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Finding common ground on digital devices

Q. The Olympics are over and I’m bored. I don’t know what to do with myself. It’s not really that the Olympics are over as much as my parents monitor my social media use on my phone and Chromebook. And I’m allowed to watch only the TV they approve – which is how I got so into the ...

Field kids’ tough questions with honesty

Q. I saw your recent response to a parent and thought – I can ask my question too! I hope that’s okay. I’m the mom of a very inquisitive 5-year-old. When I say inquisitive, I mean there isn’t an hour of the day when I’m not asked something. I actually enjoy it. She keeps me on my ...

Parenting with passion, commitment

Q. You were my teacher/mentor when I had a baby as a teen. That child is almost 21 and I have a 2-year-old. My husband is a great dad and gives compliments to my parenting. He sees the rest of my family and tells me that I’ve broken the cycle of poor parenting. If that’s true, it’s ...

Snow days, middle school pose challenges

Responses to my Jan. 29 column on snow days: Q. As a parent, I reacted to your column about remote snow days much like the teen who wrote to you. When I was a teen, we did have days off for snow, but they weren’t like today. My brother and I would wake up to listen to the radio and then go ...

Snow day frustrations

Q.: I hate snow days. Wait a minute, let me explain. I hate the kind of snow days we have now. I don’t care if you call them remote learning or flexible instruction days or remote instruction days, they are horrible! I’m the kind of student who needs to be in the same room with my teachers. ...

Ask Mary Jo

Our Washington’s Got Talent 15th annual fundraiser is Saturday, Jan. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Chartiers-Houston High School. Traditionally, we ask our finalists the following questions: Please tell me why you enjoy performing? What does performing in WGT mean to you? Where do you see yourself in ...