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Co-Ed Sleepovers for Teens: Yea or Nay?
Last night I asked a friend with a daughter who is a junior in high school if she would talk to me about the co-ed sleepover phenomenon for the fishbowl. Here’s what I got in response: So, prom is...
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Back to School Style
You know school’s back in session in Roland Park when it takes 45 minutes to get through the intersection at Northern Parkway and Roland Avenue in the morning, when you see otherwise shaggy young men...
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex
Baltimore-based sex educator Deborah Roffman has a tough but important job: talking to tweens and teens about sex. Phew, some parents out there might be thinking, Maybe I can get her to come to my...
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Dad Desperate to Stop Cyber Bullying of Daughter
Photo via dosomething.org Dear Whit: I hope you can help us with this problem because we don’t know what to do. My daughter is being bullied by a group of girls who shun her at school and post cruel...
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LGBTQ Teens: Going Public in the Private Schools
Fitting in. It’s what most teenagers aspire to do. Sure, there are outliers who do things like dye their hair bright colors and pierce multiple body parts to draw attention to themselves. But very few...
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Checking up on the Kids — and the Parents — at Sleepovers
My kids are still in middle school, but already I’ve begun to take mental notes of their friends who seem most likely to become, uh, shall I say, highly adventurous teenagers. You know, the ones with...
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It’s Scientifically Proven: Some Teens are Genetically Wired to Want their...
On a recent Sunday morning, I was sipping coffee and perusing the newspaper with my husband at the dining room table, blissfully enjoying a rare moment of relaxation, when my son burst through the...
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When Novice Mom Hits the Slopes
Photo courtesy of onthesnow.com. We rode the ski lift in relative silence. While I tried to distract myself by taking in the scenic views of snowcapped mountains and folks of all ages dressed in...
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Teen Lingerie Entrepreneur Delivers Message of Empowerment to Local Girls
Yellowberry Founder Megan Grassell and her sister Mary Margaret Grassell Imagine you are eleven years old and your mom is taking you to the mall to purchase your first bra. As you enter the lingerie...
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Baltimore Clayworks Summer Camps
Ceramists know something very important. It’s that clay, any way you slice it, is fun. And while for many adults, thinking of pottery making still recalls the famous scene from the movie Ghost (could...
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The Mystic Secret of College Tours
Photo via americancollegetours.org This past weekend I took my daughter Jane, a high school junior, on the first of what will surely be many campus tours. She is my fifth and last child to go to...
View ArticleFriday Morning Headlines: Teens Blamed for Recent Harbor Crime Wave; Company...
Teen attacks unnerving downtown Baltimore visitors — ABC2 Baltimore Community Mediation Center joins team to oversee police reform — Baltimore Sun Pugh says, “I share the vision of the 20/20 plan” —...
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Co-Ed Sleepovers for Teens: Yea or Nay?
Last night I asked a friend with a daughter who is a junior in high school if she would talk to me about the co-ed sleepover phenomenon for the fishbowl. Here’s what I got in response: So, prom is...
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Back to School Style
You know school’s back in session in Roland Park when it takes 45 minutes to get through the intersection at Northern Parkway and Roland Avenue in the morning, when you see otherwise shaggy young men...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex
Baltimore-based sex educator Deborah Roffman has a tough but important job: talking to tweens and teens about sex. Phew, some parents out there might be thinking, Maybe I can get her to come to my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dad Desperate to Stop Cyber Bullying of Daughter
Photo via dosomething.org Dear Whit: I hope you can help us with this problem because we don’t know what to do. My daughter is being bullied by a group of girls who shun her at school and post cruel...
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LGBTQ Teens: Going Public in the Private Schools
Fitting in. It’s what most teenagers aspire to do. Sure, there are outliers who do things like dye their hair bright colors and pierce multiple body parts to draw attention to themselves. But very few...
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Checking up on the Kids — and the Parents — at Sleepovers
My kids are still in middle school, but already I’ve begun to take mental notes of their friends who seem most likely to become, uh, shall I say, highly adventurous teenagers. You know, the ones with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Scientifically Proven: Some Teens are Genetically Wired to Want their...
On a recent Sunday morning, I was sipping coffee and perusing the newspaper with my husband at the dining room table, blissfully enjoying a rare moment of relaxation, when my son burst through the...
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When Novice Mom Hits the Slopes
Photo courtesy of onthesnow.com. We rode the ski lift in relative silence. While I tried to distract myself by taking in the scenic views of snowcapped mountains and folks of all ages dressed in...
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