Austin in Action
Every Family Matters: Give Shelter and Hope Join The Salvation Army for their 4th Annual Day of Giving on August 21st and help them reach their event goal of raising $1,000,000. Don’t miss out on their biggest fundraiser supporting families in shelter this...
Lifelines
I looked at my son playing a game on his phone and I was shocked at what I saw. This wasn’t about what he was playing or an inappropriate pop-up on his phone. It wasn’t even about how much screen time he had. When I saw my son, I couldn’t believe how he was...
Family Matters
Q Our son Dennis, who is 11 years old loves his elementary school. He doesn’t want to switch to middle school this fall. I think he’s worried about losing his friends and having to make new ones in an unfamiliar setting. He is having trouble sleeping and his...
Feature Articles
The setting is your family room. The props are simple: a towel, a sofa cushion and an empty water bottle. The actors? A pair of four-year-old best friends. The one wearing her father’s bedroom slippers commands, “I’ll be the daddy, and you be the baby.” For the...
Education
In the movie “Mean Girls,” the ruling girl clique, known as “The Plastics,” reinforces its social standing by deliberately excluding and deriding other students. The movie is based on the nonfiction book “Queen Bees and Wannabes” by Rosalind Wiseman and...
Mom Minute
Austin is bursting with people doing exciting work, and that includes moms who work hard to raise their kids. Every other month Austin Family features a short interview with an Austin mom doing the extraordinary work of parenting. Austin, meet Li Yu. AF: Tell...
KidZone
Parents spend countless hours making peanut butter and jelly and cold-cut sandwiches for their kids’ school lunches. Ultimately, many reach a point of asking, “Isn’t there something better, healthier and different that we can come up with?” Fortunately, through...
Austin in Action
Applications for the 2024 Austin Youth Poet Laureate are now open. Any teens ages 13 to 18 with an equal passion for artistic excellence and social activism and who live in the greater Austin area, are eligible to be the next Austin Youth Poet Laureate....
Asuntos Familiares
Nuestro hijo, Dennis, que tiene 11 años, le encanta su escuela primaria. No quiere ir a la escuela secundaria este otoño. Creo que le preocupa perder a sus amigos y tener que hacer nuevos en un entorno desconocido. Tiene problemas para dormir y tiene menos apetito,...
Austin in Action
Weekend Birthday Party StaffLocation: Idea Lab CentralPay: $15/hourHours: 3-6 hour shifts each weekendJob Type: Part-time About Us: Join our dynamic team at Idea Lab, where we host exciting STEM birthday parties that inspire creativity and curiosity! We’re looking for...
