It’s starting to get hot out and what better way to cool off than some ice cream in your tummy! Though places like Dairy Queen, Orange Leaf, or Graeter’s may be on your list, we have compiled a list of some of the more local ice cream parlors in the Dayton area. So break away…
With 25 facilities located throughout the nearly 16,000 acres of open space Five Rivers MetroParks protects, you and your family have myriad ways to explore the outdoors. Here are some of our top picks for summer. Also, be sure to check out the newly redesigned metroparks.org site to discover more places to go, things to…
Shortly after sunrise, from mid-June through mid-July, rows of lawn chairs begin appearing between the limestone cliffs of Veterans Park. It’s the time-honored method for reserving a prime spot for that evening’s performance at the Summer Arts Festival! Get your chairs ready for Springfield’s 50th Anniversary season of admission-free summer entertainment! Unlike gated, ticketed events at…
Before sending your child to day camp, here are 10 last minute suggestions for a great experience
Cabin fever can definitely set in when you have a newborn. But eventually you are ready to venture out with your little one.
I recently wrote about the decision of leaving the workforce versus remaining in the work force after having a baby. The two choices of stay-at-home parent and work-out-of-the-home parent seem to have such definitive boundaries around what they are. But what about when employment means something different than putting on a blazer every morning, making a commute, and…
Our school has removed physical education teachers and has replaced them with more STEM teachers. Why isn’t the health and physical well-being of our kids considered important? Each state has its own standards for physical education and its own requirements for how those standards must be met. If there is an allowance for a licensed…
When you hit a baseball, there is a certain spot on the bat, the sweet spot, that makes better contact with the ball, making it go farther and hitting it harder than if you were to hit the same pitch further up or down on the bat. Right now, my wife and I are in…
How many kids actually remember the “must have” toy they got last year? Think outside the proverbial (gift) box this holiday season and place a more memorable present underneath the tree. Try giving the gift of a novel experience, lessons to learn something new or a memorable activity to share. Here are nine ideas that…
As parents, we want our children to be able to take advantage of every opportunity available to them – so watching them to struggle to keep up with their peers academically or socially can be heartbreaking. In the Dayton area, a new facility designed to help students overcome these obstacles recently opened in April. Brain…
