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New Let’s Play study: Kids want to play more, but they think video games count
Davis Beauvais, 12, climbs on a jungle gym in the Zilker Playground on April 9. TAMIR KALIFA/ AMERICAN-STATESMAN Do your kids play anymore? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants them to,...
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Is there such a thing as ‘dry drowning’? How can you prevent it?
Morgan Shirley, 7, leaps into Mabel Davis Pool. Shelby Tauber / AMERICAN-STATESMAN The story of the 4-year-old boy who died in Houston from “dry drowning” has parents everywhere wondering what is “dry...
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Back to School to-do list: 5 ways to get kids reading this summer
Children listen to a story in their pajamas. Photo by Lee Hershfield http://[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gm68Ovhc0M&w=560&h=315] It’s been a week since school ended. We bet your...
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The best place in Texas to raise a family? It’s not Austin, but three local...
A free Fourth of July festival will take place at Cat Hollow Park, which will include music, a foam pit, inflatable slides, crafts and more. ANNA VAN ECK FOR ROUND ROCK LEADER Mortgage company...
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Is Texas a great place to be a working dad? Not really
Photos.com WalletHub, a financial site that loves to crunch numbers, released its 2017’s Best & Worst States for Working Dads report. How did Texas do? Not great. We’re No. 38. But what’s worse:...
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Father’s Day: Now there’s a shirt to help Dad wear the baby
Lalabu has a shirt with a pocket for baby to fit into. Moms have long been encouraged to wear their babies, either in slings or in devices like the Baby Bjorn. Now Lalabu, which started with shirts for...
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Austin company Waldo Photos has new way to find kids’ camp photos
Every July, as I send my kids to a three-week camp near Waco, I become a crazy person. Each day, I log into the camp’s photo site and begin searching like a mad woman for proof of life. On days, when...
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Need another reason to breastfeed? Study finds it lowers risk of endometrial...
Breastfeeding lowers the risk of endometrial cancer. A new study out this month took data from 17 studies being conducted by the researchers who are part of the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer...
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For Father’s Day: 12 lessons dads give children that serve them for a lifetime
Nicole Villalpando’s dad David De Stephen must be telling some funny story to his sons Dan and Darren at the bat mitzvah of Nicole’s daughter Ava earlier this month. Carol Calvery/For...
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Want free wings for Father’s Day? Here’s how
You can get free chicken wings for Father’s Day. Postmates, a delivery app, is offering free chicken wings Friday through Sunday for Father’s Day weekend. How do you get the wings? Well, you download...
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Want free tickets to “Despicable Me 3”? Enter to win a family pack to a...
“Despicable Me 3.” Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Who is excited for “Despicable Me 3”? We definitely are in my house. We can’t wait to see what Gru and his daughters Margo, Edith and...
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These TV dads taught us a lot about being a great (or really bad) dad
Mandy Moore as Rebecca and Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in “This is Us.” Courtesy of Ron Batzdorff/NBC We love our TV dads. They reflect all the great things about our own dads as well as give us a fantasy...
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It’s hot. Head inside this weekend for family fun, June 16-18
“Whether the Weather” from Pollyanna Theatre Company. We’re probably going to see our first 100-degree day Saturday (if not before). This is a perfect weekend to find the cool of the museum, movie...
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Morgan’s Wonderland water park for all, including people in wheelchairs
Beginning June 17, Morgan’s Wonderland has a water park called Inspiration Island. If you’ve ever taken your child to a water park, you know there are limits to where children who use wheelchairs or...
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Back to school to-do list: Improve your child’s online reputation
StudentMakeover helps students get rid of the bad posts and create good content about themselves. Our kids are online and playing with social media, often before they have the maturity to do so. That...
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Read Sarah Barnes’ past “A Different Road” columns
Sarah Barnes, who writes A Different Road column, about her daughter Meredith who has learning disabilities. She wrote a book, “Meredith & Me,” which won a Barbara Jordan award. Sarah Barnes writes...
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Pediatricians should ask parents if there are guns in the house, new study...
This Sunday, March 29, 2015, file photo provided by the Jefferson Police Department shows a gun involved in the accidental shooting of a 3-year-old in Jefferson, Ga. Shootings kill or injure at least...
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CDC: One-fifth of high-schoolers smoke or use another form of tobacco. Can we...
The CDC released a new study on smoking rates and teens, including new cigarettes. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its new study on the rates of...
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We put 16 mosquito repellents to the test. See what worked, what left us itchy
We tried 16 bug repellents in the woods near our house on our body and on fruit to see which ones worked best. Nicole Villalpando/American-Statesman Staff I am very itchy. And I’m about to make you...
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Plan your July with these family events in Austin
Families will once again gather to at Zilker Hillside Theater for the annual summer musical. This year “The Wizard of Oz” is playing. Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN 2008 July is a great time for...
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