As parents, we give a lot of thought to the food we feed our children. But do we ever think about whether our children’s clothes are healthy for them?  Read more...

When moms first tell friends and family they plan to start potty training before their babies have outgrown their first onesie, people usually say the scheme is crazy.  Read more...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled two more brands of drop-side cribs, adding to the more than 5 million cribs already recalled this year.  Read more...

Annette Battaglia Stenstrom couldn’t contain her excitement. The baby girl of her dreams was about to be born.  Read more...

Web Extra! Video interview with Sondra Turner.  Read more...

Frequent cleaning using a damp mop, rather than a broom, and replacing furnace filters can help with household asthma triggers.  Read more...

When Laverne and Steve Street bought their Glen Ellyn home in 2006, their realtor told them not to worry about radon, a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that seeps into homes through cracks in the foundation. That was almost a dangerous mistake.  Read more...

When Gregg Harris packs his suitcase for work he’s sure not to forget his face-painting kit, limbo sticks and party music.  Read more...

Most people wait until after college to start a business. But 13-year-olds Sam Kaplan and Louie Harboe have big ideas that couldn’t wait.  Read more...

Looking for something to do this month in the South Suburbs? We've got a special guide just for South Suburban families.  Read more...

Kids can use real tools to build, climb into a treehouse, explore nature and water and put on a show at the new Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn, which opened July 27.  Read more...

Attending a high-achieving school has its perks. But there is a downside, too -- hyper-competition.  Read more...

It’s a time to stretch boundaries. A time to challenge authority. A time to carve out an identity,  Read more...

We rounded up the healthy food choices out there and put them to the test with the toughest critics of all—kids.  Read more...

State lawmakers, including Gov. Pat Quinn, kept us all on pins and needles this summer as they hedged on a state budget  Read more...

I am a new reader to your printed publication (and just checked out your Web site). My husband and I adopted  Read more...

To win "The Wiggles: Go Bananas" on DVD, readers shared their favorite banana recipes  Read more...

Between work and family life, there is never an ordinary day in the Balster home, especially when Tim saws Robin in half.  Read more...

My 10-year-old son has been clipping his own toenails. I’ve told him to be careful and to not clip the nails  Read more...

Build a Backyard Bijou. Creating a backyard theater for shows under the stars is actually quite simple.  Read more...

Web Extra! Detailed T-shirt instructions.  Read more...

You might not have the time in your busy schedule to visit Israel’s Dead Sea for a spa treatment,  Read more...

The other day one of my colleagues was telling me about parents who were concerned their child wasn’t developing  Read more...

Your friends do it, your neighbors are doing it and even the Obamas do it.  Read more...

Dinosaurs were roaming the earth millions of years ago. Butterflies also were there.  Read more...

Ziggy Marley, multi-Grammy award-winning recording artist and eldest child of the late, great reggae  Read more...

Bella Kirkwood lives in New York, attends a private school, is on the A-list of popularity and shops  Read more...

Expose your kids to culture, visit some great museums, inhale the fresh scent of flowers in an arboretum  Read more...

The tooth fairy is leaving a little less cash under kids’ pillows than she did last year.  Read more...

Enjoy a Dairy Queen Blizzard Aug. 13 and do a good deed at the same time.  Read more...

Chicago Bears tickets can be tough—and expensive—to get, but there’s a cheaper way to take kids  Read more...

Here's the challenge: Pack a school lunch that's tasty, nourishing and even fun -- all while watching your budget. What's to do?  Read more...

Whether your family has always been vegetarian or you just want them to eat healthier, Veggie Fest in Naperville  Read more...

With all the focus on moms and postpartum depression, dads who are depressed can get overlooked.  Read more...

When you buy food or medicine for your child, you read the label.  Read more...

Schools hold fundraisers each year and behavior by their parent volunteers may endanger the very communities  Read more...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled two more brands of drop-side cribs,  Read more...

For most kids, summer means a break from reading to learn. But before the school bell rings, by visiting a few local areas,  Read more...

The Food and Drug Administration recently warned consumers about several medications used to treat colds,  Read more...

When we have a question about our child’s health or development, most of us turn to the Internet first,  Read more...

Teenagers whose parents have a history of depression are two to three times more likely to develop the disease.  Read more...

On the day we brought home Nola from Swedish Covenant Hospital, she weighed two ounces shy of 6 pounds. Watching her thin, lanky frame stretched out like a pageant sash across my wife’s bare chest, I couldn’t fathom how the child of such a fat man could arrive in such a taut package.  Read more...

We put back-to-school products to the test. Watch the slideshow and make sure your kids are ready for the classroom.  Read more...

The preschool Melanie Myatt chose for her first child seemed just about perfect.  Read more...

You can’t be in the classroom with your kids all the time, but experts say that the sooner you get personally involved in your child's schooling, the better.  Read more...

Are U.S. early elementary-age children being adequately prepared to apply the mathematical ideas  Read more...

When kids go back to school, they will certainly spend time learning the three R's. But what about the three E's? Learning to "extract, evaluate, and express" helps kids make the most of information overload.  Read more...

Nervous about dropping your kids off at school for the first time? Worried if they’ll be able to handle the strange environment without mom and dad alongside?  Read more...

As my youngest daughter nears preschool age, people are asking about my plans for school.  Read more...

The more seemingly unrelated connections kids can make between history, literature, science, math—and even television—the more tools they have at their disposal to become creative thinkers.  Read more...

The last thing I thought I’d encounter in the frothy, Abba-inspired film "Mamma Mia!" was a tear-inducing ballad  Read more...

How do YOU save money in the back-to-school craze? Readers share their tips.  Read more...

It is never too early to consider assistive technology for your child with special needs.  Read more...