Capital City Parent

Until recently, routinely sitting down to meals with your family was the norm. But for the last several decades, the family meal has become increasingly rare, as the pace and pressures of modern life grow ever more frenetic. Two-career households, kids with a bewildering array of activities, and other distractions, coupled with the ease and […]

Like most people, I sometimes have “those days” at work – days where the phone rings off the hook, people walk in needing immediate assistance, a report needs to get done yesterday, and 20 urgent emails are piled up in the inbox. Unlike most people, “those days” for me occasionally include the added stressor of […]

  There are many local and regional venues families may visit for fun and excitement. They create precious memories that can last a lifetime for both parent and child.  In Springfield, a quality destination is the Illinois State Museum. Located at 502 S. Spring Street, admission is free, the site is open seven days a […]

Springfield School District 186 tells students who get bullied to answer the attack with a SWAT: Stop, Walk Away and Talk to an Adult. The SWAT program, introduced this past school year in District 186 at the elementary school level, teaches students how to deal with bullying. These strategies include telling a student to stop […]