Lifelines
What if your child suddenly developed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), tics, severe anxiety and hyperactivity? These symptoms could be associated with an autoimmune disorder called PANDAS. What Is PANDAS? PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune...
Family Matters
Q Our daughter, Lucy is eight years old and playing Little League baseball for the first time. My husband and I have been discussing how we want her to learn good sportsmanship behavior. We’ve been to some of her games where the parents yell at the officials,...
Education
Classical Education I’ll admit my ignorance. When charged with writing about “classical education” as an alternative to traditional public schooling, I drew a blank. My first guess was that a classical education might have something to do with studying the...
Feature Articles
When it comes to kids’ sports, every parent wants to hear the coach say, “Your child has real potential.” With that simple praise of talent, visions of college scholarships and big-league contracts suddenly dance on the horizon. Before long parents are...
Austin in Action
Houston native, Adam Gockley, is set to open another location with IDEA Lab® Kids, the education-based franchise with an emphasis on a cutting-edge STEM plus Arts (STEAM) curriculum. IDEA Lab earned “Austin’s Best After School Program” and has seen continued...
Austin in Action
Here’s some good news from the heart of Texas: Redeemer Lutheran School in Austin raised $35,300 for the Kids Heart Challenge benefitting the American Heart Association. This is the second year in a row that Redeemer has raised such an enormous sum, placing them 7th ...
Films
Rated PG Starring David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, Ron Perlman Critical Rating: ***** of ***** Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: **** of ***** Guillermo Del...
Austin in Action
Kerbey Lane’s special pancake of the month for February will be the Beignet Pancake–a crisp buttermilk pancake topped with an espresso glaze and powdered sugar. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Mardi Gras on February 21, which also happens to be Pancake Day. Mardi...
Screen Time
Years ago, I read an academic study about kids and how they told stories about their lives. Frequently, their stories would borrow from movies or shows they had seen and sometimes, their stories appeared to be direct copies of those programs. The temptation at...
La Pantalla Inteligente
Hace años, leí un estudio académico sobre niños y cómo contaban historias sobre sus vidas. Con frecuencia, sus historias tomaban prestadas películas o programas que habían visto y, a veces, sus historias parecían ser copias directas de esos programas....
