Not everyone is comfortable with breastfeeding in public. I understand people have varying degrees of exposure to the act and art of breastfeeding. I fully respect other viewpoints when they are made respectfully and thoughtfully.
However, I find myself bristling when I hear the following from people who are on the anti side of nursing in [...]

Parents of some Colorado public-school students will spend hundreds of dollars this year on materials and textbook fees for their children’s science labs, electives, honors and other advanced courses.
High school students in Brighton 27J School District will pay semester fees ranging from $8 to $20 each for the materials for some of their required courses, [...]

A grace period for 6- and 7-year-olds to ride without car safety seats ended yesterday, and starting Monday, August 1 parents will face a minimum $82 ticket if kids aren’t properly restrained, the Colorado State Patrol said today.
When lawmakers expanded Colorado’s child passenger safety law from “under 6″ to “under 8″, they included a one-year [...]

Death. This taboo topic is too often pushed aside and disregarded but what happens when you can no longer avoid the inevitable?
My dog Dice has been a loyal family companion for many years, but we recently discovered that he has a rare form of cancer and we will soon have to put him down. Knowing [...]

Ever since our son Hugo was born, my husband and I talk more about how our families lived when we were young. This month, after volunteering with Lunch Box Express with my Colorado Children’s Campaign colleagues, I shared with him my experience as a child who received free and reduced school lunch, realizing that it [...]

Slumber parties have never been for the faint of heart, but a slumber party in the age of texting and tweeting is a veritable contact sport.
Which isn’t to say they should be avoided altogether. But if you want to escape emotional bloodshed, you’ll approach them with equal parts caution and strategy.
“I don’t think the goofy [...]

Sending your child on a flight alone can be overwhelming for a parent—from packing the right things to making sure the kids are fed.
Adding to the confusion, not all airlines follow the same rules, or charge the same fees for children flying solo. Yet hundreds of thousands of kids fly on their own each year—about [...]

Goodnight Moon, Green Eggs and Ham and pornography? These are just a few of the items you may come across at your Jefferson County Public Library.
Jeffco Public Libraries currently comply with the Colorado Library Law, which allows anyone over the age of 17 to have full Internet access on library computers, which means the ability to [...]

Q: Your 5-year-old has a renewed penchant for whining since starting kindergarten. What gives?
Parent advice: There is no deadline for whining. It can last forever if you let it. The next time she whines, tell her you stop listening when she uses her whiny voice. If she will use her regular voice, you will listen. [...]

Where did the time go? In our school district, there’s only a scant three weeks of summer break remaining. How in the world do we break all the non-school compatible habits that have taken hold…late bedtimes, daily ice cream and frozen yogurt rations, long hours of mindless fun.