Family and parenting

Here’s a handy compendium of phone numbers and addresses for you to bookmark for Ocean City.

In the age of Donald Trump, I’ll admit to not feeling very optimistic. What a time for my son and his fiancée to start a new chapter, to commit to love and a future together. I found some inspiration, of all places, on a rainy morning with U.S. Sen, Angela Alsobrooks.

On a recent trip to Ocean City, Julie Scharper managed to find six restaurants that made the whole family happy.

The U.S. government recognizes these children as a particularly vulnerable group, and border agents are required to transfer them to minors-only shelters within 72 hours.

The affected children also have increased chances of teen births and jail, the study found.

Annapolis will select a new mayor and at least three new city council members in November. Over the next six months, I’ll explore problems they will face, including rising anger over the state of playing fields.

As a new parent, time can seem like such a thef.

When Jill Smokler awoke at Johns Hopkins Hospital last year, her skull sealed shut with a jagged seam of staples, her first response was wry laughter.

The children's museum's new exhibits will include rocket launching, fort building and a Baltimore streetscape.

Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.

A judge will hear arguments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran resident who the government said was deported after an “administrative error.”

This is life with three children: chaotic, messy, sticky.

Despite what many assume, research suggests only children have “pretty normal” life outcomes compared to those with siblings.

President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting any hospital receiving federal funds from practicing gender-affirming care for youths callously disregards the needs of children who are both gender- and neurodiverse, a letter writer says.

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have immigrants, regardless of status, altering their normal routines. Some have stopped going to public places. Some have voluntarily returned to their home countries.

As many as 83 Maryland children died from abuse or neglect in 2023, making the state’s published rate of child maltreatment fatalities among the worst in the nation.

In September 2023, exactly one year after West Virginia’s abortion ban took effect, the new clinic opened its doors in tiny Cresaptown in Allegany County

Santa Wayne has held court at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie for 35 years — nearly as long as the mall has been open. But, with much of the mall vacant, Santa Wayne has seen hardly any children this year.

Aesthetically pleasing photo shoots are out and awkward is in.

For the moms who are tired of making lists, here’s one you can get behind.