School lunch standards
Rep. John Kline moves to loosen new school lunch standards
Kline and the powerful food lobby that donates money to him, say the new rules are onerous and expensive for school districts and there is more food waste when students are required to take foods they would not otherwise choose.
Safe Kids car-seat clinics: Minor adjustments can make major differences
Safe Kids Anoka County and others offer free inspections to try to ensure children's seats are properly installed.
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So you think you can dance like a fifth-grader?
A beginners' ballroom contest for Twin Cities kids was more fun — and more real — than any reality TV show.
St. Louis Park nonprofit wants to give terminally ill kids a hospice home
A St. Louis Park nonprofit is working to create a hospice center where children can go to live while they die.
The importance of respite for families
While some families of terminally ill children are able — and prefer — to care for them at home, the task is unrelenting and exhausting.…
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Twin Cities agency gives teen moms boxes for newborns – just like in Finland
A new Twin Cities nonprofit is providing teen moms with starter kits to parenthood, including a cardboard box for their babies to sleep in.
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Trick-or-treaters with allergies can look for the teal pumpkin
For some kids, what's scary about Halloween has less to do with the tricks and everything to do with the treats.
Kids' Health
Child's play gets complicated with the modern play date
Play dates used to be simple. Not anymore. The adult-supervised get-togethers have become elaborate affairs, and not everyone's happy about it.
Kids' Health
12 steps to the perfect play date
The play date itself isn't stifling kids, said Marti Erickson, owner and co-host of the Mom Enough website and podcast and a retired developmental psychologist…
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How to breathe: Physician/yoga teacher offers tips on getting it right
Tips for getting the most out of every breath.
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American Indians bring back traditional lacrosse in Osseo tourney Saturday
Braids flying, sticks scooping, American Indian lacrosse players of all ages bring back a tradition that's more than a game.
Local
Minnesota is best state for working dads, analysis says
A state-by-state analysis of work-life balance, health, financial well-being and more from personal finance website WalletHub found that Minnesota leads the nation for working dads.
Local
Blue algae on western Minnesota lake kills dog; kids warned to stay away
A specific type of algae in a western Minnesota lake is making dogs sick — one of them later died — and conservation officials say that children are particularly at risk of falling ill.
Kids' Health
Look up your school's unvaccinated kindergartner rate
Search for your school or district to see what percent of last year's kindergartners were not vaccinated due to a legal exemption.
Kids' Health
How Minnesotan are you? Take our mosquito quizzzzz
How much do you really know about our "state bird" – the ever-annoying and potentially dangerous mosquito?
Kids' Health
Surgeon re-engineers way to rebuild babies' skulls
A surgeon at Gillette in St. Paul reinvented the way he rebuilds babies' skulls to limit the risk of bleeding and complications.
Kids' Health
Spending more money on kids' athletic future often backfires
Youth sports have become big business. But they also might become a big disappointment for parents expecting to profit from them.
Kids' Health
Parents, kids learn how to prevent future drownings
Three weeks ago, Samantha Richardson saw her brother drown in a swimming pool at a Plymouth apartment building. On Saturday, the 8-year-old was back at…
Kids' Health
How well do you know water safety facts? Take this test
Drowning myths are as prevalent as Minnesota lakes. Nationally, drowning is the fifth-leading cause of unintentional injury death, according to the CDC. Are you in the swim when it comes to knowing the facts?
Kids' Health
How teens deal with a parent's cancer
They're scared, sad, mad, helpful, not so helpful … and that's perfectly normalBy MARC SILVER Special to the Star Tribune"When my dad was diagnosed with…
Kids' Health
Premature labor drugs could be used more widely
Drugs that save babies' lives are underused, study finds.
Kids' Health
Knee injuries are more common for girl athletes
Sports-related ACL injuries are rising, with tween girls at particularly high risk.
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