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Encourage Apathetic Students
Dr. Charles Fay, parent, author and speaker for the group, shares these at-home tips for helping kids stay focused at school.
Celebrity Chef: Lisa Garza
Cooking with kids is not a foreign activity for restaurant owner and chef Lisa Garza. The mom of 12-year-old Ian…
Conscientious Copy: The Art Book for Children
Teach your tot a thing or two about the Mona Lisa or iconic pop-art paintings (and many more) in The Art Book for Children, by the editors at Phaidon Press.
Celebrity Chef Anthony Bombaci
As the executive chef of Dallas’ Nana restaurant, Anthony Bombaci possesses culinary training honed at restaurants around the world. But…
Web Sharing
Check out our handy chart, which will show you the highs (and lows) of four of the most popular sites.
Labor of Love
Scott and her husband had just joined the selfless ranks of planned surrogacy.
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.
Medical Help in a Hurry
Check out these local clinics next time your little ones need care.
Senior Pen Pals
Many senior living communities accept letters and even work with students to establish pen pal connections.
Green With Envy
MOM Clean Conscious Keep your face fresh with W3LL PEOPLE, a toxin-free cosmetic line (created in Austin) with an organic…
The Blog Squad
JOSLYN TAYLOR the ambassador simplelovely.blogspot.com raisingfoodies.blogspot.com Who She Is: A mom who just wanted a little “space” of her own,…
Color Me Green
Walk into any home inhabited by kids, and there’s usually one common item strewn across the house: crayons. It’s a…
Banking on the Future
Among parents surveyed who had children 5 or older, only 26 percent felt well prepared to teach their kids about basic personal finances.
Hypnotize Me
I turned to Joanna Rodriquez, a certified hypnotherapist and life coach, to help me break 31 years of bad habits.
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.
It's Good to Be … Cool in Denton County
There is no tougher critic than a school-yard tribunal (aka “the cool kids”). Whether your child is one of them,…
It's Good to Be … Cool in Fort Worth
There is no tougher critic than a school-yard tribunal (aka “the cool kids”). Whether your child is one of them,…
It's Good to Be … Cool in Dallas
There is no tougher critic than a school-yard tribunal (aka “the cool kids”). Whether your child is one of them,…
The Truth About Birth Order
I don’t know what it’s like to be a middle child (since I am an only). But my son Kieper…