CONTENTS
MAY 2020
Thinking about adopting a dog during quarantine? Here’s what you need to know. Page 12
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MAKE SOCIAL DISTANCING
MORE FUN WITH A
“PANDEMIC PUPPY”
Expert advice on bringing home a
furry friend
14 TRENDY MOMS

Our beauty explorer tries mircoblading,
plus comfy spring accessories
16 4 INDULGENT WAYS TO PAMPER
Make a clay handprint in a frame for
Mother’s Day
AT A GLANCE
Local news and notes.


Endless quarantine parenting, plus
overcoming coronavirus-related stress

YOUR SPECIAL CHILD
Helping a child with disabilities cope during
this uncertain time

Celebrating Asian/Pacific American
Heritage Month

MOM LIFE
Meet Jess Smith, an Arlington mom of three
and pediatric physical therapist
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32 HEALTHY FAMILY
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WELCOME TO THE PARTY
A longtime work-from-home writer
shares a tale
38 BOOKMARKED
Here’s how families across the DMV are
celebrating birthdays in quarantine
28 EMPOWERING A NEW
GENERATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS
Philippe Cousteau Jr. on engaging today’s
eco-conscious youth
READERS’ RESPONSES
FEEDBACK
YOURSELF THIS MOTHER’S DAY
Treat yourself to some at-home TLC—
you deserve it
22 PARTY-IN-PLACE
YOUR 6 CALENDAR
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FAMILY FUN

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ADVERTORIAL
OUR FUTURE LEADERS WILL COME FROM MONTESSORI
If the COVID-19 crisis has taught us
anything, it is that we are part of an
interdependent, fragile world. It has
also taught us the vital importance of
scientific thinking. Finally, it has taught
us that problems of this magnitude and
complexity require adaptive leaders who
can work with others to create effective
strategies around which all segments of
society can coalesce.

Fostering an interdependent mindset,
scientific thinking and adaptive
leadership skills has been foundational
to the Montessori approach to education
since Maria Montessori launched her
first school in 1907. These outcomes are
natural by-products of the way Montessori
classrooms function: teachers introduce
concepts in a big-picture perspective,
allowing students to move about freely and
work in small groups, experimenting and
engaging in self-directed projects. This
structure provides many opportunities for
students to practice leading teams and
working together to accomplish a goal.

Sometimes parents ask, “How will my
child be prepared for the real world?” Our
answer is that Montessori principles are
the very things our children need to learn
to not only be successful in the world,
but to improve the world. Montessori
principles such as self-motivation,
initiative, creative thinking, scientific
theory, emotional intelligence, ethics,
communication and leadership will be
integral if we want to see a world that can
better address the next global crisis.

At Oneness-Family Montessori High
School, the only Montessori high school
in the Washington area, we are building
a 21st Century Leadership program
founded upon Maria Montessori’s vision.

We’ve gathered a team of exceptional
thought leaders to create a program
that incorporates essential leadership
skill sets and will have students
joining together for a real-world
capstone project in their community
each year. The program will launch in
September 2020.

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