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Best for Families 2014: Dallas
Readers’ picks for the best in family-friendly dining and destinations around Dallas.
Blocking Out The Bottle
According to a poll of DallasChild readers, the majority of parents do occasionally consume alcohol around their kids, and most are honest with their children regarding the contents of their glasses.
5 Kid-Safe Mosquito Solutions for Your Dallas-Fort Worth Home
Not only can synthetic ingredients pose possible harm for your family, but these damaging and toxic ingredients cause mosquitoes to slowly build resistance to negate effectiveness.
21 Things To Do in Texas
21 quintessentially Texan experiences every Texas family should on their next Lone Star roadtrip
Expedition: Parenthood
OH BABY! Doctor confirms that my recent aversion to co-worker’s perfume isn’t just in my head—I’m pregnant. Let the journey…
Forging Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships
Forge alliances with your children and the teachers who influence the majority of their waking hours for nine months of the year.
Present Problems
We spoke to parents, store owners and even a local psychologist to get opinions on this emerging trend.
Mom Guilt: Overcoming Feelings of Parental Inadequacy
Roughly 20 to 30 percent of new moms lack an immediate emotional attachment to their newborn. Here’s why you shouldn’t feel guilt about that and what experts say to battle feelings in parental inadequacy.
Feeding Frenzy
You wouldn’t dream of letting your child run out into a busy street, would you? Yet, did you know that…
Drink Up
We enlisted area professionals to help us weed out the hype from the hysteria as we queried: Do kids really need sports drinks?
A Major Fight for Minor Marijuana
DallasChild investigates the plight of families fighting for legalization of medical marijuana for Texas minors.
Put it in Perspective
Our humor columnist reflects on the importance, and difficulty, of teaching kids perspective.
Thick as Air
The most worrisome air-quality culprit is ground-level ozone, formed when pollutants bake under the North Texas sun.
The Shadow of Success
Growing up under the influence of high-achieving parents
Calling the Shots
Deciphering the three ways to approach vaccines
Midwife Q&A
We spoke with Ellie Daniels, CPM, president of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives, to find out what midwives do and how to choose the best midwife for your pregnancy and birth.
Five Ways New Moms Can Help New Dads
A dad blogger shares 5 ways that new moms can help ease new dads into fatherhood.
The Notion of Overdevotion
When kids run parents’ lives: How too much devotion can lead to burnout for parents and kids.
Keeping Secrets From Your Kids
Is keeping secrets ever a good parenting tactic? Experts weigh in on whether withholding the truth protects or hurts your kids.