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An Alternative to a Proposed Guideline Suggesting Weight Loss for Kids 09/11/2017 08:00pm • As parents, we pretty much focus every single day on helping our kids get what they need. When it comes to their health and well-being, we know that supporting consistent and restful sleep, regular meals and giving kids chances to play are all part of the deal. Unfortunately, our diet culture sends What's new in the 2018 U.S. News best colleges rankings 09/11/2017 08:00pm • The 2018 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings are now live. With schools evaluated on up to 15 measures of academic quality, these rankings can help prospective students and their parents compare nearly 1,400 U.S.-based colleges. Below are details on the most significant changes U.S. News made for th Is Growing Up With Money a Risk Factor for Drug and Alcohol Addiction? 09/11/2017 08:00pm • As drug overdose deaths have risen sharply in recent years, a pattern has emerged: Reflecting the historic losses felt by inner city families, increasingly families in the suburbs are enduring a wave of drug deaths, as well. According to prior research described in a study published in May in the j Parents' Guide to Surviving Freshman Year of College 09/11/2017 08:00pm • The prospect of a child heading off to college often fills parents with hope, excitement -- and more than a few twinges of fear. You won't be able to step in and head off trouble, and you may not even know it if trouble happens. But you can take steps to help your young adult assess risks and navig Peru's Congress Considers an Unwise 'Baby Box' Law for Abandoned Children 09/11/2017 08:00pm • Peru's Congress is set to debate a proposed law that would support the installation of "baby boxes" outside hospitals around the country. The law has plunged the Congress into controversy. The idea behind "baby boxes" is to create multiple confidential locations where children up to age 1 may be aba 'DaddyOFive' parents found guilty of neglect, avoid jail 09/11/2017 01:05pm • FREDERICK, Md. — The Maryland couple, whose "DaddyOFive" YouTube videos featured them pranking their children, were found guilty of child neglect on Monday and sentenced to five years supervised probation. Mike and Heather Martin, of Ijamsville, each entered Alford pleas to misdemeanor counts The importance of mental health days for kids 09/11/2017 06:00am • Madalyn Parker, a Michigan-based web developer shared an email interaction with her boss in which he supported her need to take off work to focus on her mental health. While mental health issues are not new, only recently has acceptance of these issues grown. It's because of the stigma that still su The Wharf: DC’s most ambitious development project set to open 09/11/2017 01:11am • Editor’s Note: This article is part of a five-part series on D.C.’s new Southwest Waterfront development, The Wharf. WASHINGTON — Three years after groundbreaking, the District’s largest new development project is ready for its close-up. Phase 1 of District Wharf, more commonly known Workweek Weather: Irma remnants to bring showers to DC 09/11/2017 12:33am • WASHINGTON -- All eyes are understandably still on Irma early this morning as it appears the center will continue to move right up the middle of the Florida peninsula, or at least hug the western shoreline. The center staying mostly or completely over land will ensure a rapid weakening in terms o 5 Best Practices for Setting the Price on a Home in a Good School District 09/10/2017 08:00pm • For parents across the U.S., when hunting for a new place to live, they consider the school district in which that home is located. Some want to keep their children in a school district they already love rather than uprooting the family. Others want to locate to a district they see as more desirabl BGE, Pepco sending hundreds of crew members to Florida 09/10/2017 11:30am • ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — Hundreds of power crews from the D.C. metropolitan area are heading down to Florida, Georgia and wherever else they are needed to help with clean up from Hurricane Irma. Baltimore Gas and Electric is sending down roughly 200 crew members as part of the 1,800 or so team its Homeless pets pulled from Irma’s path arrive in area 09/09/2017 07:12pm • WASHINGTON — Even before Hurricane Irma made landfall in the United States, the D.C. area already welcomed some animals from a South Carolina shelter. A local animal rescue group has transported cats and dogs from South Carolina to the D.C. area in an effort to free up space at the animals This week in odd news: Guinness records; 'Star Wars' maze 09/09/2017 06:03pm • BIKERS IN THE BUFF RIDE THROUGH PHILADELPHIA'S STREETS PHILADELPHIA (AP) — And they're off — the Philadelphia bicyclists and their clothes. Thousands of nude cyclists have set off on a trek around the city for the annual Philly Naked Bike Ride. Organizers say about 3,000 riders in vario Prosecutors ask public's help ID'ing boys in child porn case against former Md. coach 09/08/2017 11:26am • WASHINGTON — A former Prince George's County substitute teacher and elementary school basketball coach accused of uploading and sharing child pornography online has been indicted on multiple child pornography charges. Now, authorities say they need the public's help in identifying dozens of chi Metro issues refund over rejected ads for controversial writer's book 09/08/2017 04:17am • WASHINGTON — Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is getting his money back for ads that Metro pulled down this summer after rider complaints, even as he tries to get them put back up across the system. In new court filings opposing Yiannopoulos’s effort to get the book ads put back up, M