1 HOMER THE DRAGON’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Watch the Knights play on Sunday, April 19, Homer the Dragon’s birthday! The first 2,000 fans get free t-shirts, and kids can run the bases. BB&T Ballpark, 324 S. Mint St. 2 p.m. $13+. milb.com/charlotteknights/schedule/2020-04
2 FAMILY PORTRAIT
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The Covid-19 Legacy
How will this generation-definind event affect our children?
Four fun things to experience with your kids this month
Four fun things to experience with your kids this month
Staying Fit As a New Parent
It’s not impossible
Autism Diet Do's and Don'ts
Autistic individuals often have difficulties with sensory processing issues, sometimes called Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD.
Best Friends in the end
You can be friends with your child…just not yet
Therapeutic Riding
Teaching confidence, focus, and friendship, one ride at a time
A Cool Girl's Bedroom
WHEN DESIGNER JACY PAINTER KELLY, owner of Jacy Painter Kelly Interiors, took her family to New York City last summer, her 10-year-old daughter Lucy went crazy for the cool urban vibe of their downtown hotel room. It gave Lucy the itch to makeover her own bedroom in their Fort Mill home. She wanted more mature accents like silver wall sconces and velvet pillows, paired with punk rock elements like a graffiti-inspired bed frame and pink neon sign. Luckily her designer mom knew exactly how to tie it all together.
Three Charlotte Murals
An art critic and his 5-year-old daughter offer their thoughts on public artworks found around the city
Growing with Grace
Everyday etiquette for children and teenagers
The Pint-Sized Foodie
A visit to NC Red
Sex, Love & Marriage Behind Bars
Studies support their therapeutic value. Families, reformers, and even some wardens have endorsed them. Yet conjugal visits have been banished from most U.S. Prisons. John J. Lennon takes esquire inside one of the last bastions of prisoner intimacy in America: the trailers of New York.
Am I a Superhero to My Sons?
Raising kids in my hometown means that my past and present are always colliding especially at the movies. I'd like to think my own story will have a heroic ending.
"We Need To Take Away Children."
The secret history of the U.S. government's family-separation policy
Confessions of a Not-bad Dad
One kid was manageable. But when the second arrived, he changed everything I thought I knew about my career, my worldview, and myself.
Swallowed by the Ocean
The families of two boys who drowned on a school trip open up about their heartbreak and loss
Legacy: The Importance of Family Unity
Leading any business is tough. Leading a family business can be considerably more difficult. Family business leaders have to deal with relationships and emotions that simply are not present in an ordinary business set-up. And this is in addition to the normal stresses of running a company. Under these circumstances, establishing or continuing a legacy for generations to come can seem like an impossible dream, says Trevor Dickinson.
A Home With a Heart
Designed with family in mind
How to Marble With Nail Polish
Recently we had an epic craft/play date with cousins which was a ton of fun!
‘We Have Purpose Again'
A young couple share their heart-rending story about parenthood and loss
Wide Awake
He may not be able to sleep without a blanket and a lullaby, but this kid could argue circles around a lot of adults.