General Opportunities United Way of King County Has many different kinds of volunteer opportunities, including one-time and ongoing projects.    Volunteermatch.org Helps match volunteers up with interests and location. Treehouse for Kids A retail-like store (clothing brand) environment wh

Every day, some children, for the first time in their whole lives, see the door crack open. Beyond is a brilliant world. It is not the world they feel and smell and hear and touch. It is a symbolic world that they can share with the best storytellers, generals, athletes, and poets; with the best sci

The battle lines are drawn, and you are facing off against a formidable foe: your child. Whatever you're arguing about, you've been down this road before. Why does your child behave this way? Frustration mounts as you struggle to keep your temper in check. Welcome to yet another "white-knuckle

Tips and resources for parents, caregivers and day care providers, provided by Seattle Children's Hospital. For babies: Avoid TV for children younger than age 2. Choose activities that promote language development and brain growth, such as talking, playing, reading, singing and enjoying music. F

An unknown voice on the other end of the line…Could she just come and get the child?  Within an hour, Jane, a single 62-year-old mother and grandmother, was driving across three counties in Western Washington to reach a child at risk. Not just any child —  her 2-year-old grandchild. On

Call me old school, but I can’t seem to muster any real indignation over the fact that my just-over-2-year-old granddaughter loves “Blue’s Clues.” And “Sesame Street.” And “Baby Einstein.” In fact — and I get that I’m treading on confessional territory here — she actually asks her parents if she can

Toy safety recalls are coming in so fast these days that it’s hard to keep track of them! We’ll make it easy for you. Here’s a link to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) page on the latest toy recalls: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html Sign up here to receive email no

The statistics are out, and to some, they’re quite startling. Of every 10 babies born in the United States in 2005, nearly four were born to unwed mothers, according to a recent report released by the National Center for Health Statistics. It is the highest rate of out-of-wedlock births in the U.