Major Decision: Finally Choosing Your College
A few tips that may help you find the college that is the best fit
April 8, 2009
Heidi Fletcher
Vice President for Enrollment Management
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Red or yellow? Nuts or no nuts? College X or College Y (or how about College Z)? Choosing the college that your child will be attending for the next four years is a stressful time for students and their families. It’s not a time for quick decisions or procrastination, either. Read more »
What To Tell Your Kids About Michael Phelps
Turn Celebrity Scandal into a Valuable Teaching Moment for Your Kids
February 20, 2009
Michael Phelps/Towson Parade Photo by Lydia Willig
Throughout the Olympics we heard some pretty amazing facts: His wing span is longer than his height! His feet are like flippers! He eats more than 10,000 calories a day! Read more »
Admissions Panic: Will This Kid Go to College?
Even Procrastinators Can Find the Right Fit
February 4, 2009
Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher
Vice President for Enrollment Management
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
It happens every January. You think you know where your child will be attending college next year. Then you find out that she doesn’t want to go to the only college she applied to, or that a community college isn’t for her, or she isn’t going to make it off the wait list. Read more »
Mothers Who Hover
Are You a Helicopter Parent?
October 21, 2008
By Karen Nitkin
If being a helicopter parent means helping your children succeed, then Owings Mills mother of three Halaine Steinberg pleads guilty. Read more »
In Search of a Child
One Couple's Quest to Conceive, and the Charity Their Journey Spawned
September 25, 2008
By Merrill Witty
Reprinted with permission of The Hunt magazine
Photography by Jim Graham
Becky Snyder moved to Baltimore’s Federal Hill right after college. She had met her boyfriend, Kipp Fawcett, while they were students at Franklin & Marshall College, and he moved to Baltimore with her. Becky worked as a senior account executive for Baltimore Magazine; Kipp began his career in finance at T. Rowe Price. Read more »
The Other “Other Woman”
Learn to love your mother-in-law
April 30, 2008
By Elizabeth Heubeck
Illustration ©Pusicmario, Dreamstime.com
The red-eye flight home from her honeymoon in Hawaii was harrowing, so when she and her new husband finally got back to Baltimore, Jenna Smith could think of nothing better than dropping her bags at the foot of the bed and crawling under the covers. Read more »
Finding a Sitter Is Not Child’s Play
February 23, 2008
By Emily Parks
Jennifer Pyne has spent the better part of her Tuesday night looking for a babysitter, without much luck. She and her husband, Greg, need someone to watch their two children, ages 3 and 1½, on a Saturday night two weeks from now and she’s afraid she’s waited too long to start calling. “It’s really hard to find an older teenager to babysit,” the Towson mother says. Read more »
Whose House is it this Year?
November 2, 2007
By Abigail Green
Last year Kate Feiring organized six separate Christmas celebrations with her family. First, she and her husband, Mark, drove from Baltimore to visit her brother’s family in New York. They were joined there by Kate’s father, who flew in from Colorado. A couple of weekends later, the Feirings drove back to New York — except this time Kate’s mother was in attendance. Read more »
Divvying Up The Duties
Share Chores and Fun with Children
June 11, 2007
By Mary Medland
As women have flooded into the workforce over the past several decades, it figures that they were spending less and less time with their children. Read more »
