to the south and east. clouds will break up shortly and we should be in for a mostly sunny day. next couple of hours we'll see the sun break out. and mostly sunny afternoon. winds will be out of the north and west, and gusty today. maybe gusting to about 35 miles per hour. cooler temperatures have moved in. 47 in washington. there's your humidity, it's down, 41%. check out the winds, sustained winds, northwest at 22. already gusting over 25. will be a blustery day. forecast for today, not a bad one. i think it will be decent. not as warm as yesterday, with highs in the mid-50s. 57 in washington. bring a jacket. will feel cool this afternoon. cold tonight. i'll have more details on that in a couple of minutes. back to you. our top story, a 3-month- old baby dies. >> investigators say the infant was being cared for in an

unlicensed home day care in bristow, virginia. that's where sherri ly is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. investigators are still trying to figure out what killed that 3-month-old baby girl. police say this home here was operating as an unlicensed day care center. but at this point it's unclear whether the child's death was criminal, natural, or just an accident. police got a call yesterday afternoon reporting an unresponsive child at the home. when officers got to the house on sapphire ridge place in bristow, they found the baby in a crib unconscious. she was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead. police say there were no signs of foul play. a number of children were in the home when this happened. a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous knew it was a home day care center, but police say it didn't have a license. >> i was devestated because i have two young children, and you trust that somebody will look after them and take care of them and to find out that

something has happened is very sad. >> reporter: police shut down that day care and released the remaining children to their parents or legal guardians. sources tell us about 20 children were being taken care of here at this house. none of those other children was hurt. police do expect to have more details on this case later today. as of now, they have not released the name of that child. an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death. that's the latest here bristow, back to you. police say a dead baby was found in the trunk of a car. investigators say someone was cleaning out the car of a family member last night when they found the newborn. no word yet on who the child belongs to. so far, police have made no arrests. montgomery county officer is hurt after gunshots on

eastern avenue last night. it's not clear if the officer was shot or has another kind of injury. he is now out of the hospital. both d.c. and montgomery county police responded to the calls around 1:00 this morning. they did exchange shots with an armed suspect who is still in critical condition. police are still investigating. a d.c. teacher is on administrative leave accused of taping a 9-year-old visually impaired student to a chair. the incident happened earlier this week at friendship public charter school in northeast. fourth grader christian washington says a second teacher witnessed the taping. his mother says she will follow up with this. she has also filed a complaint with police and they are said to be investigating. making headlines this morning, u.s. military one step closer to a long-term agreement on keeping bases in afghanistan. top military officials signed a

deal to let afghanistan take control of a military prison. but the united states will still have final say on when violent detainees can be released. the agreement sets the stage for final talks on what is called a strategic partnership agreement. sigh of relief from european financial centers. greece says it got enough creditors to agree on taking huge losses on its bonds. 85% of private investors are agreeing to the bond swap. this allows greece to slash its debt by $140 billion. and it paves the way for the second bailout installment from the ims worth $170 billion. making headlines at the university of pittsburgh now, a gunman opened fire at a clinic leaving two people dead, including the gunman. seven others were wounded, which happened at a psychiatric clinic. the gunman was armed with two semi-automatic handguns.

police say if students weren't away on spring break, more would have been hurt. this week marks a year since a major earthquake struck japan. that earthquake sparked a tsunami that slammed into a nuclear plant. people living outside of the evacuated area are still trying to learn how to live with the radiation nearby. residents are aware they are living with an invisible danger. health alert about the rate of hiv infection and the numbers are staggering. new data suggests african- american women in washington, d.c. and baltimore are becoming infected at the same rate as women in african nations. sarah, good morning. >> good morning, allison. we've known the hiv infection rates have been high in the district, but this study shows the situation may be more serious than people realize. a group of researchers, some from johnson hopkins university, are involved in this trials network that did

this study. the study involves almost 2100 women, mostly african-american. they found the rate of infection was 24 in 10,000 black women in several east coast cities, including d.c. that is five times the national average. the rate in the congo, take a look, it's 28 in 10,000. you see how close the numbers are here compared to that nation. there are five cities with that 24 in 10,000 rate. here there are on your screen. washington, d.c., baltimore, atlanta, newark, new jersey, new york city, and raleigh- durham, north carolina. the epidemic has hollywood types lending their star power to help out. actress vanessa williams will be in d.c. today. there is a panel discussion also of film screening to raise awareness that's going on from noon until 2:00 p.m.

