Croll: 10 Things I Learned Serving on the Loudoun County School Board
By Chris Croll 1. Loudoun’s teachers are extraordinarily dedicated. I would argue that about 75 percent of any student’s school experience
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McNerney: Parenting Dos and Don’ts
Last weekend, I was chatting with a friend I have known since our kids were two years old. He mentioned something that he told his boys early on in their life: “You can do a whole bunch of good things in your life, but sometimes all it takes is one mistake for things to go downhill.” The mistakes he was talking about were things like cheating, stealing, drinking, and other things we worry about when it comes to our teens.
Read moreRobin: The Partisan Divides
By Steve Robin, From Where I Sit I recently read the results of a poll that concluded that views about
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The Peoples’ Constitution—Revolution and Impeachment
By Ben Lenhart America has the oldest written constitution in the world. Admired and copied by many other countries, it has
Read moreCroll: It’s Hard to Know the ‘Next Right Thing’ When Your Child is Suicidal
Is this a journal entry written by a suicidal teen? Nope; these are the opening lyrics to the song “The Next Right Thing,” from Disney’s new movie, Frozen 2. Common Sense Media rates this movie as appropriate for children as young as age five.
Read moreMcNerney: Encouraging Courage
Courage. We know it when we see it, but we spend very little time thinking how to foster it in our children. It is one of those attributes we want for our child, but we tend to focus on it only when it’s not there.
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Face of Loudoun: Latisha
The Key to Surviving Mistakes is Learning and Growing from Them In 2015, I moved to Loudoun County to escape
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Working For You: Loudoun County Community Veterans Engagement Board
In August 2018, the Loudoun County Community Veterans Engagement Board was formed with a mission of advocacy and support for
Read moreCroll: Got pain? Break Up with Sugar
I’m having my left hip replaced this week because of a degenerative bone condition with which I was diagnosed 17 years ago. I was in enough pain last June to have my hip replaced then, but my stubborn “I’ll tough it out” attitude, a demanding home life and two pre-paid summer vacations resulted in me scheduling the surgery for mid-November when it would be less disruptive. At the time, five months didn’t seem like a long time to wait.
Read moreMcNerney: Being Kind Now Leads to a Healthy Adult Later
A number of years ago, the insurance company Kaiser Permanente set out to determine if there was any connection between negative childhood experiences and health issues later in life. For instance, is there a connection between heart disease and a difficult childhood? To date, more than 144,000 adults have taken the survey.
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