As suicide attempts rise, resources give hope to teens By Angelica Ramirez | Contributor One day at a local school, an eighth-grade student walked up to Vanita Halliburton and silently handed her a folded piece of paper. Halliburton, co-founder of Grant Halliburton Foundation, had just presented a program on suicide…
Ah, the dog days of summer in Dallas! If you have escaped the heat or if you are floating in a warm pool, these reads are sizzling. By Andrea Peskind Katz | Contributor 1| Escape To the Past The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger The Banker’s Wife is a high-stakes thriller…
Thursday, September 6 Eddie Deen’s Ranch Celebrating diversity. Honoring tolerance. Standing up against religion-based discrimination. All of these are missions of the Southwest Jewish Congress (SWJC), which was founded in 2009. This year at their annual fundraiser, the SWJC will honor leaders who give their time and talent throughout the…
How can we as parents help our kids to develop healthy use of social media and maintain their ability to establish “real” relationships face-to-face? Good Life Family explores multiple sides of this distinctly contemporary issue. By Alicia Wanek Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. Facebook. Chances are, you regularly interact with at least…
Just in time for the start of a new school year, enrichment and tutoring provider Explore Horizons is opening its sixth Dallas-Fort Worth location in McKinney on August 14th at 3530 West University Drive, Suite 302. On August 15th, all Explore Horizons centers including McKinney will host a free community…
By Colin Smith / Contributor What do we need to have on hand to act on our adult child’s behalf? (i.e. emergency at college or while traveling in the summer) Once a child becomes 18 years of age, he or she is legally an adult. Parents can no longer make…
By Tavis Piattoly, MS, RD, LDN The Taylor Hooton Foundation Education Program Manager and Sports Dietitian With the end of summer fast approaching, many young individuals are preparing for the new school year. For our young people, this time of year can often times come with a multitude of pressures. Often times…
There is something about a welcoming, wagging tail that brings a smile to our face. No matter what kind of stressful day we have had, today is our dog or cat’s best day ever. Within seconds, petting or cuddling our furry friend makes even a bad day our best…
Patriot PAWS is Providing Trained Service Dogs for Our Veterans By Alicia Wanek The U.S. has approximately 200,000 military personnel serving overseas, and it is estimated that 11 to 20% of those deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan have symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress…