For Ali and Jim Harshaw, there was only one way to address their home’s formal living room: Hand it over to the kids. “I really wanted an area that would bring us together as a family and the kids together,” Ali says, so they turned it into a playroom for their four children—Jesse, 10, Wyatt, […]
For Ali and Jim Harshaw, there was only one way to address their home’s formal living room: Hand it over to the kids. “I really wanted an area that would bring us together as a family and the kids together,” Ali says, so they turned it into a playroom for their four children—Jesse, 10, Wyatt, […]
After almost 20 years as a teacher, Joseph Hicks knows a thing or two about kids. And it’s that knowledge that led him to write Paige and Sophie: Soccer Twins, a children’s book about two soccer-playing sisters who are identical on the outside but very different inside. Paige, a natural athlete, struggles in school, while […]
Twenty-four tykes sit on the stoop of St. Paul’s Church on the Corner, dutifully clutching their Chancellor Street totes, as Bodo’s-bound undergrads stream by. Just before noon, one by one, teachers Heather Swindler or Pam Evans (who prefer kids don’t call them “Ms.”) escort each student to his parent’s idling vehicle, buckles him into his […]
Maddie Waters has something to say. But rather than hold forth in a classroom or the school cafeteria, the Western Albemarle High School freshman is taking her message to a bigger stage and a larger audience as a TEDx speaker at the Paramount Theater on Friday, November 13. The 14-year-old, who will be among heady […]
It sounds crazy, but when Eula, 9, and Lilah Tobias, 7, (pictured) get home from school each day, their dog, Mabel, actually smiles. “The girls are careful to time their entering of the house so that they can both see it,” says their mom, Lisa. The family got the beagle/basset hound mix (and their cat, […]
The fall issue of C-VILLE Kids is on stands now. Here’s what you’ll find inside. (Below, find a digital copy of the magazine!) A little girl with big Broadway dreams. A 9-year-old baseball standout who’s playing with the boys. What to do when things go “bump!” in the night. A teenager’s dream bedroom makeover. The […]
Maggie Lynn tried playing softball with the other girls. But they just weren’t into it like she was. “They didn’t pay enough attention,” Maggie says, seated next to her mom, Kristin, during a recent afternoon. Lynn, now 9 years old, started playing T-ball when she was 5 and has been playing with the boys ever […]
When Phoebe DeVito turned 13, her mom, Lesli, decided it was time for a makeover—for her bedroom. The room grew up—navy, hot pink, bright yellow and bold patterns—and eventually won the Washington Post Kids Room Contest in 2012, and was featured in Susannah Salk’s 2014 book, Decorate Fearlessly. But the pair have loved decorating (and […]
The year 1912 was pretty bleak for females. Women couldn’t vote. They couldn’t own property. They were only allowed a job outside the home if they were single. But while women’s rights were still virtually nonexistent, young girls got to take a purposeful step forward when a nonprofit organization formed to empower them: Girl Scouts […]
Ahhhh. The kids are finally in bed. You’ve settled down on the couch for a little Netflix, maybe poured yourself a glass of vino. This is your time. And then AAAAAAAAAHHHKKKK! The shriek from upstairs sounds like someone’s been stabbed, and when you race up the stairs—two at a time—you arrive in your child’s bedroom […]