Charm City Moms

Entitlement

Hanah Cho — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: A Texas couple was demonized by the media last week for not giving a souvenir baseball to a little ...

Earlier school start

Hanah Cho — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:13:35 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: I had to chuckle when I read Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot’s comments last week urging school ...

Women and work

Hanah Cho — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:54:18 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: I have a notion to create a bumper sticker that says: “It’s a job, not a choice.” I’m sure you’ve ...

Teens and money

baltimoresun.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday As the nation slowly recovers from the recession, a new survey from T.Rowe Price finds that tweens w 1. Take advantage of everyday teachable money moments — Trips to the grocery store, attending a sporting event, getting money from the ATM, and planni ...

Bully

Hanah Cho — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Last week, I wrote about the Hunger Games, a film that is hard to avoid. A few days ago a more impo ...

Hunger Games

Hanah Cho — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Parents of teens and tweens are learning a whole new language these days. After a decade of learnin ...

Smoking

Hanah Cho — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: The other day, my 10-year-old said he had a confession to make and begged me not to be mad at him. ...

Am I ugly?

Hanah Cho — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: “How do I look?” Everybody asks that question. You try on a new pair of jeans and wonder if they m ...

Lorax teaching kids to become Occupy protesters?

Hanah Cho — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: As if I don’t have enough to worry about with gun violence, bullying, test scores and teen sex. Now ...

Zero tolerance

Hanah Cho — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: I was happy to learn that the Maryland State Board of Education is taking another look at its zero ...

Food allergies

Hanah Cho — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: My kids have been lucky not to have developed any food allergies. Many years ago, my older son pret ...

Breast-feeding support for Maryland moms

Hanah Cho — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Moms around the world can probably tell hundreds of stories about trying to breastfeed their babies for the first time. As much as some people say it ...

Too much alcohol in Super Bowl ads?

Hanah Cho — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:53:06 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Folks are still talking about the Super Bowl commercials. While the Clint Eastwood car commercial a ...

Backseat safety

Hanah Cho — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: I noticed a few days ago that the Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation that would r ...

Push for home births in Maryland

Hanah Cho — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:06 GMT

As mothers, we talk about having and wanting choices on how we raise our children. Some moms in Maryland want to have the option of delivering their ...

Tween Tuesday: Getting face time with kids despite technology

baltimoresun.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:11 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Do your kids look at you when you talk with them? With all the cell phones, iPods, computers and ot ...

Helping children cope with deployment

Hanah Cho — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: An estimated 2 million kids have had to say good-bye to a military parent who was deployed overse ...

24-hour daycare

Hanah Cho — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:53:53 GMT

There are 24-hour gyms, 24-hour diners and everything in between. Now some daycare centers are joining the mix. The New York Times reports on the tre ...

Sinai to give away money to Ravens baby

Hanah Cho — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Everyone is getting into the business of celebrating the Baltimore Ravens. My colleague Andrea Walker at Picture of Health reports that Sinai Hospita ...

To or not to give an allowance

Hanah Cho — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: I’ve always been a bit perplexed over the issue of giving a kid an allowance. Baltimore Sun financi ...

Free weight-loss programs for Baltimore mothers

Hanah Cho — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Weight loss is one of top New Year resolutions for many people. If you're a mother in Baltimore, you could take advantage of a free program called B' ...

Teaching teens to cook

Hanah Cho — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Is it too late for New Year’s resolutions? My diet is floundering, but I have another idea. I shoul ...

Best apps for kids

baltimoresun.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:01:48 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday:My kids have never met a screen they didn't like. TV, computer, smart phone, iPad, iPod. They love th ...

No Facebook for Sasha and Malia Obama

baltimoresun.com — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:22:43 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: Sasha and Malia Obama may get to meet Justin Bieber at a Christmas concert, but they won't be gushi ...

London

Hanah Cho — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Here's Liz Atwood with this week's Tween Tuesday: This week education will take a back seat to celebration in most schools. There will be holiday par ...