today on this. allison, back to you. tony? >> sarah, thank you so much. coming up, are you ready to spring forward? yep, it's that time of year when we lose on hour of sleep. it could have some effects on your body. a local doctor is here to explain. ready or not, right? here it comes. >> right. >> we made it through yesterday with few problems. beautiful lights. an update on the solar storm that hit earth. plus, new details about another flare. as we head to the break, redskins' fans who had their hopes set on peyton manning may have their hopes dashed. at least one report says he is not interested and apparently he's already told redskins' officials just that. he was let go from the colts earlier this week. several teams, including washington, expressed interest in getting the star quarterback. we apparently won't be getting him. it's 9:07 now. we'll be right back.        

the earth still feeling the effects of this week's solar storm. but it appears there have been no major power problems because of it. forecasters issued an alert about changes in the magnetic field. scientists add there was another solar flare last night similar to the one that set off the current storm. it's unclear when or if it will impact earth. here is today's trivia question. what are the southern lights called? tony, are you here next to me? >> i am. is that right? >> i'm guessing on all of them. >> i don't believe that, you're so smart. the answer is coming up. you can take a guess now by heading to our facebook page.

thank you, tony. >> thank you, allison. you know, i hate this time of year. it's time to spring forward and change the clocks this weekend. while the lost hour of sleep may cause some people to feel sluggish, unfortunately, there are others who really struggle with the change. the shift can end up affecting performance and safety. joining us now with more information and tips on getting a good night's sleep is dr. jane, medical director for the university hospital for sleep disorders. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> i don't think we should change the clocks at all. let them be. it does affect people and throws some things off. let's talk about this. the fact that it can be, for most of us, at least a little bit of a transition. but for some people it can be significant. >> that's correct. we can expect this week, what's going to happen is not only we are going to lose an hour of sleep, but more importantly, over the next several days our bodies will learn how to adjust

to this shift. our body clock will take some time to adjust to the change in time. the consequences of this will be not only are we going to be somewhat sleep deprived because we lose the hour of sleep in the beginning, but we spend a lot of biological energy to shift our clocks over the next days. >> just an hour does that? >> it can, absolutely. it's the equivalent of traveling just one time zone. but unfortunately, in the wrong direction. you're traveling east. in fall we travel west. much easier for the body to adapt to. >> for people who have to adjust, which is all of us, to some extent, what are some coping mechanisms? >> i think the most important thing is to recognize you will be sleepy and slightly groggier monday morning. i think that's the biggest thing people have to be careful about.

because some research shows because of the sleepiness, seems to be more traffic accidents the day after the time change. you have to be more careful. >> should we try to sleep later if we can, would that help? >> it would be the other way. what people should do is tonight ask tomorrow night, go to bed a little earlier. >> all right. >> so they get used to the idea of going to sleep earlier sunday night and waking up earlier. the other thing that helps, is light. so light helps us what we call advance our body clocks. monday morning, what i would recommend people should do is try to expose themselves to as much light as possible in the morning. >> in the morning? >> in the morning. will be a little bit darker. >> darker early in the morning. >> when you wake up. so it's good to expose yourself to indoor light at that time.

and during the daytime, as much outdoor light, as much as exposure as you can get is wonderful. the opposite is wonderful, and it's where we all fail, and exposure to light at night. >> want to limit your exposure to light at night? >> that's correct. i think that's difficult for most of us to do, because limiting light exposure at night means no tv and no computers. >> you say, you know, you talk about sleep hygiene and some things we should all do, and i think we have tips that will show. that's one of the things you say, the bedroom should be for sleeping. you shouldn't be watching tv or on the ipad. >> you'd be surprised how many people are using the bedrooms for just about everything, the office is in the bedroom now. you're right, we should be, i think the bedroom only for sleeping purposes and not anything else. consistency is the key. it's important the next few days, it's always important, but the next few days even more important, go to bed at a certain time, wake up at a certain time. i already talking about the

light. don't use the bedroom for anything else other than sleep. some people like taking hot showers before going to bed and going into a cooler room, which sometimes helps. generally tips we all should be following. getting all your stresses out of the bedroom, and going without them into the bedroom. >> one of the things that we hear about is work up a sweat. exercise, but not right before going to bed. you have to do it a few hours before, is that right? >> yes. exercise is very good for sleep. like you said, working up a sweat, it helps sleep. shouldn't be done within a couple of hours of sleep. then it can make sleep worse. >> okay. exercise a few hours before. sounds like a good night time regimen. exercise a few hours before, take a warm shower and get into a cool bed. >> you'd be surprised how much these simple things can help. >> very good. we're all going to need it,

because we set the clocks ahead. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> don't leave yet. don't leave immediately. allison, back to you. thank you so much, tony. a viral video aims to take down a notorious murderer in uganda. a group of talented and intellectual teenagers are helping people with disabilities. >> reporter: they are really making a difference. the actual finals, the national finals for the abilityone network design challenge is underway as we speak. this is where young people come together to come up with a design to help someone disabled be able be productive in the work place. we're going to learn more about it and how your young talented student can become a part of it, live later.     [ clanking ]

