Austin in Action
For their academic achievements, community involvement and future career goals, seven San Marcos High School students were awarded with scholarships from Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) at a reception on May 25. Each student received $1,000 to be applied to...
Films
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Rated PG Starring Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schaal Austin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5 stars Based on the popular...
Austin in Action
CTX College Signing Day brought together over 1,000 graduating seniors from across the region to celebrate their academic achievements on April 28 at Concordia University. Inspired by the NCAA’s National Signing Day, CTX Signing Day reinforces the imperative that...
Austin in Action
Two local students received the highest honors awarded during this year’s Texas PTA Reflections contest. The contest, which received more than 1,000 entries for state-wide judging, invites students to submit works in the categories of visual arts, dance choreography,...
Austin in Action
In April, nonprofit Latinitas hosted its 10th technology conference for girls age 9 to 18, exposing young bilingual and bicultural Latinas and other girls to design thinking and new technologies. This year’s conference brought professionals in the user...
Recalls
Target is recalling about 560,000 egg toys because if the small toy is ingested, it can expand inside a child’s body and cause intestinal obstructions. The recall involves Hatch & Grow Easter Eggs, Easter Grow Toys and Hatch Your Own Dino. Affected units were sold...
Family Connections
Because I refuse to haul around a Schneider-sized keychain, I routinely find myself ¾—always ¾—of the way to my office door before I have my apoplectic “I could have had a V8” moment and realize that my keys are still in the car. Arrgh! It’s genetic. My...
Feature Articles
Most parents know that LOL means Laughing Out Loud. You may even know that 420 refers to marijuana. But you may not know that 53X means sex. That worries Brian Bason, CEO at Bark, a new monitoring app. Their website includes a list of popular texting slang terms. For...
Family Matters
Q. My 18-year-old daughter is engaged to be married this summer. She’s happy—which makes me happy—and I like my future son-in-law. However, my daughter wants to start a family right away. I think they’re too young and will get stressed out trying to provide for a...
Asuntos Familiares
P. Mi hija de 18 años de edad está comprometida para casarse este verano. Ella es feliz, lo cual me hace a mi feliz, y me cae muy bien mi futuro yerno. Sin embargo, mi hija quiere comenzar una familia enseguida. Creo que son demasiado jóvenes y se van a estresar...
