My first Halloween as a parent was spent in the air. My wife Kat and I were returning from showing off our first baby to friends and family in Colorado.…
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Christopher Piper, commissioner of the Department of Elections, on legislative changes, election security, and exercising your right to vote With the spread of COVID-19, conducting elections has become more challenging…
To say these are uncertain times is probably the most overused, but understated, way to describe our current situation. After facing a summer with fewer options for kids due to…
I’ll be dropping off my 3-year-old at a childcare center for the first time this month, and I’m extremely nervous. Do you have any tips for parents? What if there…
Congratulations, Richmond – we’ve made it this far! As we precariously peek around the corner of the final quarter of 2020 – the year which has seen an unprecedented use…
These days, many families are seeking childcare alternatives related to COVID-19 concerns. Employing a nanny and sharing nanny services with another family are popular choices. Finding someone to spend hours…
There are steps you can take while your kids are little to help them fall in love with reading, books, and learning.
Those penny loafers in the back of my closet are plenty old, but the wise and weary eyes gazing out from their penny keepers are even older. Many years ago…
Because a number of public and private pools will remain closed or have reduced hours this summer, many families are looking for new ways to stay cool. In fact, backyard…
“Hey! I remember you!” a freshman at the high school where I teach called out to me earlier this year. “Don’t you have a daughter who acts like a cat?”…
Along with the sounds of birds chirping, the clicking of bicycle gears could go down in history as the natural soundtrack of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it meant blowing the…
Pandemic or no pandemic, Phil Riggan’s strategies for creating quality family time rock – quite literally. Have you been to the James or Laurus Park?
