blogs I consulted as I tried to cram for this
endeavor. We gather to eat a snack and sip a hot
drink—which has the effect of slowing
us down—and enjoy time reading aloud,
discussing current events or doing a creative
activity. It allows us to “press pause” and
Laura Farmer is a writer, marketer and public
relations professional. She lives in Maryland
with her husband, Tim, and their four kids.

Montessori School
of McLean
Dynamic sales professional needed to join
our growing media company!
Exceptional Montessori
Education for Toddlers
through Upper Elementary:
Ages 2-12
Mid-Atlantic Media (MAM), publisher of Washington Family,
Washington Jewish Week, Montgomery Magazine and Consumer’s Eye
among others, is seeking a new business development advertising
sales professional to join our team of revenue hunters.

Responsibilities and Duties
Primary objective will be to acquire new advertising customers
for our publication’s print and digital platforms. Secondarily,
the advertising sales professional will be expected to manage an
active book of advertising customers to reach established
budgets. The advertising sales professional will have the
opportunity to cross sell into MAM’s other publishing titles,
including Baltimore Jewish Times, Frederick’s Child, Baltimore
Style, Baltimore’s Child and Home Services Magazine.

Qualifications and Skills
• Motivated to make money • Competitive • Excellent communication
• High energy • Works well under pressure • Technical competencies
including typing and familiarity with Outlook, Excel and CRM’s
• Minimum two (2) years business-to-business outside sales
• Strong understanding of digital media • Familiar with building
customer relationships and cross selling techniques
Please send cover letter and resume to
hr@midatlanticmedia.com. No phone calls.

20 Washington FAMILY OCTOBER 2020
Cultivating each child’s unique ability to flourish
in mind, body and spirit
ENRICHMENTS • Science • Technology • Spanish • Outdoor Classroom
• Library • Music • Drama • Art • Physical Education
Aftercare • Transportation • Summer Camp
1711 Kirby Road
McLean, VA 22101
703-790-1049 www.mcleanmontessori.org
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potty training help, sibling spat refereeing
and science experiments. It’s non-stop and
exhausting, but also fulfilling.

Finally, at the end of the school day, we
come together for our favorite part: tea
time. This was a concept I learned from
one of the hundreds of home-schooling
appreciate a sweet moment, regardless of that
day’s highs and lows.

Because no matter of how we choose to
educate our kids, each day will most certainly
have its share of highs and lows. Education
during a pandemic is ideal for no one—not our
teachers, not us parents and certainly not our
kids. There are so many dedicated mamas and
dads out there who are managing the tricky
balancing act of working full-time while also
guiding their kids through virtual learning.

There are also parents who are sending their
kids to in-school learning, who worry about
their health and safety. And there are parents
like me, thrown into home-schooling and
hoping I can do enough to help, not hinder, my
kids’ education. Regardless of the “how,” we
are united in the “why”: helping our kids learn
about this world to gain empathy for others
and the necessary skills to help them succeed.

That’s worth a whole lot more than my
blood-stained carpet. n