Family and parenting

Parents, schools and health care providers are vital in helping teens through today’s unprecedented mental health challenges, says Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi, president and chief executive officer of Sheppard Pratt.

Preschool teachers don't have the most glamorous job, yet they undertake the Herculean task of turning toddlers into miniature members of society, people who can (usually) take turns, follow directions and not hit. As my youngest child prepares to graduate from preschool, I want to thank the teachers who have put their hearts into caring for our kids.

College was too expensive for Brenda Rivera, but she vowed her daughters would have the opportunity to go. Then she got the chance to go, too, graduating from Notre Dame of Maryland University.

A reader asked The Baltimore Banner to investigative what techniques schools are using to diffuse violence.

Lancaster County — home to Dutch Wonderland and several other little-kid-friendly attractions — is an underrated gem for families.

Eighteen years ago, Camille Hammond’s mother, Tinina Cade, gave her the ultimate gift and carried her triplets 32 weeks to birth. She was 55 at the time.

Maryland students should graduate with knowledge about handling their personal finances, Julie Weaver, executive director of the Maryland Council on Economic Education, says.

At Jemicy School, engineering and building vehicles for Baltimore’s annual tradition is part of the curriculum.

The intersectionality of race and gender can have a role in how labor’s perceived and pursued.

The National Aquarium celebrates students’ successes with a free Shell-ebration

Baltimore County school redistricting proposals are misguided and would present hardships for children and families, say Del. Kathy Szeliga and Del. Ryan Nawrocki, who represent a Baltimore County district in the Maryland House of Delegates.

I couldn’t help my childhood pet when she got an illness too expensive for my family to treat, but I will make sure my dog Chichi is covered.

The annual parade had attractions including traditional Irish music, flag twirling and multiple hot rod collector cars.

Photos from the third annual National Pig Day celebration in Pigtown/Washington Village.

“We are hoping it is not thousands of people, that it’s hundreds,” Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López told lawmakers.

At the 76th annual National Muskrat Skinning Competition in Golden Hill, dozens of people of all ages raced to cut the pelt from these aquatic rodents. The tradition brings together families in this marshy land and hearkens back to Native American traditions.

Martin Linthicum says his younger brother, accused in the shootings of two Baltimore County Police officers in separate incidents, spiraled downward in an abusive household.

A report evaluating the B’more for Healthy Babies program found that it specifically reduced the number of Black and Hispanic babies who died before their first birthdays, narrowing long-standing racial disparities.

In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.