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Parenting

  • Film

    May 17, 2012

    What to Expect When You're Expecting

    The narrow world view of the parent trap.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Tearful Treasures Dancers Ask Judge to Renew the Liquor Permit; City Asks to Put the Smackdown

    Dancers from Treasures implored a state administrative judge today to renew the club's liquor permit and dismiss the city's protests. (No ruling has been issued yet.) The dancers -- some of whom said they were single mothers and small business owners -- told State Office of Administrative Hearings ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2012

    Me, Myself & I

    Dancers from Treasures implored a state administrative judge today to renew the club's liquor permit and dismiss the city's protests. (No ruling has been issued yet.) The dancers -- some of whom said they were single mothers and small business owners -- told State Office of Administrative Hearings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Identical Twins Ryan and Austin Jacobs Are Superb in Edward Albee's Newest Play, Me, Myself and I

    The setup: Me, Myself and I, the newest work from Edward Albee, the dean and bad boy of American playwrights, arrives from Edge Theatre and director Jim J. Tommaney, and this is cause for celebration (Tommaney is also a theater critic for the Houston Press). An absurdist play with all the trademark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Douglas Demmon: Former National Park Ranger Convicted of Child Porn

    National Park Rangers are an American icon, with their Smokey-Bear hats, green uniforms and eagerness to help everyone enjoy the great outdoors. And then there are the Park Rangers like Galveston's Douglas Demmon, who has entered a guilty plea on charges of distributing child porn. Demmon, 65, is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Friday Night: Yo Gabba Gabba Live! At Verizon Wireless Theater

    Photos by James Bricker​Yo Gabba Gabba Live! Verizon Wireless Theater December 2, 2011 As a parent, Rocks Off can tell you firsthand about the sacrifices involved in child rearing. Most of us know going in that there are trade-offs for raising your own personal organ donors, from simple thing ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Buffalo Bayou Boat Rides

    Photos by James Bricker​Yo Gabba Gabba Live! Verizon Wireless Theater December 2, 2011 As a parent, Rocks Off can tell you firsthand about the sacrifices involved in child rearing. Most of us know going in that there are trade-offs for raising your own personal organ donors, from simple thing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Robin Lynn Bell: Drags Toddler Through Traffic, Drives Off With Kid Dangling Out Window (Allegedly)

    Not to be messed with​Apparently Robin Lynn Bell is not handling the break-up with her baby's father very well. The 24-year-old northside woman, whom court records list as packing over 300 pounds on her 5' 3" frame, has been charged with apparently related crimes three times this year, most re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Mesquite ISD Cop Pepper-Sprays Squirrel As Students Shriek In Protest

    Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. This clip is going around the web, of an officer apparently with the Mesquite ISD polie force, pepper-spraying a squirrel. Highlights: One student believes the cop is about to Tase the thing, which would have been exciting; also, the middle school ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Kelechi Ogbaa: His One-Year-Old Kid Eats His Weed Stash, Hilarity Does Not Ensue

    Kelechi Ogbaa: Allegedly lacks child-proofing skills.​No one wants to face charges or be convicted of something terrible-sounding like "endangering a child." But Kelechi Ogbaa is facing just those charges, because while he was taking a nap his one-year-old daughter somehow ingested some of hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Powerade® NCAA® Youth Clinic - University of Houston

    Kelechi Ogbaa: Allegedly lacks child-proofing skills.​No one wants to face charges or be convicted of something terrible-sounding like "endangering a child." But Kelechi Ogbaa is facing just those charges, because while he was taking a nap his one-year-old daughter somehow ingested some of hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    Children's Parade

    Kelechi Ogbaa: Allegedly lacks child-proofing skills.​No one wants to face charges or be convicted of something terrible-sounding like "endangering a child." But Kelechi Ogbaa is facing just those charges, because while he was taking a nap his one-year-old daughter somehow ingested some of hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Teen Birth Rate Hits Lowest Point In 70 Years

    Less chance these days his mom's a teenager​See what happens when you get rid of abstinence-only sex education? The birth rate for teen mothers is at its lowest point since 1940, when records were first kept, a federal study released today says. The report from the National Center for Healt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Strippers Hit Hard By Fee Increases; How Will They Pay Their Grad School Tuition?

