children

If you are anything like me you don't always have the magic answer when it comes to parenting.

Last week I was at Winco in Twin Falls. As I left the store I noticed a little boy who was probably 2 or 3 years old walking by himself. He continued to walk across the parking lot. I approached him and asked if he knew where his mom was. He quickly realized that he didn't know where his mom was. I …

Giving back to the local community is a big part of many families holiday traditions. Over the weekend Success Marital Arts helped the Salvation Army organize food and toy donations in Twin Falls. Volunteers at Christmas in the Nighttime Sky collected toys at Kimberly Nursery's on Friday night. Sout…

Nobody ever tells you just how hard being a parent really is. Sometime you wonder if parenting is fun at all. So how much of parenting is fun, and how much is hard work?

As parents we are responsible for teaching our children lots of things. But what are the most important things we need to teach them?

Every year when temperatures rise we see countless stories about dogs dying because they are left trapped in hot cars. Ketchum is trying to pass a new ordinance to help those animals.

The first time I heard about St Jude is when my grandmother sent me a Christmas card that said, "Instead of getting you a Christmas present this year, I gave a donation to the sick babies at St Jude in your name." I quickly learned, that while I was busy growing up, a lot of other …

If you are anything like me you start itching at the very mention of bed bugs. But, I would rather know what infestations are occurring in our area than not. Apparently, there could be a bed bug problem in Twin Falls.

Shriners Hospital for Children is hosting a free screening clinic on April 25, 2015 from 9:00am - 1:00pm at the CSI Medical Building on North College Road in Twin Falls.

Today is an important day. It's hard for me to believe that we used to have drinking fountains, restrooms, bus seats, etc. for white's only. The thought of it, still breaks my heart. Thankfully our society heard Martin Luther King, Jr.? “I Have a Dream” speech i…

If you have little kids, keeping them up until midnight might not be the best idea. They will become little monsters around 10:00. If they make it to 11:00, they will fight with everything and everyone that comes in contact with them. By 11:15 your kids will be crying and you will be begging your hu…

As  parents, we have all been frustrated before when helping our kids with their homework, especially math homework. Many parents are having a hard time understanding the new Common Core teaching strategy.