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iStock image of weapon draw erased on blackboard - no violence concept, school shootings, school safety
School Age

School Shootings: What Parents, Educators & Police Can Do to Keep Kids Safe

DFWChild spoke with local educators and police about safety measures to guard against school shootings, and outlined actions for parents to take.

iStock image, emotionally preparing your toddler for preschool.
School Age

Emotionally Preparing Your Toddler for Preschool

Is your toddler prepared to be away from Mom and Dad during their time at preschool? Here’s expert advice for readying your child for school-day separation—and staving off tears.

Spin the Spectrum DJ class for autism, autistic children, photo courtesy of Noun Cheng
Activities

Spin the Spectrum Teaches DJ Skills to Those with Autism

A Dallas program is teaching DJ skills to kids and adults on the spectrum—providing a method of regulation, giving them predictable social interactions, and growing their confidence.

Rendering of Galaxy Park, all abilities playground, photo courtesy of Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Activities

Galaxy Park: Dallas-Fort Worth’s Newest All-Abilities Playground

A space-themed, all-abilities playground is opening at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, giving guests an opportunity to have fun as well as build motor skills and their social-emotional development.

Daniel Stein working with client, photo courtesy of Special Strong
Health + Development

Helping Your Child with Special Needs Exercise

Daniel Stein, CEO and founder of Special Strong, shares his expert tips for encouraging your child with special needs to exercise.

Ruthie's grilled cheese sandwich food truck, photo courtesy of Ruthie's Fueled by Good
Eat

Where to Find Gooey, Gourmet Grilled Cheese and Mac and Cheese

These restaurants and food trucks in Dallas-Fort Worth specialize in gourmet mac and cheese and/or gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches.

Ending Elopement: When Your Child with Special Needs Takes Off, iStock image of back of little boy running among the grass in blurred focus
Special Needs

Ending Elopement: When Your Child with Special Needs Takes Off

There’s nothing more terrifying than when your child takes off without you—here’s how to manage this behavior

The Right and Wrong Way to Praise Your Child iStock image: Happy father and son looking at fathers paperwork at home office.
Relationships

The Right (and Wrong) Way to Praise Your Child

Even if you have the best intentions, there really is a right way to praise your child—and a wrong way. Here’s your guide to specific, effective praise.

Kids first concert, iStock image, Family with one child outdoors on summer festival. They walking through festival and enjoy in music and stands
Places to Go

Prepping for Your Kids’ First Concert

DFWChild offers tips for parents to consider when taking your child out to their first live concert, including an expert’s advice for protecting their hearing.

Sound Advice column about alternative treatments for ADHD, iStock illustration, Kid in stress lost in arrows. ADHD concept illustration about school problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Health

Sound Advice: What are Alternative Treatments for ADHD?

In this Sound Advice column, integrative pediatrician Dr. Alina Olteanu talks exploring alternative treatments for ADHD beyond medication.

Sarah Zubiate, Founder and CEO of ZUBI’S Salsa and Dips
Moms We Love

Meet Sarah Zubiate, Founder and CEO of ZUBI’S Salsa and Dips

This entrepreneur splits time between raising her family in Highland Park and running a business from her Athens ranch.

stock photo, school lunches
Home + Food

School Lunch Ideas Kids Will Love (Beyond PB&J)

Whether your child is a picky eater or naturally wants something new and different, here are some ideas for what to pack in your kiddo’s lunchbox.

special needs education in Texas, iStock image of A girl with down syndrome is in a classroom with her teacher, she is coloring inside the box in her notebook in classroom, teacher is in background
Special Needs Education

A Special Education Consultant’s Top Tips for Parents

After a report showing problems in Texas’ special education system, here’s what moms and dads should know.

A parent's guide to taking the pacifier from baby, iStock image
Baby + Toddler

A Parent’s Guide to Taking the Pacifier

Baylor Scott & White pediatrician Dr. Mansi Lalwani shares tips and tricks for weaning your child off the pacifier without tears and tantrums.

To epidural or not to epidural? We chatted with an OB-GYN and moms who have done childbirth both ways for their insight on natural childbirth, iStock image
Pregnancy

What to Know About Natural Childbirth

To epidural or not to epidural? We chatted with an OB-GYN and moms who have done childbirth both ways for their insight on a natural childbirth.

Preparing Your Child with Special Needs for School, iStock
Special Needs Education

Preparing Your Child with Special Needs for School

Local administrators share advice for helping kids adjust to classroom expectations and time away from their parents.

How to Respond to Mom-Shaming on Social Media, iStock image of upset pregnant woman with phone in her hands. technology and pregnancy. pregnancy, motherhood, technology, people and expectation concept - sad pregnant woman calling on smartphone at home
MomLife

How to Handle Mom-Shaming on Social Media

Have you had snarky comments or outright criticism thrown your way on social media? Here’s how psychologist Katie Sardone, Ph.D., of Behavioral Health Dallas, recommends handling it.

Morgan's Ice Cream, Fort Worth ice cream shops
Eat

The 11 Best Ice Cream Shops in Fort Worth

There’s no better way to cool off than with the delicious taste of ice cream. Get your ice cream fix at one of our favorite ice cream spots in and around Fort Worth.

Special Needs

Barbie Collection Features More Dolls with Disabilities 

Barbie expands its Fashionistas collection with more dolls with disabilities. These dolls have hearing aids, a prosthetic leg, and vitiligo.

The Dolly Llama, a new ice cream shop in Dallas
Things to Do

Our Favorite Ice Cream Shops in Dallas

There’s no better way to cool off than with the delicious taste of ice cream. Get your ice cream fix at one of our favorite ice cream spots in Dallas.

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