Charlotte Parent

HOLIDAY WEEKENDER: Durham

Your kids may be too young to watch the R-rated 1987 movie “Bull Durham” before a visit to Bull City, but they’ll still appreciate the sights and sounds of Durham. Restaurants, markets, and shops are within walking distance of the city’s hotels, and it’s just a two-hour drive (or three-hour Amtrak train ride) from Charlotte. PHOTO: SP Murray

All In One: Resort Vacations for Charlotte Families in the Time of COVID

Remember when planning a summer vacation involved just a few simple decisions? Beach or mountains? Camping or hotel? Air travel or road trip? Now families need to research COVID-19 protocols, outdoor activities, and dining and transportation options before they commit to a trip.

5 Great Road Trips for Charlotte Moms This Fall

Remember hopping in the car with your girlfriends for a long weekend? Maybe your memory goes as far back to pre-kids or pre-marriage or as recent as pre-COVID. Those were the good old days when life was simple and everyone was carefree.

Inside RideAbility, an Equine-Assisted Therapy Program

Wendy Schonfeld fell in love with horses in the unlikeliest of places: New York City. At age 14, she took three buses to a city barn in The Bronx so she could ride a horse on a strip of land in the middle of a highway.

Middle-School Students Learn to Advocate Through Extensions Program

When Trent Lose, 15, saw his middle-school friends at Randolph Middle School disappear from homeroom each morning, he was curious about where they were going.

How to Negotiate and Blend Family Customs for the Holidays

Every Christmas Eve, my husband and I discuss whether the presents from Santa should be wrapped. We’ve been together for so long, we’re not sure whose family tradition...

Throwing Birthday Parties That Give Back

The anniversary of the birth of a child is a celebratory time. We gather friends and family to sing “Happy Birthday,” eat cake and play games. Then the long-awaited moment arrives, the birthday boy or girl opens...