to unmarried parents and over 13,000…

By Dr. Patrick NeustatterWhen your bathroom is full of deodorants and shaving gear, the fridge is empty, girls are calling and you hardly see your son any more, you know he's undergoing the…

By AUSTIN TOWLE, AGE 131. We don't like to be compared to other kids. When you compare us to little Timothy down the block saying how smart and well-mannered he is, it doesn't make us feel good….