| She became a stepmother, and the best Nicole; How parents of the ’80s can connect with their kids; As a mom, I couldn’t afford to fall apart after my divorce. Then running saved me.; How well do we know our kids?; The invisible work (and value) of parenting; The White House Easter egg roll sounds fun and glamorous. It’s neither.; | | | | | | | | Thanks for reading our Going Out Guide: With the Kids newsletter. To give you more kid- and parenting-centric news, we have added a few features and incorporated into the On Parenting newsletter. |
 | | She became a stepmother, and the best Nicole | | When my husband and I got married two years ago, and we tried to combine two families into one big one, I anticipated it would be a tumultuous experience for all. I had barely a clue what I was doing as a mother, what did I know about being a stepmother? | | By Nicole Jankowski • Read more » |
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| How parents of the ’80s can connect with their kids | | My teen and I talked all the way home about our musical eras, and I felt goose bumps that my middle child and I were relating, carving out our own space. Had I stumbled onto a way to connect with my son that didn’t involve school or sports? | | By Kristine Meldrum Denholm • Read more » |
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Blossom Kite Festival
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The sixth annual festival includes kite-flying competitions and demonstrations. Bring a kite or make one at the activity station. Activities start Saturday on the National Mall at 10 a.m. Rain date is April 3. Read more Circus XTREME
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s newest show features a huge cast of clowns, dancers and a high-wire act by the Danguir Troupe. It will be your last chance to see the show’s Asian elephants perform; the company plans to retire all of its touring elephants in May to a Florida sanctuary. Catch the show Thursday-Sunday at the Verizon Center. Read more ‘Symphonic Magic’
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Magician Landon Swank from “America’s Got Talent” and Criss Angel from “Supernaturalists” will perform illusions to live music performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia on Saturday at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria. Read more ‘Hairspray’
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Set in 1962 Baltimore, the Tony-winning musical follows a plus-size teen who goes from social outcast to most popular while fighting to integrate a television dance show. See the show Friday-Sunday at Port Tobacco Players Theater in La Plata. Read more ‘Broadway Bios: An Original Musical Review‘
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Is your child “Hamilton” obsessed? Check out Bethesda Little Theatre’s musical revue at The Writer’s Center on Friday and Saturday, which focuses on true stories about P.T. Barnum, Gypsy Rose Lee, Charlie Chaplin, Fanny Brice and others. Read more |
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