    Working that pole just got more expensive in Houston​City Council has approved a boatload of fee increases in an attempt to close the budget gap, and among the hardest hit will be those dedicated single mothers earning money for a graduate degree by asserting their feminist rights by entertain ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    Christmas Belles

    Working that pole just got more expensive in Houston​City Council has approved a boatload of fee increases in an attempt to close the budget gap, and among the hardest hit will be those dedicated single mothers earning money for a graduate degree by asserting their feminist rights by entertain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Lindsay Lohan & Demi Lovato: Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Pop Stars

    You said it, Demi.​If you're a parent, one day you'll inevitably come to the sobering realization that your child's ultimate happiness is out of your hands. Naturally you're going to avoid feeding them Red Bull and Cheetos for lunch (that's a man's meal) or letting them juggle steak knives, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Give Your Kids That Candy

    Photo courtesy of New Grounds​Let's say your kids hit the "cool" houses this year at Halloween -- the ones that don't give away crap like apples and toothbrushes -- and brought home one hell of a haul. Congrats to you for living in a neighborhood with decent neighbors! Now what to do with all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    No Day-Care Centers In Strip Malls, Missouri City Decides

    View Larger MapMissouri City councilmembers, after a long debate, decided 4-3 Monday night to ban all such businesses from the town's strip malls, Fort Bend Now reports.Proponents said it was a safety issue; the day-care center shown above, behind the yellow pillars, isn't in Missouri City, it's in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    A Cooler Coke: Ironbeer

    ​Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lies ahead. I was prepared not to like Ironbeer from the start. I don't like the packaging. It looks too reminiscent of Dr Pepper and, therefore, like a knock ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 6, 2010

    Unflinching Truths

    The MFAH presents the work of Alice Neel, the grande dame of portraiture.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    How To Help Your Pudgy Six-Month-Old Kid Drop Those Pounds

    ​It's never too early to give your children body-image issues. Doctors at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston have just published a study showing how they detected obesity in 6-month-olds."Children who were obese at age 24 months were highly likely to have been obese at age 6 month ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Target Free First Sunday

    The Red Balloon and Sita Sings the Blues color today's family event

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Footloose

    Web exclusive!

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    June 4, 2009
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    April 16, 2009
  • Culture

    March 19, 2009
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    March 12, 2009
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    December 18, 2008
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    November 20, 2008
  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008
  • Culture

    June 26, 2008

    Tamarie at Target

    A Houston favorite gets married — and tells us all about it at Stages

  • Music

    April 26, 2007

    Stupid Baby Names

    Metallica Jones

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Jack Johnson and Friends

    Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Kids' Clothes

    Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Place to Get Wet

    Splashtown Water Park

  • Film

    May 29, 2003

    Undersea No Evil

    Parents, take heart: Finding Nemo is better than the average Disney toon

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Fostering Abuse

    Did something go very wrong at Gloria and Kenny Rogers’s group home in Brazoria County? Or are they and their kids victims of a power-hungry CPS?

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Kids' Theater Camp

    Main Street Theater

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002
  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Children's Bookstore

    Blue Willow Books

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Guitar Teacher

    Dave Payne, 713-728-9036

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    Kittie

    Sunday, July 21

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Letters

    Free Benny!, Tow Missiles, Screening Out

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    A Father's Retribution

    Children's Protective Services thinks Gary Gates abuses his kids. Gary Gates thinks CPS abused his family. Who's abusing who?

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Children's Protective Services thinks Gary Gates abuses his kids. Gary Gates thinks CPS abused his family. Who's abusing who?

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    Letters

    Children's Protective Services thinks Gary Gates abuses his kids. Gary Gates thinks CPS abused his family. Who's abusing who?

  • News

    February 8, 1996

    Letters

    Children's Protective Services thinks Gary Gates abuses his kids. Gary Gates thinks CPS abused his family. Who's abusing who?

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    In the Child's Best Interest

    A legal technicality sent Donnie and DeAnne Fitts to a Houston court seeking to adopt Justin and Jacob Baker - again. Twelve jurors agreed that outcome would be the best for the children. Judge Bill Henderson didn't quite see it that way.

  • Film

    January 19, 1995

    Mother Lode

    A legal technicality sent Donnie and DeAnne Fitts to a Houston court seeking to adopt Justin and Jacob Baker - again. Twelve jurors agreed that outcome would be the best for the children. Judge Bill Henderson didn't quite see it that way.

  • Film

    March 17, 1994

    Extended Labor

    Martha Coolidge and Geena Davis are slow to develop the promise of Angie

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