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Enjoy Sweet Treats at Norman’s Cookies n’ Cards

Nancy Russell’s first business venture was making and selling love beads to earn enough money to see teen heartthrob Davy Jones. By age 15, she had sold enough beads to buy a Volkswagen bus, but a faulty transmission ultimately kept her from ever making it to see Davy. That early jewelry making launched her into a retail career that led to her being the owner/operator of Cookies n’ Cards, a gift shop and bakery located in Norman.

Brooke Barnett

Teens and Sexting: What Parents Need to Know

According to internet and mobile safety expert Tim Woda, 22 percent of teen girls and 18 percent of teen boys have texted a nude or semi-nude photo of themselves. This behavior—known as “sexting”—is on the rise, and can have long-term implications.

Top 10 Reader Picks: Best Story Times in the OKC Metro

Story times are a great way to help your young child develop listening skills, reinforce early learning concepts such as colors, numbers and shapes and help nurture a love of reading. We polled our readers for their favorite places to go to story time in the OKC metro and here, in random order, are their recommendations.

Encouraging Resonsibility in Your Children

It can be diificult (and sometimes messy) to teach kids responsibility, especially when it’s often easier to do it yourself, but helping them to become successful and contributing members of society makes it worthwhile.

Sarah Holmes

Canker Sores: Causes and Treatments

Mouth ulcers (Aphthous stomatitis) are a very common, often painful problem. Also known as canker sores, mouth ulcers are shallow sores found on the inner cheeks, lips or gums; are white, yellow or red in color; and occur in clusters. Around 20 percent of the population may experience recurrent mouth ulcers, with the sore(s) occurring in one area of the mouth and reappearing shortly after initially healing.

Shannon Fields

Your Guide to Fun Family Events in OKC for Labor Day Weekend!

Find your Labor Day Weekend fun here—from festivals to football, this list has it all!

A Teachable Moment—Recognizing a "Yellow Dress" Opportunity

As the new school year begins, it is the perfect time to consider the possibility of a ‘yellow dress’ moment with your child. Each school year offers greater independence and ever more complex academic, social and emotional problems in need of solving.

Dr. Susan Bartell

Celebrate the "Blue Moon" on Friday with this Blue Moon Nightlight Craft

We all know that there is a full moon once a month but every now and then there is a blue moon. Actually it's not blue, it's white. What makes it special is that it's the second time the moon is full in the same month.

Stephanie Clinton

Is Your Child Overscheduled?

Back to school! And activities. And homework. You may start seeing signs that your child is too busy. How do you know if you’ve passed the tipping point into over-scheduled? What can you do about it, if so?

Jeremy G. Schneider, MFT

Back-to-School Photo Gallery

To celebrate the beginning of a new school year, we asked our readers to submit their favorite first day of school photos! We are happy to share this gallery of great reader-submitted photos!