This summer Kids For Peace Camp will run June 18 through Aug. 10. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and extended care is available from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m. daily. Camp locations are St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, Towson University in Towson and Carroll Community College [...]

Victoria Weaver, 10, sat at a sparkle-covered table at camp on a hot Thursday in July, creating her version of the five pillars of Islam from construction paper and toilet paper rolls. Before adorning them with glitter, Victoria painstakingly wrote the names of the pillars onto the rolls with a marker. “iman (faith), salah (prayer), [...]

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va., urges parents to act immediately and follow these steps when a child cannot be located. If your child is missing from home, search the house checking closets, piles of laundry, in and under beds, inside old refrigerators–wherever a child may crawl or hide. If [...]

As police officers fanned out in the parking lot, and strangers got down on their hands and knees to check beneath the cars around us, I kept repeating to anyone who would listen, “She was right next to us — and then she was gone. A little blonde girl with a blue shirt. Can you [...]

It might be chilly outside, but it’s time to start thinking about how your children are going to spend the summer. The following is a sampling of camps near and far. Peruse the list and see what might appeal to your children – whether they are preschool or pre-adult. If you want to get a [...]