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Learning how to raise successful children
Nationally recognized pediatrician and author Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg will speak in the Washington D.C. area about how to raise successful children and build resilience. The Parent Encouragement Program is offering a 20% discount on tickets for DCUM readers, for both the evening talk at the Bullis School, on Wednesday, Oct. 24, and the morning talk at the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase on Thursday, Oct. 25.
PEP offers DCUM readers a 20% discount on upcoming parenting talks.
When I first heard that Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg was coming to speak in the Washington D.C. area, I thought: what can an expert on adolescents say that's relevant to me? My girls are barely 6 and 8 years old, and we're (I thought) far from needing a toolkit for parents of teens. But my favorite volunteer cause, the Parent Encouragement Program, is bringing him to town, so I picked up his book, "Letting Go With Love and Courage," and signed up to interview him for a Washington Parent Q&A on his advice for building resilience in children.
New Book Explores Balance for Women Attorneys
Susan Smith Blakely offers female attorneys practical and workable solutions for true work-life balance.
Jessica McFadden of A Parent in Silver Spring recently had the opportunity to interview Susan Smith Blakely, the author of the new book Best Friends at the Bar: the New Balance for Today's Woman Lawyer. Blakely lives in Great Falls and has turned to writing after retiring as a law firm partner after 25 years of private and public practice.
A follow-up to her first book, Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know About a Career in the Law,
