The number of abused or neglected children in Colorado has risen over the past three years, even as the numbers in other states have declined — with 36 children killed by abuse in 2009, up from 27 in 2007.
After a dip between 2006 and 2007, the rates of confirmed child abuse and neglect in the [...]

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over.
The ski season, that is. That’s why I’m thrilled about a fun giveaway promotion Mile High Mamas is offering. Ski wear industry leader Obermeyer wants to send your child to Spring Break in style and is offering up one of their cutting-edge I-Grow jackets as a giveaway.
Let’s face it: [...]

Four-year-old Aila Benavidez says her favorite thing about elephants are their trunks and big footprints.
Aila and her mother, Kirsten Benavidez, who visit the Denver Zoo every few months, will see twice the number of the big animals when the zoo opens its Asian Tropics exhibit.
“I applaud them,” Kirsten Benavidez said. “I’m happy they look out [...]

Twice a year, Mile High Mamas does a round-up detailing Colorado’s popular children’s consignment sales.
And for the third season in a row, Tracey Gifford saved the day. The proud mother of two elementary-age boys is the owner of the Just Between Friends sale in Denver and offered to compile this year’s schedule for me. As [...]

Involving your children — young or grown — in your philanthropy is one of the best ways to pass on your values about community, giving back and helping others. Kids learn not only by example but also by actively participating in their family’s giving plan.
Children as young as 3 can be encouraged to donate gently [...]

Since 1964, the “Flat Stanley” books have encouraged kids to see the world, well, three-dimensionally.
Flat Stanley devotees spread the gospel today by encouraging young people to send letters to strangers around the globe, with words of encouragement and a Flat Stanley likeness enclosed. When that US Airways flight miraculously landed in the Hudson River in [...]

The last time I hiked Highlands Bowl, my younger son was 7. It was a horrifying experience. The skiing was sublime. The hike, well, let’s just put it this way: I waited four years to do it again.
There is something about being a mom following a beloved son up a snowy knife-edge of a [...]

The solution to nagging kids at the grocery store? Entertain ‘em with grocery-cart videos.
King Soopers is rolling out a new line of car-shaped carts that feature animated videos to keep children occupied while Mom or Dad gets the shopping done in peace.
Relative peace, anyway. The price parents pay is a series of commercial messages broadcast [...]

What is Letterboxing? Amber wrote a post about this last year, but I thought I’d add a little update of our own.  Honestly, before Amber’s post, I’d never heard of it. I thought maybe it was a craft idea or a new exercise routine.
Well, it’s not!
Oddly enough, being “crafty” helps, and you do [...]

Heading to Summit County for a day of skiing, on a Saturday, with the half the Front Range can take twice as long as the average trip to the mountains. I was proud we made our 6:30 am departure time, but as soon as we hit I-70 out of Golden we realized it wasn’t early [...]