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How To Extend Kindness to a Friend Dealing With Infertility
Given the fact that one in eight couples experiences infertility, if you haven’t been on the receiving end of insensitive comments, you’ve struggled to find the right words to say to a friend who has been trying to conceive for months or even years. There are,...

13 Ways Kids Can Cash In
Teaching kids the value and rewards of hard work and earning their own money is an integral part of helping them develop into responsible adults. Through this, they gain self-esteem, learn the real value of a dollar, and develop better saving and spending habits. So,...

Four Fun Ways To Act on Climate Change
This Earth Month, plant the seeds for family climate action all year long. Three years ago I started a meetup for Austin parents around climate change. I was worried for my kid’s future – for all kids’ futures – and felt tired of watching helplessly from the...
Family Bucket List

What’s SUP: Paddling on Lady Bird Lake
Each month, topics in this column alternate between cool, new places to go and a family-friendly...

Celebrating Our Earth
Each month, topics in this column alternate between fun, new places to go and family-friendly...

Best Train Rides
There is something ageless about riding a miniature train, with a kid on your lap or seated beside...

Heart-healthy Family Activities
February is Heart Month, which is a perfect opportunity to expand our hearts in a variety of ways....
Education

Money-Wise Kids: There’s an App for That
When I was a kid, learning about finances was limited to doing chores for an allowance and then...

Train Those Brains! Growth Mindset in Kids
What if you could help your child be more resilient, see failures as opportunities instead of stop...

Social Emotional Learning: Another Kind of Intelligence
Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is an education practice that aims to teach both social and...

100 Days of School
This month, school districts in Austin and the surrounding areas will be marking the 100th day of...
Family Matters

Tackling Teasing
Q. Our daughter Gretje came home from school crying because kids had said mean things to her....

Understanding the Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Q. I’m the father of a 3-year-old son, who recently has been diagnosed as on the autism...

“No” Means “No”
Q We’re parents of four children ages 3 to 14. Together and separately, there are times my...

Love Begets Love
Q. My husband and I lead separate lives together. We live in the same house; however, he is...
Humor

Dawg Digs
She starts at the foot of the bed. Nighttime. The hubs and I are enjoying our evening ritual of...

Stalling for Summer
I carried this summer’s swimsuit candidates into the stall. Safely locked away inside, I spied...

Loose Lips
Not to toot my own horn but I’m the best mom in the world. I know this because I surprised my...

Flights of Love
It seems I’m now someone who reads publications like “Birds & Blooms.” I was given free...