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pain, torture, rape, and death. millions of people have watched a documentary on joseph kony. the film has begannerred international attention and many celebrities have thrown their support behind the push to bring kony to justice. >> our will thomas has been monitoring the video's movement on the web. will, good morning. >> good morning to you. essentially this is a marketing campaign by a group called invisible children to raise awareness of joseph kony. they have a web site behind me on the monitor. it's on our web site, myfoxdc.com. they made a 30-minute film, posted it on youtube. they're getting a huge push from a lot of celebrities. bottom line is this, a guy most of us have never heard of is now a web star, and i guarantee you he doesn't like it one bit. >> reporter: a world wide movement is underway, set out

to shine the light on atrocities carried out by kony's lord's resistance army in uganda. >> kony is one of the world's most wanted criminals. >> reporter: he is head of a brutal central african militia. his forces have kidnapped thousands of children and forced them to do the unthinkable. >> [inaudible] >> -- have been decimating villages -- >> reporter: a video about his tactics have gone viral. it's part of a campaign called kony 2012. the goal, simple. see him captured. >> we made a film we wanted- half a million to see.

>> i think this is a brilliant social media campaign. >> reporter: kony is being hunted by 100 u.s. special forces, advisors and local troops in four central african countries. >> there are groups who have been working on this problem for decades, and we of course are very much involved. >> some critics are attacking the video, saying it oversimplifies this complex issue. but the idea is to make it understandable to the average joe like you and me. twitter is playing a huge role. we have some here from the average person saying, make kony famous. but a lot of big celebrities are weighing in as well, which is helping drive attention to the video. let me read a few, starting with someone you've heard of, rihanna. spread the word. trust me, you need to know about this. oprah getting involved, too. she tweeted, i'm aware. i have supported with dollar

sign and voice and will not stop. sean diddy combs said, i'm going to help make you famous. we will stop you. and justin bieber, the number one topic world wide. see why it might change your life. allison, you said this as we were introducing me, it's getting huge attention on the internet. more than 48 million hits on youtube alone, and doesn't account for the other sites. it seems to be working. >> let's hope it does. >> it's amazing, because during the last two or three days every time i go online, kony, there's kony, an image, watch this video, whatever. it's spread like wildfire. >> the number one trending topic at one point world wide on twitter. it's getting a lot of attention. most of us never heard of this guy's name. we have heard about the

atrocities, but now they're associated with kony, a name we won't soon forget, until they find him. >> thank you, will thomas. there is an alert for charles county residents this morning. >> a local food bank is in need of your help. here's a live look once again at the southern maryland food bank in hughesville, which has been forced to close because of a severe shortage in donation. they're asking anyone who is able to drop off food. >> the dropoff location is 8395 old leonardtown road in hughesville. we talked with the director earlier. the need is great. it's not just the population it used to be. it's middle class families that aren't earning what they used to earn. making tough choices and you don't want to choose between a nutritious meal or paying this bill or that bill. go to myfoxdc.com. coming up, she's not even a

teenager and she's planning her way to becoming a millionaire. near and dear to my own heart. plus, it came down to two last night on "american idol." >> we're going to save elise. [ applause ] >> jeremy sent home. now down to 12. we'll chat with jeremy about his journey after the break. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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we are back with a story about a local middle schooler hoping to be a millionaire by the age of 15. gabrielle williams is 12 and has her own business selling jewelry and has written a book to inspire kids. it's called "the making of a young entrepreneur." she's donating part of the profits to charity.

she's in 6th grade, but has lessons she thinks everyone can learn from. >> if you don't follow your dreams, then i don't see -- you won't be happy with what you're doing. if you get a job and it's not something that you like or even love, then it's not your dream and you won't enjoy it. how does she know that? she's right. she says her dream is to be a jewelry designer for celebrities. maybe like alison seymour. >> please. that's why i said near and dear to my heart, because i love accessories. i'm going to buy stuff from her. >> if you would like to see her jewelry, visit myfoxdc.com and click on web links. cool story. >> i have no doubt she'll be super successful, because it's in her mind now. >> you like to support young artists, jewelers. >> oh, yeah. a viewer made this. >> isn't that great? >> she made this, too. and there are others who i've purchased from as well.

