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First Up: Fish Fry Season, Tree of Life Synagogue and Desert Elephants

By Andrew Guckes and Jillian Diamond Fish Fry Season! When Lent rolls around each year, families come together and traditions are renewed. For many Catholic families...

Parent Burnout: When To Be Concerned

Burnout. A term I have heard throughout my career in education, but a term that also translates across industries, and certainly a term that...

First Up: Arts Landing, Fresh International Market and Dominus High School

‘Arts Landing’ To Make Blighted City Block Safe and Family-Friendly A $31 million outdoor civic space will be a facelift to downtown Pittsburgh, where previously...

The Misunderstood Child: Sensory Processing 101

A typical morning in my home begins with these phrases: “My clothes hurt me. They are too loose. I need new clothes.” As a...

Turning Picky Into Adventurous Eaters

Most kids go through a picky eating phase from age 2 to 4, and many continue to be picky eaters well into their teens....
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Choosing healthy snacks for kids

While meals make up the majority of a child's nutritional intake, most children eat at least one snack per day. While many of the...
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The surprising physical impact divorce can have on your kids – What you need...

Divorce doesn’t just break hearts—it can break bodies too. While the emotional impact on children is widely acknowledged, the physical effects are just as real,...
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Mindfulness tips to support learning for young children

While mindfulness once felt like a wellness trend, it has become a way of life for adults hoping to maintain healthier routines, be intentional...
Aug 24 Cover Story

What should parents do if there is a lockdown emergency at their child’s school?

On May 24, 2022, when Angeli Rose Gomez heard that there was an active shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where her...
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Grieving parents demand action from meta on escalating child sextortion crisis

Washington D.C., August 27, 2024 — Today, grieving parents from across the country, whose children died from suicide after being sexually extorted on social...