Parenting
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DuPage Medical Group pediatrician: How to handle the holidays with kids in a global pandemicDec 16, 2020 10:00 pm - Bright lights, sweet treats and glistening decorations all signify the holidays, especially for children. However, this past year has been flipped upside down due to COV...
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Kiddie Academy of Itasca offers programs for local parents seeking daycare optionsDec 14, 2020 10:00 pm - Kiddie Academy Educational Child Care, a nationally recognized provider of comprehensive educational child care programs, announced the opening of the Itasca location. L...
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Why Lurie Children's is no longer using lead shields during X-ray examsDec 12, 2020 10:00 pm - Lurie Children's is leading the way in best practice standards through the launch of So Long Shields, a campaign to no longer use lead shields over patients during X-ray...
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Cosley Zoo is all aglow for Festival of Lights and Tree SaleDec 11, 2020 5:00 am - Cosley Zoo's annual Festival of Lights and Tree Sale is a tradition for many families - and well suited to the pandemic. Visitoa> can stroll through animal-themed light ...
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'Our kids are the sacrifices': Parents push schools to open
Dec 05, 2020 6:00 am - LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) - The activism of Jennifer Dale began when she watched her third grade daughter struggle with distance learning, kicking and screaming through her...
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Which is best for your child: Pediatrician, emergency department or immediate care?Dec 05, 2020 5:00 am - Your child is sick or injured and needs to be seen by experts. But what level of care do they need? The answer doesn't always come easy to parents. Pediatrician? Emergen...
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A pandemic winter feels daunting. Here's how parents can help kids cope.
Dec 05, 2020 12:00 am - "He's over it," a friend said of her son recently. "He doesn't like the cold. He doesn't want to play outside anymore." And so, she said, her remote-schooling 10-year-ol...
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Constable: Mom and 7-year-old spin a bedtime tale, then see it published as a bookDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - The bedtime story is a tradition played out nightly between kids and parents across the suburbs, the nation and the globe. In the Woodridge home of Hafsa Naz Mahmood, he...
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COD nursing alumna opens first free-standing birth center in DuPage CountyDec 01, 2020 10:00 pm - Sarah Stetina witnessed her first live birth during a labor and delivery clinical rotation as a second-year nursing student at College of DuPage. "I had just witnessed t...
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How to celebrate the winter holidays safely during COVID-19Nov 29, 2020 6:00 am - The holiday season is a happy, magical time. The anticipation of celebrations and family gatherings gives many people — especially children — a warm and happy excitement...