Parenting

Joliet Township High School District 204 sent a notice to families and refreshed students on safety protocols Monday following two days of non-credible social media threats to its schools.

Dolly’s Book Bash aims to inspire a love of reading in children while providing families with an opportunity to enjoy quality time together. The event is free and open to everyone, with a special focus on families with young children.

The Will County Health Department and the Brown Chapel AME are partnering to open a new micro-pantry at the church which will open during the congregation's annual Community Day on Sunday.

The Will County Health Department is partnering with Mother's Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes to open a breast milk donation depot in Joliet.

August will soon be here and students will be heading off to college. Here's help for first-year students and parents in knowing what to buy and bring with for life on campus.

In most cases, there’s no need to wait at least 30 minutes after eating to go for a swim, doctors say.

The first Parent University is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 20 at Plank Junior High School, 510 Secretariat Lane, Oswego. Registration is required; go to https://www.sd308.org/.

Richmond Intermediate Principal Lisa Simoncelli-Bulak sent out a welcome letter to families in the school’s new enrollment zone, which displayed the school’s core values in the header.

In addition to supporting what goes on inside the school, Plainfield School District 202's new online learning program for parents also will focus on how the district can support parents when their students are home.

Options and Advocacy will host its first fundraising gala on Dec. 1 in Lake in the Hills to further support the growing programs.

Try as you might to ignore it, summer break is nearing an end, and school buses will be rumbling down the road soon.

Best-selling author Phyllis Fagell will present a webinar titled “Middle School Superpowers: 12 Resilience Strategies to Help Tweens and Teens Reframe Setbacks and Gain Confidence.”

Rosalind Wiseman is a bestselling author, one of whose books was the basis for the movie “Mean Girls.”

With anxiety and challenging behaviors on the rise, adults need effective and easy-to-implement strategies to help young people process critical thoughts and interrupt negative behavior patterns.

The Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Growing Up Public: Helping Kids Navigate Privacy and Reputation” in two webinars by Devorah Heitner.

One webinar will explore how self-care and mindfulness empower youth, and a second, offered only in Spanish, offers strategies to help communicate with teens about self-respect, dating relationships and other important topics.

In his humorous, yet practical style, author Josh Shipp will deliver strategies to gain, or regain, the trust of even the most skeptical or oppositional young people.

The presenter is Catherine Newman, a witty parenting writer and etiquette columnist, who is the academic department coordinator of the Creative Writing Center at Amherst College.

Two more presentations are planned in early 2023, with one offered in Spanish.

Leadership is often associated with bold confidence and charisma, but many great leaders are deep thinkers, soft-spoken and shy.

Offered via Zoom, “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential” will be presented by author and pediatric surgeon Dana Suskind.

Opinion: Planting native habitats will help re-create functioning ecosystems that support native wildlife and help provide them with the most sustainable habitats, writes Kyle Moore of the DeKalb Citizens' Environmental Commission.

Nazareth will host several events with speakers known for their work with families and adolescents.

The speaker will discuss practices designed to increase motivation, foster grit and a growth mindset, and help people rebound from failure.

The bestselling author expresses the healing power of community in overcoming the pain and isolation of being considered “the other.”