Family Matters
Q. My husband and I recently took in my cousin’s children when he and his ex-wife could no longer care for them. They’ve settled in, but are there any future challenges we should look out for? A. There’s a set of challenges that most non-parental full-time...
Lifelines
Vaping has increased significantly in middle and high school students within the past five years. A recent survey of 6th, 8th and 10th grade students in five Texas cities, including Austin, revealed some disturbing misperceptions (see sidebar). This is why it’s...
Feature Articles
Inearly 2010, Jill and Brent Price made a call that changed their lives. Several months before, their church hosted a presentation by STARRY, the Round Rock-based agency that provides counseling, foster care and adoption services. “We were interested at the...
Feature Articles
When it comes to adoption, there’s no such thing as “normal.” Just ask Christina and Kevin Kindt. The couple just had their biological child in August, but they’re already parents to three other children: 5-year-old Elizabeth and 3-year-old Natalie, both adopted as...
Recalls
Playtex is recalling about 3.6 million plates and bowls because the clear plastic layer over the graphics can peel or bubble, posing a choking hazard to young children. The recall involves plates and bowls with various designs, sold separately and together as sets....
Austin in Action
What to do with all that post-Halloween candy? During the month of November, trick-or-treaters ages 12 and under can bring excess candy to Round Rock Dentists and My Kid’s Dentist & Orthodontics to receive $1 per pound of unopened candy. Round Rock Dentists...
Austin in Action
Trick-or-treating can be tricky for kids with food allergies. That’s why local bed and breakfast the Fairview is putting out a teal pumpkin and providing allergy-safe alternatives for trick-or-treaters. Innkeepers Jimi and Vivian Ballard will be handing out...
Austin in Action
Austin Child Guidance Center (ACGC) has received a $260,000 grant from the Office of the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD) for Spanish-speaking children and families who have been witnesses or victims of crime or abuse. ACGC says the grant will ensure...
Austin in Action
Austin Parks Foundation has announced its next citywide volunteer event, It’s My Park Day, will occur on Saturday, November 4, 2017. During It’s My Park Day, thousands of Austinites will work to improve and transform parks, trails and greenbelts throughout Austin....
Austin in Action
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) officially announced the 198 members that have been named to Team Texas, the delegation that will compete in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games taking place July 1-6, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. Central Texas area athletes selected to...
