With the 2013 Billboard Music Awards broadcasting tonight, DrugFreeAZ.org is encouraging parents to take the opportunity to talk with children about the meaning behind the lyrics in some of today’s popular music. According to research from the University of Pittsburgh: One-third of pop songs contain explicit alcohol or other drug references, including 77 percent of [...]
When Stephanie Antoinette of Phoenix was pregnant with her second daughter, she was working more than 60 hours a week as a corporate event planner. Not surprisingly, she found it “incredibly difficult” to plan things in her own life. She was quickly overwhelmed. To make matters worse, she and her husband were without nearby family [...]
Last August, an Oklahoma family drove all the way to Phoenix, not realizing that their 8-month-old child’s life could be in danger. They knew something wasn’t right. The child couldn’t cry. He wasn’t babbling like babies so often do. Before leaving for their trip, they took him to a local emergency room. Doctors examined him, [...]
Is it GER? Or is it GERD? In a recent clinical report, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) emphasized the importance of distinguishing between young patients with physiologic gastroesophageal reflux, or (GER) from those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GER is defined as the normal passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. GERD includes the [...]
So your child needs a dental procedure, and you’re not sure he or she can sit in the chair for longer than five minutes. Plus, there’s the fear factor. You know this experience might set the tone for future dental visits, so you want it to go well. The dentist suggests that sedation techniques might [...]
The appetite for screen time that most children and teens have acquired in recent years has been associated with the rise in obesity. But according to a study in the May 2013 issue of Pediatrics, TV was the main culprit in the link between media use and body mass index (BMI). Teens in the study [...]
With the gripping events unfolding in Boston yesterday, you probably missed the fact that it was Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Awareness Day. Ever heard of it? Most people haven’t. CDH is a birth defect which occurs when the diaphragm fails to fully form in utero. The role of the diaphragm is to function as a divider [...]
Dishes are getting larger and larger. I know this because I have my grandmother’s china, which is nearly 100 years old. I have china from my own wedding registry, circa the 1980s. And, I have some everyday white plates I bought from Crate and Barrel just recently to fill in for the ones we’ve broken over the years. [...]
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie Saunders, who re-learned to walk after being paralyzed in a soccer game four years ago, and her St. Joseph’s Barrow Neurological Institute surgeon, Christina Kwasnica, MD, will be recognized before the start of Monday night’s Phoenix Suns game versus the Houston Rockets. The presentation will take place at 6:58 p.m. on the Suns’ [...]
So your child needs a dental procedure, and you’re not sure he/she can sit still in the chair, or any chair, for longer than five minutes. Plus, there’s the fear factor. You know this experience might set the tone for future dental visits, so you want it to go well. The dentist is suggesting using [...]
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an [...]
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MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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December 2012
$6.00Ice hockey in the desert? Our December issue tells you how to get your kids started. Plus, an insider’s tour of the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum. And two terrific holiday crafts your kids will love!
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