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• Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep? Check by Age If your house is anything like mine, bedtime tends to get a little more relaxed during the summer. Then A…
• Sponsored Do You Know Who Would Treat Your Family in an Emergency? In an emergency, you don’t get to choose which doctor walks through that hospital door.Most of us h…
• Sponsored What Parents Should Know About Back-to-School Vaccines As the new school year approaches, there’s more on your list than backpacks and lunchboxes. It&rsqu…
• Sponsored Back-to-School Isn’t Just for Kids. This Year, Let's Prioritize You. You’ve got the backpacks packed, the lunchboxes labeled, and the calendar full of school events, sp…
• Are Your Smoke Alarms Ready to Save Lives? 5 Tips for Every Family Working smoke alarms in your home can cut the risk of dying in a home fire by 60 percent, according to th…
• Sponsored Take Our Window Covering Safety Quiz For a Chance To Win $500 September is National Baby Safety Month, and Macaroni KID is partnering with the Window Covering Safety C…
• Southlake MacKID Family: When Mother's Day Isn't Easy Mother's Day is almost here, and I can't help but think about how incredible motherhood has been…
• Keller+ MacKID Mom Tips: How To Talk To Your Daughter About Her Period Menstruation is a fact of life. Talking about her period before your daughter actually begins having it…
• Keller+ MacKID Mom Tips: Conquer Test Taking Anxiety: 7 Books for Kids As an elementary school teacher and parent, I know students take a lot of tests.I also know how stressful…
• Grapevine+ MacKid Mom Tips: 5 Healthy Eating Tips for Busy Families One of the reasons we celebrate National Nutrition Month every March is to show our Grapevine+ MacKid fam…
• Grapevine+ MacKid Mom Tips: Helping Kids Adjust to Time Change Before kids, the end of daylight saving time was probably a welcome date — after all, it meant an e…
• Southlake+ MacKid GoodEats: Cherry Chicken Lettuce Wraps One of my favorite things about summer is the variety of produce! I nearly squealed when I saw luscious c…
• Keller+ MacKid: Mental Health Matters How often do you look at your teen or another child and remember back to those carefree days when you wer…
• DFW MacKid GoodEats: 4 Recipes Using Our Favorite Superfood - Avocado! Living in southern California, the avocado is a staple for my family, as well as many others. For many so…
• DFW+ MacKid Mom Tips: 17 Tips to Keep Your Family Safe on Their Bikes Bike riding offers great family fun all summer long. But it's important to be safe! We all know to w…
• Grapevine+ MacKid Moms: 10 Ways to Start Running Again After Baby Many women can't wait to begin running again after baby. I was one of those. "How Can I st…
• Southlake+ Mom Tips: How to Talk With Your Kids About Autism April is a month that brings mixed emotions for me. It is the month when many want to celebrate and accep…
• Southlake+ Good Eats: Kid-Approved Rainbow of Smoothies Smoothies are an easy way to get much-needed nutrients into your kiddo's diet. Whether a breakf…
• Southlake+ MacKid Families Celebrating Our Children With Down Syndrome My second son was born on March 31, 2013. Henry brought with him many surprises, not the least of which…
• Grapevine+ Mom's Tips: Connect Safely with Friends I have two very social teens, and they are suffering due to the lack of social interaction with their fri…
• 🤰 UPDATE: My Story: PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome ) and Fertility UPDATE:  My Story: PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome ) and Fertility If you read my article on my pers…