i'm all about that stuff. >> people stop me in the streets -- >> she wants national celebrity. >> start with you. >> she mentioned she was hoping to be a millionaire at 15. i too, was hoping to be a millionaire at 15, 20, 25. >> it happened now. >> not even close! >> always hope. got to have hope. >> got to have hopes. >> high hope. >> not giving up. 8-year-old won the lottery, i can still win. >> little different from been an entrepreneur, but i understand what you're saying. >> take it any way i can get it. winds starting to blow. unlike yesterday when they were warm, today they're out of the north and west. will feel cooler than yesterday with highs only in the 50s. and that's after enjoying 74 yesterday. yesterday a beautiful day. showers moving in overnight. already south and east of us. so we're looking at a gradually improving forecast. starting to see breaks, just

off to the north and west into southern pennsylvania, seeing breaks in the clouds. mostly sunny here in the next couple of hours. it will be a nice looking day when you're looking out your window, but blustery day. if you're driving, two hands on the wheel as winds will be blowing 30, 35 miles per hour with the cooler air working in from the north and west. rain showers, we're done. maybe a few left oversprinkles to ocean city. daytime highs today, mid-50s. i think we'll get there with the sunshine. 47 now in washington. 50 quantico. 42martinsberg. 47 in annapolis. wind out of the north and west today. cool. 32most recent wind gust, out of the north and west behind the front. 25 at dulles. 25 manassas. jacket weather today and tonight as we watch this cooler

air settle in. there goes your front. with rain showers it will track off to the south and east and be out of here. cool air tonight, with temperatures about freezing. tomorrow, our highs about 50. but the cool air sticks around for a day, and a warmup to the end of the weekend. mostly sunny skies. breezy and cooler. check out the wind, north and west gusting to 35. hold onto your hat. 32overnight low. winds out of the north 5 to 10 miles per hour. five-day forecast, enjoy your weekend. should be beautiful. let's hope so. 32tonight. bring a jacket tonight. 50 tomorrow. warmup, into the low 70s, and probably low 70s for wednesday and thursday, with no real rain in sight. nice and dry. nice weekend, too. that's a look at your forecast. allison, let's do some "american idol." it is down now to the top 12 on "american idol." last night it came down to two. the bottom two, jeremy and

elise. the judges decided to save elise. jeremy joins us live this morning to talk about the experience. good morning to you. good to see you. >> good morning, allison. how are you? >> i'm doing well, thank you. my question is and america wants to know, how are you doing? >> i don't know. i don't know yet. >> it's all too soon? >> it is. i'm really heart broken. >> oh. >> but you know, i'll be all right. >> you definitely will be all right. goodness knows, you had the support of the judges, because you are saved at one point. it didn't end up that way last night. how would you i guess characterize your experience on the show so far? >> honestly been a dream come true. it's not easy being on the show. it's hard work. but i would do it all over again tomorrow if i could. it's one of the definitely the most amazing things i've ever done in my life and i'm so grateful to god for the experience. >> you have this beautiful

voice. my question is, did you ever take one singing lesson or did you come out singing that way? >> i think honestly just been blessed by god. i took singing lessons right before -- right after i made it to hollywood. that was it. like about a month. but other than that, i've never had lessons. maybe i should have. >> no, no. >> i wouldn't be sitting here. >> you sounded wonderful. stevie wonder is hard to sing. how challenging was that? >> nobody will ever compare to stevie wonder. definitely one of the hardest weeks. wasn't my best, but i don't think it was my worst at all. it was pretty good. you know what, just grateful. >> yeah. what happens now? what kind of records do you put out after this whole experience? because no way you're done. >> oh, thank you for being confident in me.

i'm excited to keep on living the dream and pursuing my music. i'm not sure what's to come yet. i'm sure great stuff is going to come out soon, so -- >> i agree. >> keep looking out for me, guys. >> i think you have one huge fan with jennifer lopez as well. >> definitely. >> definitely. we're sorry to see you go. we enjoyed you and wish you continued success. >> thank you so much. god bless you guys. >> unfortunately his journey ended last night on "american idol." he's so talented. so we'll see him you can catch "american idol" here on fox 5 every wednesday and thursday night at 8:00. also if you can't get enough of the finalists, their songs are now available on itunes. tony, over to you. >> i feel bad for him. >> i know. wish him the best of luck. coming up, britney spears gets an offer to be a judge on the x factor, but she says it's not enough. and snooki and her fiance

already have a jersey shore nickname for their baby. we'll tell you what it is in today's buzz bin. first, another solar flare last night. unclear if it will affect earth. fortunately it didn't cause too much communication problems, but did create beautiful northern lights.   ó

