What’s the Right Amount of Afterschool Activity?
Reader Question: Is three hours of one sport once a week too much for a 7-year-old? This sport meets from 6-9…
John Rosemond
Addressing Children with Different Strengths
Reader Question: We have a 7-year-old son and two girls ages 9 and 6. The girls are gifted academically and athletically.…
Encouraging a Shy Child to Be Social
Reader Question: Our 7-year-old is very shy. He doesn’t enjoy the sort of social activities, including sports, that other kids…
Toddler Tantrums Can Be Tamed
Reader Question: Our 3-year-old daughter is very sweet, loving, and generally well-behaved. Occasionally, however, he breaks into a huge tantrum…
Signs of Potential Teen Drug Abuse
Reader Question: Our 17-year-old has completely fallen apart! In less than a year, he’s gone from being an outstanding honors student,…
Short answers for quick questions
Q: Can you tell me why my 34-month-old daughter is throwing so many tantrums? A: She throws tantrums because you…
Micromanagement stimulates pushback
Reader’s Question: My 14-year-old son started public high school this year and immediately fell into his old bad habits. He’s…
Dinner with picky eater
Reader’s Question: Our 4-year-old daughter will not eat dinner, no matter what. At most, she takes a few bites of…
Your teen and nicotine
Reader’s Questions: We just discovered that our 17-year-old is using nicotine. He tells us he’s been using for the past…
Solving anger issues in teens
Reader’s Question: Our 14-year-old daughter has difficulty controlling her anger. She has extreme outbursts fairly frequently here at home—screaming, cursing,…
Apr
25
Wed
11:30 am
Brown Bag Concerts
@ Bienville Square
Brown Bag Concerts
@ Bienville Square
Apr 25 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Catt’s Brown Bag Concerts – Bohni Trio
6:00 pm
2018 Money Smart Week
@ Ben May Main Library
2018 Money Smart Week
@ Ben May Main Library
Apr 25 @ 6:00 pm
Money Matters – Paying Yourself – discover the first ways you can save money for the future. Facilitator is Paula Webb, Government Documents Librarian at the University of South Alabama.
Apr
26
Thu
6:00 pm
4th Annual Art Show
@ Bright Beginnings Academy
4th Annual Art Show
@ Bright Beginnings Academy
Apr 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Come join us for our 4th Annual Art Show from 6:00pm-7:00pm.
Apr
27
Fri
3:00 pm
Spring Hill’s 7th Annual Sidewal...
@ Moorer/Spring Hill Branch Lawn
Spring Hill’s 7th Annual Sidewal...
@ Moorer/Spring Hill Branch Lawn
Apr 27 @ 3:00 pm
Spring Hill’s 7th Annual Sidewalk-A-Thon schedule for Friday, April 27th, 2018. Join us for the walk and then a finish line party with games and activities.
Apr
28
Sat
8:00 am
2018 Infirmary Duathlon
@ Mobile Infirmary
2018 Infirmary Duathlon
@ Mobile Infirmary
Apr 28 @ 8:00 am
This running and cycling combination race consists of a two-mile run, 10-mile bike ride and a two-mile run through the streets of midtown Mobile. The event will also include a post-party featuring a variety of local food truck vendors for...