There are few sights more delightful that the sparkle in the eyes of a toddler who has grown beyond a foundational program and is moving up to preschool! In daycare and childcare centers everywhere, children and parents joyfully celebrate growth, learning, and progress as their children advance into preschool.
Stay at home moms often express frustration with husbands who don’t or won’t help around the house. Often dad is happy to play with the kids, but wants a break from the “Honey Do” list after working all week. What they forget is that stay at home moms are never off duty and when hubby is off, she wants to have a break, even if that break is just going to the grocery store alone. Young families have to learn to find a balance
With this year’s North Texas Giving Day set for September 17, area nonprofits are already gearing up for another exhilarating day of giving. In just six one-day events, Giving Day has pumped $89 million into local nonprofits and broken three national giving day records since 2009. Last year, more than 98,000 gifts totaling $26.3 million were donated, benefiting more than 1,580 local nonprofits.
Dallas Children’s Theater Season opener Fancy Nancy: The Musical will have families dancing and discovering what it truly means to be fancy!
The trés irresistible world of the fanciest, funniest kid to ever take the stage opens Dallas Children’s Theater’s (DCT) 2015-2016 Season. Fancy Nancy: The Musical based on the popular book series by Jane O’Connor with Book & Lyrics by Susan DiLallo and Music & Lyrics by Danny Abosch runs at DCT September 18 – October 25.
Getting kids into volunteering builds character, develops empathy and allows them to learn about their community. Here are ten reasons why it’s important to get your kids to volunteer.
#1: Volunteering helps foster empathy.
Empathy is the most critical disposition for responding to the needs of others. We need to be able to imagine what other people may be going through or feeling. Volunteering helps engage our natural empathic sense, but you have to make sure that there are opportunities to talk about the purpose and experience of any volunteer activity if the recipients aren’t visible in the process (making sandwiches for the homeless isn’t the same as helping to deliver the sandwiches to homeless people).
Do you have a child who is hard to wake up in the morning? Or a child who dawdles for what seems like hours? Or the child who scrambles to find her homework while you are already waiting in the car? Oops, forgot to brush her teeth, tie his shoes, can’t find his… The list goes on and on. Mornings can be a big challenge for many families and even in our house, where most mornings go smoothly, there are certainly days where everything seems to fall apart and we are late getting out the door for school and work.
My kids are 13 and 10, so it feels like we have been practicing for a while. It’s never perfect but I think we have managed the monster of morning chaos after some trial and error. Hint: We do not pick out clothes or make lunches the night before and we still have plenty of time in the morning. Here’s what has worked for us:
Behold the living legends! In an all-new show, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey brings epic family fun as legendary circus artists from around the globe perform awe-inspiring feats of daring, spectacles of strength and thrills of wonder to summon the mythical and the mysterious visions that have only existed in your imagination until now: the Unicorn, Pegasus and Woolly the Mammoth! Join us for an unforgettable family night of legendary proportions at LEGENDS.
