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CrossFit Kids

The subject of kids doing CrossFit is particularly polarizing, creating both positive and negative buzz. As gyms pop up around our city, specialized programs for kids have followed.

Urgency vs. Emergency

Where do you go when your child is hurt or sick? Decoding the often confusing choices of urgent care, emergency care and hospital-run ERs.

Senior Pen Pals

Many senior living communities accept letters and even work with students to establish pen pal connections.

Big-League Reality

Quick question: Should I feel guilty for not wanting to push my kids toward all-star statuses in select sports? If…

Cook Up Some Fun

Try engaging your child with hands-on training at an area cooking school that offers classes just for kids.

Growing Green Thumbs

Just because you don’t have a knack for gardening doesn’t mean your kids can’t experience the thrill of growing produce. Try out these area gardening classes structured just for kids—who knows, you might even learn a thing or two!

Hypnotize Me

I turned to Joanna Rodriquez, a certified hypnotherapist and life coach, to help me break 31 years of bad habits.

The Gripe List

My notepad is filled with half-baked thoughts and observations that will never see the light of day. Then again, maybe today can be that day.

Like Bully, Like Kid

No longer limited to pushes on the playground, bullying is now often a 24/7 ordeal, thanks to the surge in social media and the popularity (and anonymity) of mass texting.

Dance Dance Evolution

I trained for this night ever since the doctor said the scariest three words I’ve ever heard on July 26,…

Amazing Manners

When a 3-year-old boy ran up to Elise McVeigh and properly, genially introduced his friends to her, she knew she…

Project Linus

Handmade fleece blankets for children through Project Linus literally wrap comfort around a child who is sick or has recently lost a parent.

Far and Away

In this season of miracles, Denise Cartwright* is praying that her young daughter and son find comfort and joy despite…