Kids

South Dakota collaborators create children’s book that kids ‘can’t get enough of’

Porter is a snappy little girl with blond hair tied up in pigtails and a quick wit. She loves collecting things but has a problem:…

Cut your stress level to ensure it actually is ‘the most wonderful time of the year’

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. Concerts, parties, family get-togethers, traveling, baking and shopping! No wonder the holidays are stressful. Even positive stress…

With unprecedented demand for child care, EmBe makes big investment for education staff

This paid piece is sponsored by EmBe. As preschoolers stayed home during the pandemic, the day care where Courtney Needles worked considered shutting down completely….

Sanford PLEDGE: Ongoing battle against type 1 diabetes

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. Nearly a century after its discovery, treatment of type 1 diabetes, or T1D, still relies on multiple…

5 tips to keep kids safe, healthy this Halloween

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. With another pandemic Halloween around the corner, families can make plans to stay safe and healthy during…

Girls on the Run provides girls with life skills needed now more than ever

This paid piece is sponsored by EmBe. It’s an easy misconception to make. When you hear the program “Girls on the Run,” you assume it’s…

State’s largest stand-alone child care center starts construction

Michael and Leslie Smith didn’t exactly set out to build what they believe is the state’s largest stand-alone child care center – but that’s what…

Service club aims to add accessible playgrounds, starting at Sertoma

The Sioux Falls Noon Sertoma Club is starting a major effort to add all-abilities park equipment, potentially citywide. The effort is starting at Sertoma Park…

Building more than LEGOs: League leads kids, parents to building skills for the future

This paid piece is sponsored by EmBe. “I am going to be an engineer – and I am going to build something no one has…

Birthday trends

Kids’ birthday parties today: ‘Nobody wants to be cookie-cutter’

Children’s birthday parties look different today than they did when you were a kid. OK, maybe not entirely. The basic components of cake, friends and…

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