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On this hot, rainy weekend, find things to do with the kids, June 23-25
“Whether the Weather” from Pollyanna Theatre Company. It’s going to rain this weekend: 80 percent chance on Saturday, 60 percent chance on Sunday, with highs in the low 90s. What’s a family to do? Take...
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Back to school to-do list: Start thinking about school supplies now
The school supply aisle at Target will soon be up and running again. DEBORAH CANNON / AMERICAN STATESMAN Oh, we know. The start of school is almost two months away. Is it really time to go...
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Before you forget: Evaluate this summer’s camps for next year
Jessica Gonzales, from the Oak Hill YMCA, is outnumbered as her camp kids spray her with water guns as part of the festivities in the summer camp Olympics. RALPH BARRERA/ AMERICAN-STATESMAN 2015 Every...
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Keep kids safe this summer with these tips from the CDC
Brigitte Decato, a swim instructor with the Swim Safe program at the YMCA, works with Octavio Ruiz, 5, (center) on the backstroke. 2007 Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN The Centers for Disease Control...
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Take your kids on a Texas treasure hunt this summer with Brain Chase challenge
Are your kids sitting at home this summer doing nothing? I know mine are. What if they could go on a real life treasure hunt and learn some math, engineering, coding, art and reading skills on the way?...
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What are you doing this long Fourth of July weekend? Check out these family...
It could be a very long weekend if you don’t plan for the family fun. Check out our family calendar for July 4th weekend. For more family events of the summer, check out our Summer events calendar....
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Check out these parks: The best playgrounds in Austin and Central Texas
Didn’t your mother tell you to go out and play? But where? In Central Texas we’re blessed with some amazing playgrounds. We went looking for the best ones. We considered shade and restroom...
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Happy 10th birthday, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin Police Assistant Chief, Steve Deaton, right, visits with patient, Isabella Moreno, 7, of Dripping Springs, during Operation Blue Santa’s visit Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in...
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Back to school to-do-list: Learn a new skill like cooking
We’re trying all summer to not have the kids slip into the video game coma. It’s time to learn a new skill that will be helpful for the school year. Our mission: To teach the kids how to cook a few...
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Follow “The Wizard of Oz” and other family events, July 7-9
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 It’s back. The Zilker...
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Keep kids safe from falling furniture with these tips
Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye watches a demonstration of how an Ikea dresser can tip and fall on a child during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in...
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Should movies that show smoking get an automatic R rating?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week that showed that 1 out of 4 movies rated G, PG or PG-13 showed someone smoking in them, though most incidents happened in...
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Girls in sports have higher rates of concussion, longer symptoms. Researchers...
When we think of concussions, we often think of football players — big, brawny men in football helmets and pads crashing into one another. We do not think of girls playing soccer or cheer leading or...
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Think your child is allergic to penicillin? Think again
An American Academy of Pediatrics study that will be in the August issue of “Pediatrics” questioned whether kids who have an “allergic to penicillin” label actually are. The study, “Allergy Testing in...
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New study: Drinking juice, soda in pregnancy can give child weight problems...
We know not to drink alcohol during pregnancy, right? The research on that has been clear for decades. Of course, new research out of the University of California Riverside is showing that the effects...
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Coffee can help you live longer. Really, two new studies agree
Two new studies published this month in Annals of Internal Medicine will have coffee drinkers rejoicing. Both found that people who drank coffee either with or without caffeine had a lower mortality...
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If infertility is now a disease, why doesn’t insurance cover it?
In June, the American Medical Association recognized the World Health Organization’s policy that classifies infertility as a disease. The statement that its delegates voted on: “Resolve that our...
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Explore two ‘Wizards of Oz’ this weekend in Austin and more family fun, July...
What are you doing this weekend with the kids? It could rain, maybe. Sunday has a 60 percent chance, Friday and Saturday, 20 and 30 percent. Then again, it could not. Either way, it will be hot. Look...
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Taking ADHD medicines can curb future alcohol abuse, drug addiction, study finds
A new study out of Indiana University studied the health care claims of 2,993,887 adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from 2005 to 2014. It looked at whether there were claims for...
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Don’t vaccinate? New mumps, measles cases remind us why we should
Wednesday we told you of a mumps case at the University of Texas that had caused students to get a letter that they might have been exposed. We also told you that the number of kids in Texas...
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