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That complicated parent-child relationship: Are you too much like Carrie...
Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, at Fisher’s home in 2010. Kevin Scanlon/The New York Times My first thought — and it’s a bad one — after learning that actress Debbie Reynolds died...
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New Mothers’ Milk Bank of Austin site will allow twice the babies to be served
The new Mothers’ Milk Bank of Austin should open in March. Tuesday we toured the under-construction site of Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin’s new location, which is expected to open at the end of March....
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Parent each child differently, says “Raising an Original” author Julie Lyles...
“Raising an Original” author Julie Lyles Carr. When mom Julie Lyles Carr drives up in her 15-passenger van and her family of 10 rolls out, people assume that she must have figured out the secret of...
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New official recommendations about preventing peanut allergies
We’ve written a lot of about peanut allergies and two studies that have confirmed that introducing peanuts to infants early on can actually help prevent an allergy later on. Today an expert panel from...
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Central Texas doctors are seeing more cases of RSV in children this year
This year, cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have been way up. This week, St. David’s Children’s Hospital has seen a spike in RSV cases, as have doctors at Baylor Scott & White clinics....
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Bundle up, but don’t miss the family fun this weekend, Jan. 6-8
The lows, well, they will be in the 20s, but eventually at some point on Sunday, it might get to be in the 50s. It’s perfect weather to don the pjs and sit in front of an actual fire in the fireplace...
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Seton ER doctors in Hays County now can teleconference with Dell Children’s
Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle now can teleconference with Dell Children’s. American-Statesman 2009 This week, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas expanded its reach by offering...
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Is social media causing your kids to be depressed? New study says yes,...
A study out of Hungary, of all places, looked at about 6,000 16-year-olds and found that 4.5 percent were in the at-risk category having high levels of depression symptoms, low self-esteem and elevated...
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Know how to keep loved ones with Alzheimer’s active
We know that parents are often sandwiched and talking care of their parents as well as their children. From time to time, we write about the other side of parenting: People have called Alzheimer’s...
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What’s it cost to raise a child? There’s a calculator for that
What’s the cost of this baby reaching his 17th birthday? Andy Sharp / For the American-Statesman. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report “Expenditures on Children by Family.” It...
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Bring the rain boots and umbrella for this weekend’s family fun, Jan. 13-16
It’s a long holiday weekend, and a rainy one at that. There’s a 30 percent chance of rain Friday, a 30 percent chance on Saturday and the a 60 percent chance on Sunday and 70 percent on Monday....
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10 things to do with kids this rainy weekend in Austin
You can read my weekend calendar blog, but aside from the organized events, here are 10 ideas to keep kids busy this long weekend. Jeri Davenport of Round Rock and her twin daughters, Cerise Redden,...
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What lesson can you teach this Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
Thousands march from The University of Texas to Huston-Tillotson University during the Annual Community March Celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday in, 2015. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL /...
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Bullying is a worldwide problem, says new United Nations report
Wikimedia Commons. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — known as UNESCO — released its global status report on School Violence and Bullying today. It found that about...
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When it comes to guns, will be boys be boys or should we do something about...
State Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, holds a copy of the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States at an Open Carry Texas rally at the Capitol on Friday. About 75 supporters...
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Ringling Bros. circus, we’ll miss you
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will no longer be coming to Austin every August. Photo by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey The news this weekend that Ringling Bros. and Barnum &...
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Share your Girl Scout cookies memories
Nicole Villalpando leads Troop 1124, a group of eighth- and seventh-grade Girl Scouts and was once a Brownie and Junior Girl Scout. Today, we’re celebrating the 100th birthday of the Girl Scout cookie...
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What selling Girl Scout cookies teaches girls
I wrote this column five years ago, when my daughter was a second-grader. Five year’s later, she’s still a scout and I’m still their leader: “Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?” That is...
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What being a Girl Scout leader has taught me
During a photo scavenger hunt at Camp Texlake in October 2012, the girls of Troop 1124 had to pile onto a bench and jump in the air with the lake in the background. I wrote this column four years ago...
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Celebrate 100 years of the Girl Scout cookie
Girl Scouts have been using cookie sales to fund their outings for 100 years. Girl Scouts USA A hundred years ago, just a few years after Girl Scouts began, a group of girls in Muskogee, Okla., made...
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