Parenting

Anyone wish they were a little more organized? Unsure of how to keep your house together once you get it just the way you like it? I think many of us fall into the trap of organizing and…

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By Kerry L. Pinto Dori Roberts had a vision. The Stafford County resident and then Colonial Forge High School teacher wanted to expand her enthusiasm for math and technology by starting an…

By Elaine Stone Have you noticed some people wake-up spunky and others grumpy? The spunky smile, sing and swing their way into morning. The grumpy frown, whine and fight their way into the waking…

Today, one in every 88 American children is on the autism spectrum. Autism affects more than 2 million people in the U.S. and tens of millions worldwide. But it hasn't always been this way….

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…

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…

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…

By Mary Becelia It's a pretty nice state of affairs I have to admit, when all four members of our household are basically on the same schedule and in agreement about what constitutes a decent…

By Kerry L. Pinto Chances are if you aren't a military or government employee in the Stafford and Fredericksburg area, your neighbors probably are.Because of the proximity to various military…