Family Matters
Q. My son has dabbled in team sports—soccer and basketball—to mixed results. He seems to do better in individual sports; he likes swimming and he tried golf camp this summer. I’m having trouble giving up on the idea that team sports would do him more good. What can...
Feature Articles
All children need nutritionally balanced meals for healthy growth and development. But for those involved in rigorous athletics, the needs may be even greater. To ensure your young athlete receives proper nutrition and hydration to fuel his growing body and sustain...
Lifelines
Tire crumb is recycled rubber from old tires that is ground up into crumbs. These crumbs are used to make playground surfaces for cushioning under swings, slides and other play equipment. Tire crumbs also are used to make synthetic turf—green plastic grass blades...
Feature Articles
At some point, you’re bound to ask yourself: Is my child ready to stay home alone? Giving kids the responsibility to stay home alone can be a positive and confidence building experience, a rite of passage. But how do you know they’re ready? Children must have...
Family Connections
In the past decade, our collective living and work spaces have become more interesting than ever before. HGTV, the sustainable products movement, the tiny house trend, shared workspace and so many other compelling changes have launched a very different way of being in...
Austin in Action
The Austin Skipathon is hoping to set a world record for most people skipping at once. On Sept. 23 at 9 a.m., participants will join Master Skipper Kim Corbin in a unified skip around Mueller Lake. After the skip, participants will enjoy music, bounce houses, lawn...
Austin in Action
The last of the Hodges quintuplets went home in late July after spending four months in the neonatal intensive care unit. The five babies were born at Seton Medical Center Austin in March and are the first set of quintuplets born in Austin since 2010. Parents Liz and...
Austin in Action
The staff of Austin Family magazine wishes to express its deep and heartfelt condolences to Dr. Betty Richardson, advising editor and columnist since the magazine’s first issue 25 years ago. Betty’s son Mark Richardson died in August of complications from surgery. He...
Recalls
Really Good Stuff is recalling about 1.6 million magnetic dry erase boards because the thin magnetic metal surface can separate from the product’s wooden board, posing a laceration hazard. The recall involves Write Again magnetic dry erase white boards. Affected units...
Films
Brigsby Bear, rated PG-13 Starring Kyle Mooney, Greg Kinnear, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Claire Danes, Andy Samberg Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll admit that Dave McCary’s...
