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Playground Review: Foxboro Park in Richardson

Location 2600 N. Plano Road. Find street parking on Braeburn Drive. Best for A Saturday afternoon play date. The park’s bright-colored…

People Doing Good

How Plano’s Agape Resource and Assistance Center is Fighting Homelessness

Not every Collin County woman has a white picket fence and the American dream. There’s the single mother to young…

Things to Do

Celebrate Black History Month in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas offers an abundance of opportunities to celebrate black heritage and begin an ongoing conversation with your kiddos about the African-American experience.

MomLife

Make Your Life Sweeter’s Yasmeen Tadia Is Writing the Book on Being a Mom Boss

The Plano single mom talks about her sweet life making gourmet candy and her business partner, 9-year-old son Zain.

MomLife

How Frisco ISD Teacher and Mom of 2 Brittani Estes Spends Her Tuesday

McKinney mom of 2 Brittani Estes balances a bakery business and teaching in Frisco ISD while also raising her family.

Things to Do

Year-Round Volunteer Opportunities to Serve Fellow North Texans

Read on for 25 year-round opportunities to help fellow families in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and support a local cause that tugs on your family’s heartstrings.

Things to Do

Use Your Imagination at These Indoor Play Spaces in Dallas-Fort Worth

It’s never too early to focus on the power of play, and there are plenty of indoor play places in North Texas built with children’s mental health in mind.

Home + Food

Restaurant Maven Sarah Smith Shares Recipe Secrets and Interior Design Tips

The January 2019 CollinChild Mom Next Door shares recipe secrets and pointers for designing a space that’s truly special.

Home + Food

Meet Sarah Smith, the McKinney Mom Behind Your Favorite Restaurant Eats in DFW

Ever had Sarah’s Queso at Cadillac Pizza Pub or Sarah’s Meatloaf at The Yard? Meet the woman behind the popular menu items: Sarah Smith of McKinney.

Playgrounds

Playground Review: Green Park in Allen

A review of Allen’s Green Park playground––ideal stomping grounds for your aspiring first responders and littles with energy to burn off.

People Doing Good

McKinney ISD’s Live Kind Initiative is Designed to Improve School Culture

McKinney ISD Superintendent Rick McDaniel launched the McKinney ISD Lives Kind Initiative (“Live Kind” for short) to make sure his students experience—and extend—kindness daily. The initiative aims to promote compassion throughout the district, from students to faculty members.

MomLife

How Wylie Mom Adrianne Goodson, Quality Care Pharmacy Co-Owner, Takes Care On Thursdays

Adrianne Goodson and her husband, Craig, own Quality Care Pharmacy in Wylie. When she isn’t helping her husband at their pharmacy or dancing with their daughter, Aria, 5, you can find Adrianne grading English papers online for Obridge Academy. Taking care of Aria’s Australian Shepherd and BFF, Cruz, is also high on this mom’s priority list.

Home + Food

Real Mom New Year’s Resolutions According to Our Readers & Editors

The start of a new year is an opportunity for us to create new goals, resolve to change old habits and prepare to take on another 365 days of adventure. But add baby into the mix and all your shining resolutions could be gone by the time the ball drops at midnight.