Austin in Action
The State Board of Education is now accepting nominations for its inaugural Student Heroes Award, a new student recognition program approved by the Board in February. The Student Heroes program recognizes Texas public school students in pre-K through high school who...
Asuntos Familiares
P. Nuestra hija Lucy de 4 años de edad está obsesionada con las princesas y todo sobre ellas. Tiene muñecas de princesas, un castillo de juguete y libros de cuentos sobre princesas, que quiere que le leamos todas las noches. Se imagina que nació siendo una princesa, y...
curva De Aprendizaje
Imagine que usted es un estudiante entrando al salón de clases. La maestra está parada junto a la puerta y con gusto le saluda por su nombre. Puede que diga algo personal como, “Escuche que tuvieron un juego difícil anoche. ¿Está bien?” o tal vez ella dice, “Gracias...
Family Matters
Q. Our 4-year-old daughter Lucy is obsessed with princesses and everything about them. She has princess dolls, a play castle and storybooks about princesses, which she wants us to read to her every night. She imagines she was born a princess, and we are not her real...
Feature Articles
Stepparenting can be a lonely road, but it doesn’t have to be. According to the U.S. Census, over 50 percent of U.S. families are remarried or re-coupled. Over 1,300 new, blended families form every day. Fifty percent of the 60 million children under the age of 13 are...
Feature Articles
April is National Autism Awareness Month, so we asked Suzanne Potts, executive director of the Autism Society of Central Texas, to tell us more about the disorder and how it affects families. AF: What is autism? SP: Autism is a neurological, developmental disorder...
Feature Articles
Gone are the days when all babies were wrapped in the same large cloth diaper with bulky pins that could easily poke or pinch a baby’s tender skin. The safer, built-in features and wide array of colors have made cloth diapers a cool accessory for a baby’s bottom. The...
Recalls
Dream on Me is recalling about 13,000 2-in-1 bassinet to cradles because the wire supports on the sides of the bassinet can disconnect, causing the fabric sides to lower. This poses a risk that infants can fall out or become entrapped and suffocate. The recall...
Humor
Not all women are meant to be stay-at-home moms. (Likewise, not all men are built to be stay-at-home dads.) It is a career path with a unique set of challenges you must overcome—most involve being more open to talking to yourself and admitting you actually enjoy...
Films
Coming Soon to Theaters The Age of Adaline (Opens April 24, PG-13)—Blake Lively stars as Adaline Bowman in the story of a woman who has not aged for many years due to a car accident that magically made her immune to time. With a...