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snooki's baby has its own jersey shore nickname. her fiance wrote on his twitter page, thank you everyone. sorry about the wait. glad everyone is ready. nicole and i are really

excited. the nickname refers to their heights and tans. >> i don't know snooki personally. if there is an example for someone not ready to be a mother, from what we've seen, snooki. wish the baby luck. the x factor may have a new judge. reports the only issue holding britney spears back from joining the show is money. apparently she was offered $10 million to come on board, but she wants $16 million. sources say both camps have been negotiating for a while and a deal could be reached next week. >> that's a random, isn't it, 16? why not 20 then? >> when you get into those kind of numbers, it's random. ten is not enough? has to be 16? >> be interesting in seeing that side of her. >> yeah, it would be. >> i call her britt britt. coming up, how to talk about uncomfortable subjects

with your teenagers. i don't know. but i'm answering one mom's question in today's ask allison. we're going to go through this together, i suppose. holly is hanging out with intelligent students this morning, they're creating devices to help people with disabilities. she'll tell us about this design challenge after the break. it's 9:42. th e droirazr by mo, now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power. even seamlessly video chat. all powered by the 4g lte droid razr. droid razr by motorola, just $199.99. and back for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon.

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this morning high school students participating in the abilityone network design challenge are presenting devices they have made to help people with disabilities. >> our own holly morris is at the westin arlington gateway today to learn more about this unique, something near and dear to your heart with your engineering background, right? >> reporter: absolutely. i love to see these brilliant minds at work and given a challenge. when i like most is they have

to come up with a real world answer. this is not something in the future. this is a challenge where the future is now. i'm talking quietly because the finals are going on as we speak. there are five finalists from across the nation. now they are presenting and defending whatever their invention is they come up with. they had to come up with something that helps someone who is disabled better do their job in the work place. so the winner will be announced later this afternoon. meanwhile, we are still out in the lobby. in order to do something like this, it takes a lot. it takes a lot of sponsorships, a lot of organizations. this challenge is relatively new. there are three people i want you to meet. bob chamberlain is the president and ceo. evelyn is the disability advocate and frank is with helping hands. good morning to all of you. sounds like another successful competition and finals is underway as we speak. [ applause ] >> absolutely. >> reporter: frank i want to

start with you. one of the things you do this whole week is give these children an experience and it has to do, one thing, with the challenge you presented to them last night. >> exactly. this is the fourth year we've been with this program, and what we do is we align with them in presenting an ice breaker to get these students together. they start with these parts, and ultimately they assemble a prosthetic hands. these hands are delivered throughout the world to developing countries. they were started for land mine victims and has expanded to other types of losses and accidents. >> reporter: this keeps their minds busy. they've already done work in their project, but this is another example and keeps them perhaps motivated to do more? >> oh, sure. gives them such a real life example. the videos we showed, i think it's an emotional connection that changes the dimension of

what they're doing. one level it's a product, and the next level it's life. >> reporter: can we watch you put this together? can you do this or do i need the kids to help? kidding. i want to bring in bob now, because obviously this is a competition you believe in. why do you think it was important to come up with something like this and how has it gotten better each year? >> there are many objectives to the program and one is a practical one. what our business is, is finding employment opportunities for people with disabilities. people who are blind. a lot of times there are challenges where people can't do something because of some barrier. from a practical standpoint what these kids are doing is coming up with solutions. of course, it goes way beyond that in terms of relationships that they build with our agencies. we have over 600 agencies nationwide. and they might start with one item and then later on they form a relationship because there's other issues there, and

of course the long-term benefit is simply an appreciation of the challenges faced by people with disabilities and what can be done. >> reporter: i love the fact they've taken so much time in their presentations. you can see their billboards are still up. they have their actual inventions inside. evelyn, for you to see young people working and using their minds and brain powers to make the world more accessible for those who are disabled, what does that mean for you? >> it's like a dream come true. all my life i've tried to be involved with young people, helping them to understand what disability really is. what it does to you as a high school student when you're the only one there who is, i quote, different. i think about the opportunities that many of our people with significant disabilities will now be able participate in, areas they couldn't have.

it's an exciting challenge, and it makes me feel that one of the things they have done is to bring this forum together and allow these young, intelligent, creative people to come up with something. i'm sitting in the meeting this morning, and i believe we have a staff member who could benefit from this wonderful invention of the assistive hands, because now he's using a pencil. i think this is something that he will use. this is opening doors. it's not just an item that you're going to wear, but it's opening doors to normality. >> reporter: gives him his inagainst, and you can't but the -- independence and you can't put a price tag on that.

