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Family and parenting

    Commentary: Financial literacy vital to young people’s education, development
    Maryland students should graduate with knowledge about handling their personal finances, Julie Weaver, executive director of the Maryland Council on Economic Education, says.
    Nicole Veltre, biology teacher at Digital Harbor High School, talks about the most difficult year to be a teacher in the United States.  Nicole teaches a class with many students who are learning English as a second language.
    Building potential: A class becomes a team before Kinetic Sculpture Race
    At Jemicy School, engineering and building vehicles for Baltimore’s annual tradition is part of the curriculum.
    Jonathan Kuessner works on a bike that he will be piloting during the race.
    I need grind culture to leave my grandma alone for good
    The intersectionality of race and gender can have a role in how labor’s perceived and pursued.
    Grandma had a great time at Friends Grille in Pigtown to celebrate her 78 birthday in February.
    Cheers and applause for students’ academic achievement
    The National Aquarium celebrates students’ successes with a free Shell-ebration
    It feels just like jelly says 10 year-old Alena Grant as she reaches in to feel the jellyfish.
    Commentary: Where Baltimore County school boundary proposals went wrong
    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.
    The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
    Commentary: Navigating the complicated web of insuring my pet Corgi
    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.
    Chichi the corgi is usually stealing socks, asleep on her back, waiting for her next walk or asking for food when she just ate.
    Bagpipes, flag twirling and a vintage green Buick: The 2023 St. Patrick Parade in photos
    The annual parade had attractions including traditional Irish music, flag twirling and multiple hot rod collector cars.
    George Stegmaier dresses up as St. Patrick in the annual St. Patty’s Day Parade in Downtown, Baltimore, MD., on March 12, 2023.
    ‘Caught in the riptide’: a Baltimore college student brought here at age 1 could be deported
    Adolfo Martinez is a junior at Loyola poses for a portrait on campus, in Baltimore, Monday, March 6, 2023.
    Pigtown’s third annual National Pig Day celebration
    Photos from the third annual National Pig Day celebration in Pigtown/Washington Village.
    Joe Carlson, operations manager of Charm City Books, reads a children’s book for the 3rd annual Pigtown celebration of National Pig Day in Swill Apothecafe, Washington Village, March 4, 2023.
    Maryland is incorrectly seizing tax refunds from some parents paying child support
    “We are hoping it is not thousands of people, that it’s hundreds,” Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López told lawmakers.
    Exterior of the Maryland State House.
    Muskrat love: Eastern Shore festival celebrates skinning and eating aquatic rodent
    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.
    Cesilee Oliver, 18, Miss Cameron Parrish 2022 from Cameron Parrish, LA holds up a fresh muskrat before skinning it at The National Outdoors Show in Dorchester County, MD on February 25, 2023.
    David Linthicum’s brother speaks out: ‘This was entirely preventable’
    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.
    The view outside David Linthicum's home on Friday, Feb. 10. Tire tracks and busted windows are some of the signs from a police raid the night before.
    Baltimore’s infant deaths dropped by one-third in a decade
    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.
    Healthy pregnant woman sitting on big doctor's hand. Prenatal care helps ensure a healthy pregnancy.
    Clucked up: The humble and heartbreaking world of raising backyard chickens
    Thinking about raising chickens to save money on eggs? These Baltimore-area backyard chicken owners say prepare yourself for feathers, heartbreak and some very expensive eggs.
    Christa Daring, along with their partner Dan Staples and child Juniper, raise chickens in their backyard in Lauraville on February 3, 2023. They have ten chickens total.
    Baltimore newlyweds said, ‘I do’ to a 2-year honeymoon in a van
    In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.
    Emmaus sets up the swing seats in the family travel van
    How to find a lost pet? Science, patience and fried chicken
    It’s a dilemma that pet owners dread: When your companion animal escapes, how do you bring them home safely?
    Man holds his search and rescue dog as it sits on top of a cage.
    Lawsuit alleges foster care children given psychiatric drugs without adequate oversight
    Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.
    Photo collage showing brick office building, with medication blister pack floating over a boy’s silhouette.
    Growing up in Government House: Advice for the Moore kids
    Mia and James Moore are about to join a rarified list of children in Maryland history, moving into the governor’s official home in Annapolis, Government House. Those who have lived it before them say there will be wonderful experiences they’ll never forget — and moments that were, frankly, harder because they were lived in the public eye.
    Gov.-elect Wes Moore, his wife, Dawn, and their children, Mia and James as they prepare to tour the governor's mansion.
    Growing up in Government House
    Here's a look at the children who have lived in Government House before Mia and James Moore.
    Gov. Theodore McKeldin and his wife, Honolulu, her mother Maude Manzer; their children Theodore Jr. and Clara and the family dog Suga in Government House.
    Baltimore issues Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration as temperatures drop
    It probably won’t be a white Christmas — but it will be extremely cold and windy.
    A picture of a vehicle window from the perspective of someone inside the vehicle, looking out. The window is covered in rain and melting frost, with a rearview mirror in the photo and an icy landscape beyond.
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