Will Your Window Screens Keep Your Child IN? NO!
Window screens are designed to keep bugs out, but you cannot rely on them to keep your child indoors.
An adult pushing on a screen may conclude it would keep a child from falling out the window. Don’t count on it. Children have an amazing way of getting past barriers in ways beyond our imagination.
And, don’t [...]
Free Pamphlet – How the Law Treats Your Teenager Now That She’s Turned 18
If your teenager is about to become an “adult” — that is, is about to turn 18 years old — he or she needs to know how the laws affect their new adult status. The Virginia State Bar has a free pamphlet with information about the new adult’s rights and responsibilities.
It’s called So You’re 18 [...]
Easy Way for Your Teen to Mess Up Her Job Prospects
Social media. Want to know what that means? Ask your teen. If she’s not on it, all her friends are, and they spend lots of time posting pictures and stories and sharing them with their friends — and with people they don’t even know. Including prospective employers.
And, being teenagers, sometimes they or their friends use [...]
Can you get your child out of the house if it is burning?
I was recently in a hotel room in Norfolk, Virginia, where I was staying while attending a conference of lawyers and judges from all over Virginia. As I often do in the morning when I’m out of town, I turned on the local TV news while I was getting dressed.
The images of a burned-out house [...]