Top Stories

• Doing Good: Where Kids and Families Can Volunteer

  We have some great ideas for how your family can help out and have fun together making a difference.

• Tips for Kids’ Mental Health

  In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Seattle Children's doctors offer tips for parents to keep kids mentally and emotionally well, and explain what to do when there’s a problem.

• Mom’s Day Out

  Keep the “Mother’s Day vibe” going with MamaCon on Saturday: 10 different spa services, a killer swag bag and more … all designed to help you relax and rejuvenate.

• It’s Time to Play! Active Ideas for May

  Find out about fun runs, bike events, low tide beach walks and plenty more fun ideas to keep your family moving this month.

• Sex and the Modern Tween

  In a new Seattle’s Child column, Amy Lang and Jo Langford, two sex educators from Seattle, offer their advice.

• Edmonds Mom’s Story Published in the New York Times

  Five years after her husband suffered a serious brain injury, Sarah Kishpaugh's powerful and inspiring story about the impact on her family was featured in the New York Times.

• Free Family Fun at YMCA “Healthy Kids Day”

  The University Family YMCA – along with nine other area Ys – will host a free community event on April 27 to celebrate healthy living.

• An Interview with Seth Mnookin

  We caught up with The Panic Virus author to talk about vaccine safety.

• Four Earthquakes and a Baby

  A Seattle mom shares her story, and a local emergency planner tells you how to get the family ready for a big one.