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    A Parent in Silver Spring - Jessica McFadden

    A Parent in Silver Spring - Jessica McFadden

  • User Post: Shop Your Closet (Just Organize It First!)

    I'm not buying much spring and summer clothing this season.But what I am doing is seriously organizing my inventory.

  • User Post: Tough Female Bosses: Thank You!

    Fresh out of college at the age of 23 and throughout my early twenties, I worked for some very demanding, tough, mistakes-are-never-an-option bosses.All of these bosses were female.

  • User Post: Family Financial Resolutions -- Easy Changes Add Up

    By Jessica of A Parent in Silver Spring. Ah, winter after the holidays. That soul-sucking time of year when we're faced not only with the cold weather doldrums, but also forced to face the music from our holiday shopping spending AND our upcoming tax payments.It's the time of year when I personally

  • Students Introduced to Theatre on Ripples of Kindness

    By A Parent in Silver SpringHave you made your Ripple of Kindness yet this holiday season? You probably already have, or maybe you've been on the receiving side of some goodwill-tastic works! Ripples of Kindness is Yahoo!'s cool concept that simple acts to brighten others' days will create a ripple

  • User post: Moms, can we please stop making kids parties so over the top?

    Hey parents! Can you we stop renting out ballrooms for preschool-aged children's birthday parties and save it for the bar mitzvah?Seriously, if I receive another gold-engraved invitation to attend a celebration for a person born in the last five years, I am going to march right over to those parents

  • User post: Drive-through Starbucks saves mom's life

    Both my children fell asleep in the car today on the drive home from school. They're six and four and have never been much for napping, so this was a cause for a celebration ...

  • I Interviewed Ellen Pompeo and She Believes in Helping Families In Need

    I had the chance to meet and interview Ellen Pompeo this month when she and I both were in New York City for a Huggies Every Little Bottom diaper drive event. Held at the huge Babies R Us in Union Square, the event formally introduced Ellen as the spokesperson for Huggies' effort to inform the publi

  • User post: Does letting my kids eat their way through the grocery store make me a bad mommy?

    It's not my fault!

  • User post: Professional mom blogging--living the (exhausting) dream

    Today is Sunday and I am so tired. Thank you God for way back when calling one day of the weekend an official day of rest. I've never needed it more than now.As an almost full-time stay at home mom, I'm just exhausted from making three meals a day, keeping the house from looking like something out o

  • Find a BYOB-Friendly Restaurant Near You!

    How can you find a BYOB restaurant in your area?(That's a place that lets you bring your own bottle of wine in to enjoy along with the establishment's purchased food - BYOB stands for bring your own bottle.)