Daughter

If the allegations prove true, Det. Daniel T. Nicholson IV's alleged rogue search for his own missing daughter is troublesome. Baltimore police are investigating whether he used his badge to enter homes as part of an unauthorized investigation. You could also say that he did what any father would do to find his daughter. Nicholson led the high-profile search for Phylicia Barnes, the North Carolina teenager who disappeared from the city, and whose body was found last year in the Susquehanna River.

For years, the Koontz family — Ron, Mary and their daughter, Kelsey — was a "pretty close-knit" group. Mary Koontz made "awesome sandwiches" for her husband and welcomed her daughter's friends into their "quiet suburban home," Kelsey, now 17, said in court Wednesday. "I could see the love between my parents," Kelsey Koontz said. "My childhood was fine. It was awesome." But in a few short years, she went on, the family's harmony dissolved into mistrust and recriminations, her parents separated, and Mary Koontz went to live in Florida.

Here's something that should make feminists smile -- a real, like-mother-like-daughter story. The scene: Light Street, outside a bank, downtown Baltimore. Take Our Daughters To Work Day. Cigarette break. A group of smartly dressed women are smoking. One of the women has her daughter with her. The daughter smokes, too. Here's what we hear of the conversation:Mom: "I let her have one [cigarette] last year [on Take Our Daughters To Work Day], and on the way home she asked if she could smoke, too. I told her to think on it awhile.

Most people, unless headed to a specific address, will simply drive past the two-story row houses that line the curb along Fleet Street in East Baltimore. Few are wider than 15 feet; their only mark of individuality is usually found in the variety of front doors. Many of these houses, dating to 1910, are examples of exterior brick restoration, while others still bask in the Formstone glory of 1940's exterior home improvement. Alex Dyadyura, a computer programmer with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, purchased one of these houses less than a year ago. Secure in his position after almost three years of service, the time was ripe for moving from his rented house in Patterson Park.

Seih Dilys Chebe and Efon Mandong Epanty, of Laurel, announce the birth of their daughter, Jayne Mandop Epanty, on Oct. 4, 2012, at 11:33 p.m.

Kyle Hogan's nightmare began in 2004 amid a child custody dispute with his estranged wife, when she took their daughter to her native Philippines and told him they weren't coming back, he said. For the next eight years, Hogan, 43, of Hanover, doggedly sought to reunite with his daughter, seeking help from police and through the Anne Arundel County courts; at one point this year, his wife was charged with abduction, court records show. Just last month, with the assistance of the Maryland State Police and other police agencies, he and his daughter, now 12, settled into a new life together in Anne Arundel County.

Q: My 11-year-old daughter is a real tomboy. She likes to dress casually, hangs around boys and really doesn't have many girlfriends. Should I be concerned?A: As long as your daughter seems happy, is doing well at school and does not complain or appear concerned about her choice of friends and activities, you can be reassured that she is quite all right. Her decision to hang around boys likely reflects the fact that -- a this point in her life, she finds their activities challenging and in line with her own interests.

Q. My daughter, who is almost 2, is very attached to my husband. When she's sick, she wants her father. When she wants to be held, she wants her father. When she's being put to bed, she wants her father. I drop her off at day care in the morning, and Daddy is the one who picks her up and is home with her and my son (age 6) for about one hour before I get home. I used to be the one who put her to bed, which didn't go well. I asked my husband to start doing it because it seemed as though I was always doing the "bad" things (such as dropping her at day care)

A 32-year-old Westminster man was convicted yesterday of repeatedly raping his daughter when she was 5 and 6 years old.The daughter, now 13, wept quietly as Carroll Circuit Judge Luke K. Burns Jr. convicted her father of second-degree rape and child abuse, and had him handcuffed and taken to the county jail. He will be sentenced by Judge Burns on Sept. 28.Yesterday's convictions came after nearly two days of testimony before Judge Burns, who heard the case after the defendant decided against a jury trial.

Q: I think my daughter may be having sex even though she says she's not. If I take her for a gynecological exam, can the doctor tell me if she's still a virgin?A: It would be very difficult for any physician to answer your question based on a physical exam. Presumably, you are wondering whether her hymen is intact as a sign of virginity. However, there is considerable variation in the anatomy of the hymen during adolescence, making it an unreliable indicator of virginity.Your question raises important points about your relationship with your daughter.