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	Filled With Song: The Benefits of Music Education for Kids	When Ryan Voldstad was a toddler, he’d pick up a badminton racket and pretend it was a guitar. Weekdays would find him performing impromptu concerts for his friends at daycare, serenading them with his own rendition of “Little Bunny Fu Fu.” By second grade, it became apparent Ryan should play...
	Austin: A Hotbed for Kids’ Music	Living in Austin gives parents a distinct advantage for exposing their kids to music — the Live Music Capital of the World has its advantages, including ready access to live children’s music and excellent music instructors.
	Editor's Note September 2010: Opening the door to music	I still don’t know why my mom answered the door.


	Holy Teen Slackers	Do you think Mary had to nag teen Jesus to the point of psychotic break just to get him to hang his wet towel on the bathroom hook installed by...
	Sizzle Sights: Capital of Texas Zoo	I had seen the signs advertising Capital of Texas Zoo as we whizzed along Highway 71 East toward Bastrop several times. My curiosity piqued, I...
	Back-to-School Night	“Welcome, parents.” The pretty teacher smiled as she introduced herself and the rest of the third grade staff on Back-to-School Night.

Holy Teen Slackers

Do you think Mary had to nag teen Jesus to the point of psychotic break just to get him to hang his wet towel on the bathroom hook installed by...

I had seen the signs advertising Capital of Texas Zoo as we whizzed along Highway 71 East toward Bastrop several times. My curiosity piqued, I...

Back-to-School Night

“Welcome, parents.”

The pretty teacher smiled as she introduced herself and the rest of the third grade staff on Back-to-School Night.


	The Lice Edition: Part 2	Last year’s back-to-school Cool or Crummy “Got Lice” article was so popular that we thought we’d revisit the topic again this year — chiefly because the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a new policy paper on the...
	LiceKiller	After five bouts with head lice —one of which occurred on a European vacation!— Tester Mama Cindi was ready to shave everyone’s head and call it quits.
	Licenders	Formulated by a chemist, this shampoo is completely natural, containing peppermint extract and enzymes that break down the shell of the louse.


	Please Stop Laughing At Me	Released for the first time in paperback, Jodee Blanco details her painful years in junior high and high school, recounting myriad episodes of bullying that led her parents to take her to a psychologi
	A Isn't for Fox, An Isn't Alphabet Zero, Zilch, Nada, Counting to None	These two picture books are unlike others of their genre.
	Me and Rolly Maloo	The best fiction stories offer insights into life without being preachy.