Family News

The Boys and Girls Club of Barstow is looking at a lot of changes in this coming year, including a new executive director.4.5

A bill requiring children ages four to seven to use booster seats in vehicles is making its way through the Legislature.4.9

Engaging in regular physical activity is such an important part of everyone's overall health, you should make activity a family affair.3.4

A Terrace Drive woman faces child endangerment charges after she allegedly left her 2- and 4-year-old children home alone Friday night to go to a club.2.7

With the school year now well underway, the Town is calling on local residents to exercise caution when around crossing guards and the children they're helping arrive at ...2.9

A HOPED for improvement in the exam results for Dundee secondary school pupils has been dashed with the publication today of new official figures, writes Bruce Robbins.2.7

Calling it a move the state "cannot afford not to make," Michigan House Democrats on Monday unveiled a proposal to offer universal preschool education to all 4-year-olds by ...2.7

Flu season is approaching, and many are wondering if the circus surrounding last year's vaccine shortage will be repeated.2.9

On Friday, Joyce Coffey said goodbye to her "best friend," while her family and her other best friend looked on.3.1

Researchers took two groups of children, ages 4-6 years old, and studied them for 5 days.2.7

PARTS of the A2 are to be transformed into an eight-lane carriageway, it has been revealed.2.7

Just days after filling their own backpacks with school supplies, a group of students gathered in their school gymnasium to do the same for kids they don't even know.2.9

There's a new caffeinated drink on the market aimed at kids not even old enough to attend kindergarten.2.7

Dr. Giddings at Diary of a Lesbian Stepmother relates how she and her partner have established certain rules for their daughter regarding when she's allowed to come into ...3.2

Voters in the Cape Henlopen School district may soon be asked to pay for air conditioning in every school in the district.2.9

Lt. Col. Felix Diaz, the commandant of 264th Battalion, 18th Brigade of the California Cadet Corps at Victor Valley Junior High School in Victorville, eagerly accepted a ...2.7

Officials from Parents Anonymous of Iowa want to start a chapter in Atlantic, and invite parents from around Cass County to join.2.7

Name Dropping Editor's note: Peggy Townsend is out of the office. Claudia Sternbach wrote the column in her absence.2.7

Summary: Moms can up their unborn baby's IQ by eating cod liver oil. The oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, helps the development of brain cells.2.7

Mail items, at least two weeks prior to the publication date, to Sarah Quelland, Style section, Santa Cruz Sentinel, P.O. Box 638, Santa Cruz, CA 95061.3.1

The Olympian A local drug and alcohol prevention agency will have $100,000 at its disposal to help teach the youths of Thurston County about the ills of drinking, smoking ...2.7

Wynne School Board directors listened Monday night as Wynne superintendent Darrell Smith gave an overview of the recent annexation of the former Parkin School District into ...3.2

Sep 27, 2005 7:53 am US/Eastern Saxonburg A Saxonburg man will stand trial on charges he attacked an elderly woman who lived in a retirement community -- but his alleged ...2.7

Harar, September 27,2005 [WIC] -The Ethiopian Air Lines has donated 50 computers worth over 775 thousand birr to Chelenko secondary school in Meta woreda of East Hararge ...2.7

Published 2:15 am PDT Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news.2.7

Waking 15-year-old Jordan King up in the morning used to be a power struggle. It took five or six times of calling his name and shaking him.2.7

For a generation that has embraced "SpongeBob" and "catdog" as part of its everyday lexicon, Nickelodeon is a big deal.3.1

LINDA SUMMERHAYES HEALTH REPORTER THE expanding health and research campus at Little France would make an ideal site for a new children's hospital in Edinburgh, it was ...2.7

There's a "learning landscape" growing in the new Children's Garden at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond.2.7

Jennifer Schmidt has served on the school board for nine years and, as the lone unopposed candidate in the Oct.2.7

Unexplained weight loss in older people might be an early signal of Alzheimer's Disease.2.7

One local youth pastor's passion for working with Ionia teens has gone through the roof -- literally.2.7

Keep. Don't meet. Tell. These are the three commands the Internet Keep Safe Coalition hopes will become as well known as the "stop, drop and roll," campaign is for fire ...3.1