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 Mary Litton has lived in the DC area for over 12 years, and after an exciting career in public and international relations, she exchanged her gowns and glitz for jeans and playground shoes to stay home and raise her two young children. When she isn't practicing the Jedi arts or learning to sing the alphabet song backwards, she can be found at her computer working on her great American novels. While the only champagne in her life these days is the color of her minivan, she enjoys exploring the fun and fabulous side of the city through the eyes of her children. Grateful to a city that offers free museums and fearless in her quest for adventure, she and the kids take advantage of nearly all of the District's wonderful destinations. If you have something for moms, children or families that you would like covered on Miss A, please contact Mary at mary.litton@askmissa.com. |
 
Photo Credit: http://susanmccorkindale.com We are a new generation of moms, given the gift of the smart phone, a portal of information and wisdom that took generations of mothers to accrue, right at our fingertips. However, we pay for this gift of knowledge with the high price of anxiety and guilt. We have developed [...] 
Photo Credit: University of Michigan Health System As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, many parents wonder how to best explain this day to their children and how to help children cope with anxieties and questions about that devastating day. Each child will have a different way of dealing with the day, whether they [...] 
Emergency supply kits come in handy for stressed-out moms (Photo Credit: wzakcleveland.com) Yesterday morning turned out to be “one of those days”. It started out with a sick child, which meant rushing everyone out the door so we could make an early doctor’s appointment. Right after the appointment, I shuttled the other child [...] 
The sun is setting on summer; back to school is lurking around the corner. Even though we want to squeeze the fun out of the rest of our numbered vacation days, taking some time to prepare for the school year will make the change a lot easier on the entire family. Here are a [...] 
(Photo Credit: Salt TV Network) Delivering meals to new moms is a tradition that most of us appreciated. As we continue to support our friends and neighbors with this custom, sometimes we get stumped on what to bring. Or, if you are like me, sometimes you completely forget that you signed up to [...] 
(Photo Credit: Better Health) We all know that free play outside makes kids smarter, stronger, and healthier, but sometimes they need a little encouragement to unplug from the air-conditioned world of video games and instant messaging. Sometimes they need a little structure, but not the kind that comes from a five-page itinerary and [...] 
Thanks for the submissions and wonderful ideas for family fun this summer! The winners of a copy of Vicki Courtney’s 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Son: Shannon who posted “Over the summer our family loves to visit family, museums and parks. We love to cook smores, go to the pool, visit new [...] 
Communicating with your children is imperative to raising them with your family’s values, but sometimes we don’t know what we should be discussing or how to say it. Youth culture commentator and Christian author Vicki Courtney considers herself a “mom in the trenches” as she writes about the difficulties of raising children in today’s [...] 
Photo courtesy of the Rockford Squire Independence Day is a great holiday to start a family tradition or have some old fashion family fun. Show your family’s patriotic spirit with one of these activities:
1. Display your colors – red, white and blue are the in colors for the holiday. Dig through [...] 
Photo by Keith Scott Morton for Country Living Magazine No matter how much you promise to tip the neighborhood teenager you hired for your party, kids typically manage to breach the babysitter perimeter and find their parents for every need and want. And while we all agree that a backyard carnival or potato [...] |
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September 13th, 2011 
