Lifelines
The day will come when your child will need to swallow a pill. Some children have no problem swallowing pills; others flatly refuse or are terrified. Here are some strategies for helping your child master this important skill. Pills vs Liquid Medicine Medicines for...
Feature Articles
What led you down your career path? For most of us, it wasn’t a straight route, but more like a winding road with dead ends, bumps and curves along the way. How much did you learn when you were young about your next steps and what they might be? Typically, there was...
Feature Articles
One day a while back, Austin-based counselor Kirsten Brunner logged onto Twitter, looking to connect with other like-minded professionals serving parents. She soon knew she wanted to meet Brian Salmon. The San Antonio-based doula had a unique energy that caught her...
Austin in Action
The Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship returns on Jan. 7 with a dozen young bakers, including Madison Totaro, an 11-year-old from Austin. Hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman guide the bakers through whipping up everything from brownies to tarts to see who...
Austin in Action
In December, volunteers from UPS brought driving education to young future drivers with the UPS Road Code program at the Gus Garcia YMLA Boys & Girls Club branch. At the event, teens tested their skills on a driving simulator and played road safety games designed...
Austin in Action
More than 10 local musical acts banded together at the 9th annual Byrd & Street Mistletoe Jam in December to benefit the Heart Gallery of Central Texas, a nonprofit that raises awareness for children in Central Texas who are waiting for loving, adoptive homes....
Austin in Action
When a woman is pregnant for the first time, she has dozens of questions and gets just as many opinions from friends and family. How can she figure out the best choices for her and her baby? Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), celebrating 10 years of partnership with Any...
Austin in Action
All K-12 students can now ride Capital Metro services for free, the agency announced in December. Students use the transit service to get to school, after-school activities, tutoring, libraries, jobs and more. Following a pilot program in June that offered free fares...
Austin in Action
Former UT football star and current NFL football player Michael Griffin dropped by Cook Elementary in Austin ISD to encourage kids to brush up on their dental health. Students in grades K–2 participated in activities and lessons such as using larger-than-life...
Austin in Action
A first-grader at Joe Dan Mills Elementary School in Austin ISD got a surprise in December when he was awarded the grand prize in the Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest. Sam Thyng submitted a recipe for Creepy Calzones with Squirmy, Wormy Rice to the contest run by Uncle...
