Want to have a great school year? Follow these teachers’ advice >
Some kids around Central Texas started school this week. Others start next week or the week after. We’ve already shared what advice teachers have for parents…
What does the school nurse want to know about your child? A lot >
If you’ve thought school nursing was just about taking temperatures and handing out bandages, a few hours at “Kids First” workshop at University of Texas School…
Where’s the best state to have a baby? Hint: It’s not Texas >
Want to live in the best state to have a baby? Move to Vermont. Think you live in the worst state to have a baby? That’s…
Study: Children with healthy moms have less chance of obesity >
Moms, when it comes to your child’s weight, you matter. A new study in the British Medical Journal confirms this. The study looked at more than…
Shopping for back to school this tax-free weekend? Pick up diapers for Austin Diaper Bank >
Tax-free weekend is almost here. Friday-Sunday, you can get most clothing and school supplies tax-free. That’s an 8.25 percent savings. You know what you can also…
Back to school: Are your child’s vaccinations current? >
Every year, there are kindergarten and seventh-grade parents ready to send their kids off for the first day of school who have to turn around and…
Back to school: Reflections on lessons still to learn as son heads into senior year >
We have hit the home stretch — that final year of grade school. Senior year of high school. How did this happen? Wasn’t it just yesterday…
Ever been told to slow down? Mom Brooke McAlary tells you how she did it in new book >
Brooke McAlary’s young adulthood and first years of parenthood were anything but slow. She had an active career and then became a working mother. Then, about…
Should women still use baby powder after Johnson & Johnson lawsuit? >
Last week, a jury in Missouri awarded 22 women $4.7 billion in a case that linked Johnson & Johnson baby powder to asbestos and ovarian cancer. …
Can dogs make pregnant women sick like cats can? >
For a long time, we’ve known that cats (specifically their poop) can carry toxoplasmosis, which can infect pregnant women and their fetus. It could affect the…
