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Hike, Bike and Trike Austin: Best Trails for All Ages
If you’re looking to safely venture beyond your backyard and soak up the cooler weather, try these places. These nature walks and hike and bike trails pack in a healthy dose of art, adventure and exercise – good for the whole family! Laguna Gloria 3809 W. 35th St....
Caring for Older Parents
Expert Caregiving Tips for Busy Parents Have you heard of the “sandwich generation”? If you’re an adult with young children who also provides care for an aging parent, you have found yourself smack dab in the middle of two warm, doughy slices of caring, generationally...
Breathe, You’ve Got This! Family Mental Health During COVID-19
The term “unprecedented” has been used so often in the COVID-19 pandemic that it seems almost meaningless now, but we really are living through an event that the world has never seen before. In a time of prolonged uncertainty, mental health struggles seem to be...
Lifelines
Fostering A Furry Best Friend Without a Lifetime Commitment
October is “Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.” With more time at home, many families would like to adopt...
Grandparents Hold The Key To Family Health Stories
Grandparents have a wealth of information about family’s health stories and may be the only...
Does Your Family Need A Reset?
Parents and kids are feeling frustrated and stressed. For many, home is no longer a nurturing...
6 Positive Parenting Tips For A Happy Summer
Parenting is tough during the best of times but particularly challenging during times of health...
Education
Extend the Halloween Experience With STEAM Activities
October brings crunchy leaves, pumpkin-flavored everything, and most importantly to kids ......
Grandparents as Teachers
With school districts beginning the school year in remote learning mode, families are figuring out...
Impactful Books
Many children have some level of awareness of race relations in America right now. Maybe they’ve...
Making Your Child YouTube Friendly
As any adult who has ever gone on YouTube knows, it can be the Wild West of content. When...
Family Matters
Should My Child Be More Outgoing?
6 Tips for Making Friends Q Our son Robin is 7 years old. He’s an only child. Robin...
Safe Grandparent Visits
Q My mother is 90 years old. She lives 30 minutes away but hasn’t seen her grandchildren for...
Thinking About Homeschooling?
Q. It really scares me to think about my children going back to school with other kids,...
Family Bonding During Quarantine
Q We went from everyone in our family of three going in separate directions nearly every waking...
Humor
Dressed To Kill
My mother hated Halloween. We never understood why. It started in July when the costume catalogues...
Speed Aging
All I want to do is be a grandmother. I’ve got my name picked out: Nana. It’s not original but...
The Breakup
Summer is winding down, so this past week I sat down with myself for a good long chat. It wasn’t...
OK Is the New Great
July is made for watering holes. My favorite is the Blue Hole in Wimberley. Over the years, I’ve...