>> absolutely. >> reporter: i have an engineering degree and people are like, what do engineers do? we know about the science, and we take that science and make it real. find out more on myfoxdc.com. we have a link to the abilityone network design challenge. back to you in the studio. >> really, really great. holly, thank you very much. >> thanks, holly. ♪ tell me something good ♪ it's time for ask allison. today's question comes from a concerned parent whose daughter is now a teenager. so a viewer writes in -- my daughter just turned 13. i officially have a teenager. we have always talked about everything. now that she's older, she isn't as open about things, and if i try to talk to her about any serious issues like sex or drugs, she totally shuts me out. it makes talking about things even more uncomfortable. what are your suggestions on how i can make these talks easier on both of us? thank you so much. i thank you for sending in this question.

earlier on the other set with tony, i question, i have no idea. as a mother of three daughters, i can say i'm not so sure i'm looking forward to the teenage years because i've heard of the stories, the sweet little girl you once had, looks up to you, logistic becomes stranger -- almost becomes strangers to us during these years. i don't know personally. i can only offer what i would do. i think there are good tips in here, so i am happy to answer this question for you. my advice first and foremost is to be open. be honest, and be nonjudgmental with your daughter. sounds like you're trying to do these things but she's not responding. the popular wisdom from some family counselors i've talked to or read online, rather, is to use open ended questions like how do you feel about your friends these days? i've used these with my kids. how is that one boy that you talked about going?

that kind of thing. use open ended questions as opposed to more pointed questions like, what happened at that party last night? it makes it a more comfortable approach to getting the answers. it keeps the dialogue open. also, share your own experiences if appropriate. share what it was like for you when you were going through it. times have changed and things are different now, but trust me, that teenager is still looking up to you and she wants to know how you dealt with things, so share that. you have to find that balance between being a confidant and parent. girls need guidance. i do know that. they don't need another buddy. try to find that balance, but you've heard it before, and i agree with the wisdom that says, you have to be a parent first. your daughter has to feel safe and valued. she has to feel like you're paying attention to her, to share the intimate thoughts and what's going on in her world. make yourself available. know when to keep at it, but also know when to back up a little bit. that's one sure way to get them

to clam up. if all this fails, try to remember what it was like when you were 13. were you eager to share with your mom or was it hard to open up? personally i found it hard to talk to my mom, because i didn't want her to know i had grownup questions. we know they look at us as kids. it was hard for me to open up. makes me choke up. but it's hard to do that sometimes. try to remember that it is hard. put yourself in her position. bottom line here, keep at it, mom. she is listening. even when you think she's not listening. if you have had a positive relationship and it sounds like you have had that so far with your little girl, then that child is still inside this teenager and she needs wants you to be engaged and involved. i do know that. >> that's great. >> that i do know. >> great advice. >> it's hard. you know your parents still look at you like this child and

you're asking these questions. >> when they go through the teen years, it gets difficult. if you try to keep that open relationship and everything, even as you go through the tough times, later on when you're through the tough times, they come back around. they grow and realize, mom was trying to help me out. >> not so dense after all. and they're listening. if you have a question that you'd like answered, send it to me, head to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab for a link to ask allison. we love those family questions, but we're game. we'll answer anything. we do this every friday during the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. we'll be right back. ♪ tell me something good ♪     

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we're following breaking news stemming from the investigation into the death of that 3-month-old baby in a home day care in prince william county.

police have informed us that two day care providers have now been charged. right now they each face five counts of child endangerment related to the day care operation. they are not charged in the death of the 3-month-old girl. she was found dead yesterday afternoon. the inhome day care that was operating has been shut down. tucker, one more look at the five-day. >> very windy day. there's the flag, that will show you wind. clouds at the moment. but sunshine builds in this afternoon. mid-50s. cool tomorrow. but sunny and dry this weekend. warmup. by monday and tuesday, here we go, back to the 70s by next tuesday and wednesday. thanks, tuck. >> here's the answer to today's trivia question. we asked what are