When Is It Too Hot for Texas Teens to Play Football?
When my son joined a middle school team, I researched heat safety. What I found was troubling.
When my son joined a middle school team, I researched heat safety. What I found was troubling.
Anglers love to hate this slimy Texas fish, but its parental skills are unmatched.
John Havard and his wife, Andrea, created the Cowboy Jack channel as an alternative to sensory-overloaded children's media.
A beloved children’s book led the pair to collect salsas and hot sauces and host live tastings on Instagram.
As rumors swirl about the origins of the crisis, West Texas parents turn to one another for help.
Austin artist and doctor Grace Farris’s debut, ‘Mom Milestones,’ inverts the patronizing parenting-book formula.
When a grown-up son visits for the holiday, a mom takes what she can get.
Teaching our three-year-old to use the bathroom has added structure to hours that feel like days, and days that stretch on like weeks.
In ‘Kid Food,’ writer Bettina Elias Siegel discusses the challenges of ensuring that today’s children are eating nutritious diets.
The conference—which is all about empire-building, networking, and big ideas—had a triumphant return to its home state, complete with Brené Brown.
Gender reveal parties are a twenty-first-century curiosity. On the one hand, they’re social events that provide expectant parents Facebook- and Instagram-ready opportunities to celebrate the happy milestone of bringing a baby into the world with friends and family. On the other hand, they often perpetuate outdated social stereotypes of gender
I always knew that the work my dad did as an Episcopal priest and grief counselor was important. But I didn’t understand how important until the birth of my son.
The "free range children" versus "helicopter parents" debate continues.
If you have kids, being a caregiver to an elderly parent may feel a bit familiar.
A new study finds that 28 percent of Houston-area teens have sexted, but they're not particularly thrilled about it.
Bolstered by his favorite phrase, my son Mark faced life with grace, dignity, and good humor. I knew he’d face death the same way.
When the doctor told me my third child had Down’s Syndrome, I knew that my life had changed forever.
A violent tackle in a high school football game paralyzed John McClamrock for life. His mother made sure it was a life worth living.
A Dallas company’s virtual child care.
My literary mentor warned me not to write about my children. So why did I? Because I had to.
For Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept.
Thought the competition between Texas cities was over? Until my daughter was born in Dallas and a friend’s was born in Austin, so did I.
I thought I’d teach my young son’s Laotian friend about all the essentials of American culture, including Dr. Seuss. I just never imagined how much he’d teach me.
George Paouris was accused of molesting his child. A civil court disagreed, but damage had been done–to all involved.
When Chuck Smith kidnapped his own small boys to keep them from his estranged wife, a simple divorce case turned into an international family feud.
My son ended his life after three years of madness and unbearable depression. Who am I to say he did the wrong thing?
To hear some women tell it, nature created two genders, one nearly perfect and the other badly flawed. I wonder whether they’re right.
“Just how hard can it be to build a playground?” I asked. The answer: Harder than anything I’ve ever tried before.
How I learned that the toughest job in sports is umpiring girls’ kickball.
Once kids did their own homework. Now ambitious parents do it for them.
Kids, house, husband—these are the natural enemies of a well-ordered day.
They used to be virtuous and wooden and they were good. Now they’re commercial and plastic and they’re great.
Daddies can’t have babies, but they can sure help their wives. This is a guide to where and how.
Securing the Perfect Babysitter isn't always possible, but there are some alternatives.