Family Bucket List
Farmers market shopping is so different from heading to the grocery store, especially with kids in tow. While it is likely you may not find everything on your list, trips to a farmers market will definitely be met with more excitement and curiosity. Even better, you...
Humor
You’ve made it to the grocery store. Start in the produce section with the endless plastic bag hoo-ha before hitting canned goods. Don’t use up your reserves. You’ve a long journey. Next up, heavy lifting in aisle thirteen. My troop bathes in red sauce, apparently,...
Lifelines
Do you know how many hours of sleep your teen gets each night? As kids get older, many parents become lax about monitoring their children’s sleep. The CDC reports that 7 out of 10 high school students and 6 in 10 middle school students do not get enough sleep on...
Education
Our oldest daughter had always struggled with math, but it wasn’t until after private testing in third grade that she received a formal diagnosis of dyscalculia, a math learning disability. Despite the fact that I was a former teacher, I felt out of my depth in regard...
Feature Articles
Austin Family is celebrating its 30th birthday! Looking back, I wondered what experiences our kids are having as they grow up in Austin that their parents or grandparents had. What things have changed? To find out, I asked three generations of native Austinites....
Family Matters
Q Our 6-year-old daughter, Zena, is very anxious. Every night she has to be reassured there are no monsters under the bed or in the closet. Recently, she agreed to a sleepover with her best friend. The friend’s mother called at midnight to ask me to pick up Zena as...
Recalls
SmartPool is recalling about 500 Bee Free multi-purpose helmets because of incorrect advertising that states they are for use for children ages 2 to 8 years old. The recalled helmets do not comply with minimum safety requirements for children younger than 5 and pose a...
Austin in Action
Kealing Middle School student Daphne Hayes takes third place in middle school category Every year, students throughout the state grab their video cameras and head outside to compete in the annual Take Care of Texas Video Contest. The goal is to produce the most...
Austin in Action
The Andy Roddick Foundation (ARF) is celebrating 20 years of philanthropy and accomplishing their most successful year to date. The charitable foundation provides children from underserved communities with high-quality learning and enriching experiences after school...
Austin in Action
The Austin ISD Creative Learning Initiative has been approved for a $100,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Creative Learning Initiative is among 1,073 projects selected across the United States. This marks the fifth time...
