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New SMU study shows just how bad helicopter parenting can be on kids years later
Researchers at Southern Methodist University studied college age kids who were either raised by helicopter parents — those that hover over everything their kids do — as well as parents who just didn’t...
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What’s the Alamo Drafthouse showing for Summer Kids Camp this year? Check out...
Alamo Drafthouse’s Summer Kids Camp lineup is out. We’re looking forward to seeing some classic movies every day from June to August for a donation of $1, $3 or $5 a tickets. All the proceeds go to...
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Make art as a family on Saturday with Megan Schiller of the Art Pantry
Megan Schiller and her family are traveling by Airstream to help other families be creative. Airstream Airstream’s Endless Caravan is rolling into town Saturday with Megan Schiller of the website Art...
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What are you doing this weekend? Find things to do with the kids, April 6-9
“All Aboard” is on stage with Pollyanna Theatre Company at the Long Center. Spend the weekend doing these fun family activities: Thursday GirlStart: Starry Nights. See the indoor planetarium. Free....
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How does Victoria Beckham dress our girls? Surprisingly well with new Target...
Victoria Beckham’s new line for girls at Target. Target.com I’m always wary of when celebrity designers try to dress girls. Often, they make them look way too adult. It’s one of the things that...
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Olympic, UT track star Sanya Richards-Ross talks pregnancy before Capital One...
Sanya Richards-Ross, an Olympic track and field athlete and a member of Athletes for Hope, a non-profit focused on philanthropy through sports, huddles with students from Brooke Elementary School after...
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Professor offers tips to new college students on how to talk to teachers
Ellen Bremen wrote “Say This, Not That to Your Professor”credit Ellen Bremen Note: This story originally appeared in the Aug. 8, 2012, issue of the Austin American-Statesman Ellen Bremen wants college...
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Sending a kid to college in fall, helicopter parent? Now’s the time to land...
Incoming freshman Maxwell Gaddy from Midland gets help from his father Chris and sister Jenna, 16, moving into Duran Residence Hall Friday morning at the University of Texas at Austin.RALPH...
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Is your child ready for a cellphone?
Benjamin Villalpando got his first cellphone at age 11. He was ready for it. NOTE: This column originally appeared on Aug. 8, 2012. Last spring, at an orientation meeting for fifth-grade parents at my...
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No cellphones before eighth grade? Wait Until 8th wants parents to make that...
Yep, Ben Villalpando got a phone in sixth grade. He used it often to talk to friends, look up stuff for classwork and let us know when he had a) missed the bus, b) left something on the bus or c)...
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Want to pick your own berries this weekend? Check out these local farms
Elliot Mayers, 4, looks at strawberries with his parents Elizabeth and Aaron at Sweet Berry Farms. At right is Samuel Mayers, 2. Deborah Cannon/AMERICAN-STATESMAN 2006 The berries are calling you....
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Your child and sex: Know this on National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o_wkr7N8A?rel=0&w=560&h=315] It’s National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day. (I know you marked your calendar for this one.) The Centers for Disease...
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Vaccinating mom from whooping cough while pregnant protects baby, study confirms
A new study out of Northern California, looked at 148,981 infants born between 2010 and 2015, and their rates of whooping cough, also known as pertussis. Mothers who were given the Tdap vaccine during...
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Step into the world of “The Imaginators” at Austin Playhouse and celebrate...
Griselda Silva and Chase Brewer star in “The Imaginators” at Austin Playhouse. What happens when a brother and sister are new to town and meet their imaginative neighbor? The stories unfold in a...
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New “JJ’s Arcade” from Zach Theatre, Teatro Vivo among best family theater in...
“JJ’s Arcade” again confirms why Zach Theatre’s education department is doing the most innovative theater for families in town. Teamed up with Teatro Vivo and playwright and University of Texas alum...
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Fill Easter weekend with fun activities, April 14-16
Sam Peraza, 2, smiles as he looks up at the Easter Bunny. You can find the Easter Bunny at various malls around Austin. Staff photo by Bill Lackey Friday Givens Easter Camp. Ages 5-12. 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m....
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Seton program for young adults with intellectual challenges wins award
Project SEARCH intern Jeremy Guerrero prepares food for patients and workers at University Medical Center Brackenridge on April 29, 2015. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL / AMERICAN-STATESMAN Two years ago, I...
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Austin high-schooler shaving head before prom to raise money to fight cancer
Georgia Moore is getting ready to be bald again, and this time, the 17-year-old Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders junior will be heading off to prom rocking a shaved head. Georgia Moore...
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When “Sesame Street” invites Muppet with autism to come and play, we all win
This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Julia, a new autistic muppet character debuting on the 47th Season of “Sesame Street,” on April 10, 2017, on both PBS and HBO. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop...
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University of Texas students, condom maker’s pledge reminds to get consent...
Last month, we reported that 15 percent of University of Texas undergraduate women surveyed said they had been raped since they became a student. The University called it “a wakeup call.” Movies like...
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