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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…
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…
How an SMU Professor Is Equipping Students of Color To Succeed in College
Through the Action Research Center, Candice Bledsoe is working to close the gap between students of color and white students in higher education.
Best for Moms and Babies 2019
Your top picks for everything from birthing centers to Mommy & Me classes.
Why Your Parenting Fears Aren’t Helping Your Kids
Hovering and worrying can hold children back, so here’s how to stop parenting out of fear.
Grammy Nominee Toni Estes Is Relaunching Her Music Career With Kids in Tow
The Mansfield mom who once worked with Whitney Houston is balancing recording sessions with carpool duty.
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.
How Dallas Mom of 2 Samanda Miller, Garland ISD Parent Engagement Facilitator, Spends Her Tuesday
This Rowlett mommy describes her day as a school counselor, wife and mother from morning till night.
How Lewisville Mom Bondie Metchore, Web Designer and ESL Teacher, Spends Her Wednesday
For the past four years, Bondie Metchore and her family have called Lewisville home. The mom of two moved from Costa Rica with her husband, Carlos, and their two kids, 8-year-old Carlos and 5-year-old Abigail. When she’s not raising her family, Bondie volunteers to teach English to adults, leads a group at Gateway Church and operates her own web design and digital marketing business.
How Fort Worth’s Niki Little, the Mom Behind the Wheel of Little Art Bus, Spends Her Wednesday
Life on the road with the Fort Worth mom of two, including Baby’s First Whataburger trip!
Stem Cells Found in Baby Teeth May Have Health Benefits in the Future
From the archives | In honor of Dental Health Month, we’re revisiting to our February 2017 article on how storing dental stem cells is essentially a bet against future problems.
How to Celebrate Black History Month At Home
February is Black History month, and what is a parent eager to raise well-cultured children to do? This year, stay home and host a unique read-in to inspire your kids.
Celebrate Spring at the Dallas Arboretum’s First Ever Groundhog Day Party
Starring the Arboretum’s own weather-predicting woodchuck.
Amy Hawkins Can’t Wait To Reopen Jupiter House & Get Back to “Boring”
Thanks to a fire and asbestos, 2018 was crazier than usual for the Denton businessowner and mom of two.
Book Review: Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris
In the colorful picture book, the US Senator (and newly-announced presidential candidate) empowers her young readers with the knowledge that superheroes are more than just caped crusaders on the big screen.
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.
Meet the Fort Worth Mom Helping Families Raise Bilingual Children
Julia Wang, a Fort Worth mom of 2, was inspired to raise her children to be bilingual. But when she couldn’t find a fun kid-friendly language education program, she decided to create her own.
6 Places for Energetic Kids with Special Needs
Let the littles burn off some of that excess energy at one of these Dallas-Fort Worth indoor play spaces for kids with special needs.
Peppa Pig’s First U.S. Home to Open in Grapevine Next Month
The British character’s first-ever U.S. home will open in February at Grapevine Mills. Here’s what you need to know about the 14,000-square-foot Peppa Pig World of Play.