When I was seven years old, and much to my very religious 
mother’s chagrin, my goal in life was to be Madonna. There’s nothing that fills a parent with a sense of pride quite like a first grader baring an exposed midriff and black lace gloves.
Here’s a statistic for you to ponder: 
About a fifth of all chiropractor visits are for children younger than 18. Starting with newborns.
Surprised? I was. When a friend mentioned recently that her midwife had referred her 1-week-old daughter, who was struggling with breastfeeding, to a chiropractor, it seemed like a long shot.
Do your child's LEGO building skills amaze you? If so, their 
original creation could end up on display at The Magic House thanks to a new contest sponsored by The Magic House and the St. Louis County Library.
From the time they’re babies, children have an innate 
desire to help when they see another child hurting. As they grow older, that empathy for others grows right along with them.
Unfortunately, kids are often limited on how they can help on a grand scale. Their hearts are bigger than their financial means, and it’s hard to volunteer when you can’t leave the house without mom or dad in tow.
The Taste of St. Louis has become one of the top-rated festivals not only in 
St. Louis but the Midwest. And this year, the addition of a huge "city" dedicated to kid-friendly fun promises to kick it up even one more notch.
That "city" is the annual festival Kid City, a kid-focused event that in previous years has been held in St. Charles and, before that, at the Saint Louis Science Center.
September is my favorite time of the year. The weather is cooler, 
draft cider is flowing, and my beloved shows are finally, finally coming back to TV.
Although your stuffy nose may tell you otherwise, St. Louis again ranks No. 9 on the list of 100 Fall Allergy Capitals, as compiled by Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). The list factors in pollen counts, use of allergy medications and whether the city has an adequate ratio of allergists to treat all the local patients.
Any mom who has breastfed knows that, well, it's not as easy
as it looks. In the earliest stages there can be problems with your baby latching on. It takes an enormous time commitment (on top of everything that is new parenthood). It's difficult to breastfeed if you are going back to work (you'll have to pump, and some workplaces still don't have adequate facilities for pumping moms). And you likely won't sleep for more than three hours at a time for as long as you're doing it.
And those are just the practical concerns. Add in society's seemingly endless enthusiasm for judging new and seasoned moms for breastfeeding in public, and you've got the potential for causing some serious pearl-clutching, even if you don't end up on the cover of a national magazine because you dare to breastfeed your toddler, or make headlines because, horror of horrors, you fed your hungry baby in public.
But given all of this, breastfeeding moms are a resilient bunch, and that's a good thing. The rewards of nursing to mom and baby are significant.
As parents, it’s our responsibility to talk about tough issues with our
kids – topics like sex, drugs and drinking.
But eventually we get to that point — the point where we feel like we’re talking to a brick wall — and teens start becoming numb to our “nagging.”
When an organization like the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri 
have a celebration, they do it big. Case in point: The huge Big Day event coming up on Saturday, Sept. 22 in downtown St. Louis.
This one-of-a-kind event is free and open to all, and includes a parade, games, rides, fun food and lots of interactive, kid-friendly activities. Plus, it's topped off with a free concert headlined by Disney stars!
When my second daughter was born, I loved the
middle-of-the-night feedings, but looked forward to the day I would once again be able to savor an uninterrupted eight-hour sleepfest.
It’s been three years. I’m still waiting.
To get our little ones to eat healthier, parents pull out all the 
stops in encouraging kids to make better food choices.
Ok, we flat out lie to wean our three-year-old off her fruit snack addiction.
This Labor Day weekend, The Magic House is hosting a Back 
to School Blast Supply Drive to help give kids in need a magical start to the school year.
Museum visitors are invited to bring in unused school supplies September 1-3 during regular museum hours to benefit KidSmart, a not-for-proftit organization, that ensures children and their classrooms in the metro St. Louis Area have the basic tools for learning.
During the Olympics, one of the biggest controversies 
besides McKayla Maroney’s “not impressed” smirk and Usain Bolt’s legendary status claim was the first commercial from Ragu’s “Long Day of Childhood” campaign. You know the one – the ad in which an eight-year-old finds solace in a bowl of spaghetti after walking in on his parents performing their own mattress Olympics.
The spot stirred up a bowlful of controversy for Ragu. I for one was highly, highly offended by the ad. Mostly because everyone knows jarred spaghetti sauce isn’t the solution to a problem. Gin and Haagen-Dazs is the recommended dinner for drowning your sorrows.
Futhermore,
Whew! I’ve survived supper for the first week of school. Unfortunately, “survive” is not a synonym for “thrive” — though only once did I resort to placing an online plan-ahead order at Papa John’s via my phone.
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