Austin in Action
Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) will once again honor the hard work of outstanding local and regional high school students with ten $1,000 scholarships. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 30. The scholarships, which CTMC has been awarding to area high school...
Austin in Action
Round Rock’s youth get a real taste of police work during the Round Rock Police Department’s Junior Police Academy (JPA). The camp is designed to strengthen the connections between law enforcement and local youth, giving them a chance to see what it’s like to be a...
10 Things to do
Catch a free SXSW show at Auditorium Shores. Go here for schedules and more info. Visit Rodeo Austin going on March 14-28. Live music, carnival rides and fried food on a stick. What’s not to love? Go here for more info. Take a family photo at one...
Asuntos Familiares
P. Tenemos una hija de 3 años de edad y un hijo de 6 semanas de edad. Necesito volver a trabajar para ayudar con los gastos y ahorrar para una casa propia. Actualmente vivimos en un apartamento que no ofrece mucho espacio para que los niños jueguen. Estoy pensando en...
curva De Aprendizaje
¡Pantalones muy cortos, pantalones bombachos y blusas de tirantes, oh no! El código de vestimenta escolar ha sido un tema candente desde los años sesenta, cuando las muchachas querían empezar a usar pantalones y los muchachos querían empezar a usar el pelo largo. ...
Recalls
Ikea is recalling about 169,000 crib mattresses because the mattresses could create a gap between the mattress and crib ends larger than allowed by federal regulations, posing an entrapment hazard to infants. The recall involves Vyssa style crib mattresses with the...
Family Matters
Q. We have a 3-year-old daughter and a 6-week-old son. I need to go back to work to help with our bills and to save up for a house of our own. We currently live in an apartment that doesn’t offer much room for children to play. I am thinking of asking my mother to...
Education
Short shorts, baggy pants and spaghetti straps, oh my! School dress codes have been a hot topic since the 1960s, when girls wanted to start wearing pants and boys wanted to start wearing longer hair. Now that the weather is heating up and shorts are coming back out of...
Lifelines
Although there is no traditional season in youth soccer, most states play a fall and spring season. As our children get ready to cleat-up this spring, let’s remind ourselves to play safe. Though soccer is perceived as less violent than collision sports such as...
Family Connections
The sickening thud took our breath away. It was 2001, and my wife and I were in a tiny town in Wyoming on vacation with friends. Like all rambunctious toddlers, their little boy was a bolt of energy. He raced across the driveway. Jumping. Laughing. Beaming with...
