Summit Lake Bike Shop underway with new twist July 13th, 2020 by Noor Hindi In a world without COVID-19, you might find Joe Tucker, executive director of South Street Ministries, fixing bikes alongside 50 to 100 kids at pastor Duane Crabbs’s home in Summit Lake. The s...
Entertaining and educating kids during COVID-19 March 19th, 2020 by Marissa Marangoni Do you find yourself suddenly working from home with a child in the house? Are you a stay-at-homer who can no longer escape to Target for an aimless stroll with your kid safely containe...
Doggie Brigade brings happiness to all at Akron Children’s Hospital January 31st, 2020 words and photos by Allyson Smith Portraits line a hallway in Akron Children’s Hospital. But they’re not of patients or donors, or even doctors and nurses. Instead, these portraits are of dogs: Labrador ret...
Urine Luck | Fort Island/Griffiths Park August 12th, 2019 by Marissa Marangoni It feels like it is my duty as a parent to take my child to every park and outside summer activity in existence before it starts raining again. As part of fulfilling that duty, I recent...
Double Dare Ya: A conversation with Marc Summers, who comes to the Civic May 16 May 10th, 2019 by Ted Lehr Debuting in 1986 on Nickelodeon, the children’s game show Double Dare was an immediate sensation. Filled with fun trivia questions, ridiculous physical challenges and gallons of slime, the show ...
Boring But Important | Ohio bureaucrats threaten early childhood services November 2nd, 2016 Without involving the Early Childhood Advisory Council — or any organizations in the field — the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services proposed a rule change that would eliminate about $12 million statewid...
Things to Do with Kids April 5th, 2016 by Katie Jackson “Mom...I'm bored.” “There's nothing cool to do, Dad.” We've heard it before. We know the trill sound that comes out of your kid’s mouth, especially on those cold winter afternoons when c...
