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From Lululemon a line for active girls, Ivivva, opens at the Domain
Ivivva opens on Saturday at the Domain. The new Ivivva store at the Domain opens on Saturday. Ivivva is a store for girls sizes 6-14 from activewear brand Lululemon. Find athletic wear for dance, yoga,...
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Should you take your kids to see “The Jungle Book”?
Shere Khan the tiger, voiced by Idris Elba, appears in a scene from, “The Jungle Book.” Disney Confession: I loved the 1967 version of “The Jungle Book” from Disney. There’s nothing better than Louie...
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More Boy Scouts are becoming Eagle Scouts nationally, locally
Every February, Eagle Scouts gather for a reception at Frank Fickett Scout Training and Service Center in Austin. They each get called to the front to be recognized. Mark Matson At a time when boys...
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Congratulations to Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards winners
Wednesday night, the winners of the Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards were announced at the Long Center. The awards are created in partnership with the Long Center, the University of...
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Teens have a phone? Read “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives...
Nancy Jo Sales writes in “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers,” (Alfred A. Knopf, $26.95), about a generation of girls who are social media pioneers. She followed groups of...
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Do you know your child’s strengths? New book from Gallup can help you
“Strength Based Parenting: Developing your Children’s Innate Talents” from Mary Reckmeyer, the executive director of Gallup’s Donald O. Clifton Child Development Center, ($24.99, Gallup Press), leads...
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Spending too much on your kids? Read these books
Two books have recently crossed my desk about kids and money. The first “The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money,” by Ron Lieber ($15.99, Harper...
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Two personal stories about raising children with autism
In Ron Fournier’s “Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations,” ($26, Harmony Books), the political columnist for The Atlantic and the...
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What are you saying to your kids? Read this: “Ten Powerful Things to Say to...
“Ten Powerful Things to Say to Your Kids,” by Paul Axtell, ($15.85, Jackson Creek Press,” compares a list Axtell was given 20 years ago about the most common things parents say to their children....
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Have a kid heading off to college this fall? Read “Letting Go” and “Do Your...
Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger have updated their book “Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, ($16.99, William Morrow). It can help you explain why the...
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Parents, Heather Shumaker wants you to know, “It’s OK to Go Up the Slide”
Heather Shumaker’s “It’s OK to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids” ($16, Jeremy P. Tarcher) challenges conventional thinking about what we need to do as parents and...
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New book: Use science to become an “Informed Parent”
Tara Haelle and Emily Willingham’s book “The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child’s First Four Years,” ($20, Tarcher Perigree) is one of the most measured early childhood books you...
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What are kids really missing? Play. Read “The Importance of Being Little” and...
We’ve written that kids aren’t playing enough or exploring nature enough. Now, two new books talk about what our kids really need. Erika Christakis’ “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers...
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Is it possible to be positive, collaborative parents to your child? Two new...
Many people read my column on Dr. Leonard Sax’s book “The Collapse of Parenting.” In it Sax wanted us to step up, be the parents, and stop negotiating with the terrorists that are our children. He said...
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Kids stressed, you stressed? Perhaps we need to learn how to self-regulate...
Dr. Stuart Shanker’s “Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life,” ($28, Penguin Press), which comes out in June, finds answers to when kids...
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How to deal with your little negotiators: Try “The Game Theorist’s Guide to...
Kids are masters at negotiation, and we as parents need to be up to the task of negotiating with them. That’s the theory behind Paul Raeburn and Kevin Zollman’s “The Game Theorist’s Guide to Parenting:...
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Parents of girls read “Girls & Sex” even if it makes you uncomfortable
Peggy Orenstein’s “Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape” ($26.99, Harper) sure made me queasy. It’s hard for parents of girls (and boys, too) to think about what they might be...
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Zach Theatre’s family shows next year: “Charlotte’s Web,”“Elephant and...
Zach Theatre announces its 2016-17 family theater lineup and there’s much to be excited about. First up: “Charlotte’s Web,” Oct. 14-Dec. 3. This version will feature bluegrass music and aerial artists...
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Looking ahead: Here’s what’s happening in Austin in May for families
Here’s what’s happening in May for families. Did I miss something? Email me at nvillalpando@statesman.com. Don’t forget to read my weekly family events calendar each Sunday in the paper and on Saturday...
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Austin’s Bernadette Noll wants families to “Look at Us Now” in new...
Austin author Bernadette Noll wants families to take a look at where they are now and capture this moment in time. Her newest book is about doing just that. Noll, who previously wrote “Slow Family...
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