As a professional tennis player, Andy Roddick reached the highest point of his sport: he was once ranked number one in the world, and he claims a Grand Slam singles championship among his many achievements. After a long and stellar career, he retired in 2012 and...

All children need nutritionally balanced meals for healthy growth and development. But for those involved in rigorous athletics, the needs may be even greater.  To ensure your young athlete receives proper nutrition and hydration to fuel his growing body and sustain...

  At some point, you’re bound to ask yourself: Is my child ready to stay home alone? Giving kids the responsibility to stay home alone can be a positive and confidence building experience, a rite of passage. But how do you know they’re ready? Children must have...

Eat your breakfast! Hurry up; you’ll be late! Where’s your backpack?  Parents at their wits’ end with the morning rush may find themselves yelling these phrases to sleepy kids. But peaceful morning routines don’t happen with the phrases above. Preferred behavior...

Let’s be honest – sometimes parents dread homework as much as their kids do. But homework connects parents to what their children are learning in school, and research shows that children are more likely to be successful in school when their families support them. By...

Last October, Allison Ashley of Austin ISD was named 2017 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators. It was an honor Ashley didn’t see coming, but in speaking with her, that passion for education clearly shines through. She...

Not long ago I found myself in serious need of relaxation. I have three kids who are out of school for the summer, so it doesn’t take much to get to that point. My usual go-to is grabbing a moment to read alone in the bathroom—or a massage, if I’m really lucky....

Most parents know that LOL means Laughing Out Loud. You may even know that 420 refers to marijuana. But you may not know that 53X means sex. That worries Brian Bason, CEO at Bark, a new monitoring app. Their website includes a list of popular texting slang terms. For...

The game clock counts down from 936: the number of weeks we have from when our children are newborn to when they turn 18. That’s not much time. I recently calculated that I only have 300 more weeks with my oldest until she officially becomes an adult. It reminded me...

This month marks 10 years since Dell Children’s Medical Center opened its doors, giving children in the 46-county area of Central Texas a pediatric Level I Trauma Center and a Level IV NICU. Dr. Eric Higginbotham was there from the beginning—in fact, before the doors...