It wouldn't be Memorial Day weekend without some big movie openings. We've got tickets to Epic, an animated adventure about a teenager who finds herself transported into a forest - and on a quest to save the world. One reader will win a family five-pack to the Classic Cinemas of their choice.
Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones and Trevor Jackson stopped by Chicago for the local premier of the new Disney Movie, "Let It Shine." ChicagoParent.com's intrepid reporters, Dixon and Delaney, took the opportunity to ask them a few questions that were on their minds... like, Is Coco now a cast member of "So Random"?
For some of us parents, our greatest talent is spreading ourselves too thin. Collett Hudecek knows a little recognition for her working mom balancing act goes a long way.
When CPS tried to change breakfast, a group of parents discovered their voices really do matter.
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City baby, country mom
Chicago, I knew, would be a different kind of childhood for my son. Now, months into this adventure, I can see that we made the right choice.
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Rising above disabilities
After my assistant puts me to bed and shuts the door, I always think to myself: "You did it again and you will have the privilege of being independent tomorrow."
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Smarty pants
Jennifer Wheeler Wood is being schooled by her son on everything from DNA to the lifespan of canines. But that's just fine with her.
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One funny dad
The author of our "My Funny Life" essays drives a 2003
Camry, smokes Arturo Fuente Partaga Maduros as often as possible,
and is, in all likelihood, the funniest Chicago dad you don't
know. Check out his
latest stories.