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How to help children with ADHD thrive in a virtual schoolhouse 05/23/2020 06:00am • When schools shut down because of the coronavirus, some parents of children with ADHD found themselves in a stressful predicament. Homeschooling is hard for any parent who's never done so before, but parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder face special challenges. It Virginia 4-H helps keep feelings of 'community and connection' 05/22/2020 10:30pm • They haven���t quite figured out yet how to give kids a virtual campfire, but Virginia 4-H is moving ahead with plans for summer camp. ���We���ve had to create a way in which we can reach the 230,000 4-H members across the Commonwealth while we are currently at home,��� Assistant Director and Sta Fairfax Co. students clean up, reach $15K 'Soap For Hope' goal 05/22/2020 03:43pm • Students in Fairfax County's Lake Braddock Secondary School have raised more than $15,000 with their "Soap for Hope" fundraiser. (Courtesy David Kelly) The group of Fairfax County eighth-grade students at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke set a high goal of raising $15,000 to help 15 schoo DC announces start date for public schools; virtual summer school, camp-at-home offered 05/22/2020 01:58pm • The Lincoln Memorial stands empty, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. The District of Columbia is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) D.C. made it official Friday: Public schools in the District will star Review: Ruh roh! Immature 'Scoob!' reboot better for kids than parents 05/22/2020 12:30am • Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appear in a scene from the new animated remake "Scoob!" ��(Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) Since 1969, "Scooby-Doo" has captured generations with Saturday morning cartoons as part of the Hanna-Barbera lineup of "Yogi Bear," "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons." Now, the DC-area summer camps canceled, delayed due to COVID-19 concerns 05/21/2020 05:00pm • Several parks and recreation departments in the D.C. area have announced that summer camps are canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See below for canceled or delayed programs. Maryland Charles County The Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism has canceled all upcoming summe Prince George's Co. looks to reopen June 1; more contact tracing in Md. 05/21/2020 04:37pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, is on its way to a modified reopening June 1, provided current coronavirus data trends continue, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday. COVID-19 positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths in the county have been declining, Alsobrooks' office said in TBD: Loudoun Co. prepares 3 scenarios for next school year 05/21/2020 07:55am • Loudoun County Public Schools is planning for three possible scenarios for next school year, including one option that would blend in-person and distance learning, according to a message to parents and staff from the head of the school system. Regardless of restrictions dictated by COVID-19, "we Children's National Hospital: 23 kids with syndrome related to COVID-19 05/21/2020 07:02am • Children's National Hospital has 23 pediatric patients being treating for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, an illness related to the novel coronavirus, the hospital confirmed to WTOP. Last week, the hospital in D.C. had three patients with the mystery illness, which has been described as simila Day care slots in Maryland open to nonessential workers 05/20/2020 08:19pm • Families returning to work under Phase 1 of Maryland's plan to reopen will now have access to day care for their children. Day care slots were provided to essential workers only under the state's COVID-19 measures issued in March. With Gov. Larry Hogan easing some restrictions, the Maryland St How to manage care of loved ones in assisted living facilities 05/20/2020 05:13pm • This content is provided by JSSA. The ���sandwich generation��� is the point in adulthood when we must balance the responsibilities of parenting along with the responsibilities of caring for parents who are experiencing a decline in health and independence. This period involves the stress of m AP PHOTOS: Celebrating high school seniors amid pandemic 05/19/2020 06:10pm • EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) ��� No prom. No graduation. No award ceremonies. No last school pranks. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of so much, but parents at one Maryland high school were determined to make their children's senior spring memorable nonetheless. They scoured the in Child care faces crunch with Maryland Phase One reopening, fears for future 05/19/2020 10:32am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. As more Marylanders returned to work this week, child care providers say they have mounting fears about how their industry will be left New Showtime documentary 'Basketball County: In the Water' salutes PG County 05/19/2020 12:43am • Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, left, embraces his mother, Wanda Pratt, right, following the news conference to announce that Durant is the winner of the NBA Most Value Player Award in Oklahoma City in 2014. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Across America, just three out of every 10,000 high sch Hawk family gives worried Washingtonians a break from pandemic concerns 05/18/2020 08:45pm • Like families everywhere, Walt and Libby are hunkered down with the kids in their Northwest D.C. home. But they're not under quarantine. And it's not because they are flouting the mayor's stay-at-home order but rather because Walt and Libby are a pair of red-shouldered hawks. They have become