Combining Robotics With Poetry? Art and Engineering Can Co-Exist
People doubted the wisdom of Sue Mellon, gifted support coordinator for Springdale Junior and Senior High/Colfax School in the Allegheny Valley School District, when she wanted to give her 7th and […]
Pittsburgh woman creates doll for kids with Down Syndrome
See the new line of dolls being created by Connie Feda, whose 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, has Down syndrome, so Hannah could have dolls that look more like her: Read about […]
Parents Mag names Children’s among 10 best hospitals
Find out here why Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC was named by Parents Magazine among its 10 best hospitals in the country.
For Pittsburgh’s top childcare advocate, it’s a lifetime commitment
Pittsburgh’s top childcare advocate Michelle Figlar remembers being very pregnant with her first child in 2006 when she ran into then-Mayor Bob O’Connor in the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She […]
Top healthy activities for kids
Top healthy activities for kids Pittsburgh has a reputation for being a great city to raise a family — maybe because fitness and health are a family affair here. Parents […]
‘Mom and Me’ classes for all ages — and not just for moms
If kids sometimes get “separation anxiety,” parents can suffer from the opposite. Call it “eager inseparability”: the feeling that you want to do everything with your kid. Today, parents and […]
New Voices of Youth helps get kids’ ideas heard
New Voice of Youth helps get kids’ ideas heard For the past two years, New Voices of Youth has helped local young people get their ideas heard on issues important to […]
Assemble for a party (and learn about biodiversity while you’re at it)
Assemble for a party (and learn about biodiversity while you’re at it) Just as with any party, you’re invited to drop by or stay for the entire Biodiversity Learning Party […]
Cooking School heats up as healthy school cafeteria effort
When famed chef Jamie Oliver came to Pittsburgh last fall to start his 10,000 Tablesprogram, aimed at getting more families to enjoy the benefits of home-cooked, television-free meals, Bobby Fry, […]
If your kid is sick of (or at) school, it may just be the building
“Asthma hospitalizations triple when schools start up again in the fall,” reports Andrew Ellsworth of the new Healthy Schools Collaboration; that’s partly due to paints, sealants, duct work and other […]
Form a band, write songs, perform in one week: Girls Rock! hits Burgh kids this summer
“I don’t think young girls are encouraged to form a rock band as boys are,” says Angela Stich. “Even when I wanted to play an instrument, my mom bought me […]
Get your kid’s school to sign up for free school supplies
The Education Partnership’s three-year effort to give school supplies to schools where students lack even the basics is more necessary than ever. “We’re seeing kids coming to school with nothing,” […]
Kids new to tech build their own touch-screen at Hilltop Computer Center
Hilltop Computer Center in Knoxville was less than a year old last summer when Program Director Nicolas Jaramillo realized it didn’t have enough activities for its youngest patrons. Kids 8-14 […]
STARTup SOMETHING to get ‘littles’ going on tech careers in a big way
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh (BBBS) has long connected “littles,” many of whom come from low-income, single-parent families missing a strong guardian for the child, with “bigs” who are […]
A first for Pittsburgh: The Mom Con
Lawyer Natalie Kovacic attended a conference for women entrepreneurs last fall, hoping to improve her own business as a financial advisor and estate planner. Then she realized the conference she […]
Get involved in the Month of the Young Child: Here’s how
The Month of the Young Child, celebrated every April, is unique to Pittsburgh: other cities in the U.S. only have a Week of the Young Child this month. Here’s a […]