INSIDE LOOK: Brick or Treat kicks off this weekend at LEGOLAND Florida!
We’re dishing on all the details about Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND Florida to help you map out your family’s adventure this Halloween season!
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Eat Well and Do Good: Community Harvest program returns this September
The 1905 Family of Restaurants, which runs well-known Tampa restaurants like Columbia and Ulele, is bringing back its Community Harvest program for the 29th year this September to support local nonprofits.
Kids Get in Free this Month at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering FREE, one-day admission to kids ages 3 – 11 during the month of September in celebration of “Future Voyagers Month”.
Don’t Miss It! ZooTampa Kids Fun Run returns Sept. 12!
ZooTampa at Lowry Park is calling all young wildlife lovers and running enthusiasts to join the herd and run wild. Tampa’s only kid-exclusive race, the 4th annual ZooTampa Kids Fun Run, presented by Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH, returns on Saturday, September 12!
INSIDE LOOK: ZooTampa Veterinarian Healing Zoo Animals with Acupuncture
Acupuncture on a duck… or a manatee? You betcha! ZooTampa’s veterinary team is incorporating this holistic approach to care for animals that may not be responding as well to traditional treatments, and it appears to be working.
September is Library Card Sign-up Month!
Libraries have long served as centers of community and knowledge worldwide, and our patrons can take full advantage of our extensive facilities and materials. Hillsborough County residents can unlock a world of entertaining and valuable knowledge and resources by signing up for a library card, including access to thousands of print and electronic books and…
Bright Ideas: Let’s meet three local inventors who are turning their big ideas into a family-owned business!
Have you ever used an everyday product and thought to yourself … there has to be something better out there? Or maybe you have a really cool idea for something that doesn’t even exist yet. Three local parents are proving it IS possible to turn your bright ideas into real, tangible products families will fall…
Friends, Books & a Little Less Screen Time
A few days before the start of the new school year, Hillsborough County Superintendent Van Ayres was filming a back-to-school video with a group of kindergarten and first-grade students. As the cameras were being set up, he made a little small talk with the children and asked what excited them most about going back to…
Moms to Know: Arch Tuli, Founder, Arch & Sons
For Arch Tuli, food has always been a love language. She remembers gathering around the family table as a child to enjoy wholesome, delicious meals that her parents lovingly prepared from scratch. “When I became a mom, I intentionally carried those traditions into raising my two boys,” she says. Today, those two boys, now 20…
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The Corbett Prep Difference: The Strollo family of South Tampa share why they picked this PK-8 school for their kids
We’re learning more about the family’s decision to send their two sons to Corbett Prep and how it has changed the trajectory of their boys’ lives.
Dairy & Development: Why Dairy Nutrition is Crucial for A Child’s First Two Years
1,000 days. That’s the period from conception to 2 years old and one of the most crucial times for a child’s development. While most people assume proper nutrition begins at birth, it actually starts as early as conception. According to U.S. Dairy, several medical experts agree that the first 1,000 days are so important due…
From Patient to Parent: A Sickle Cell Survivor Shares His Greatest Joy
Twenty-four-year-old John Stephens III smiles as he pushes his identical twin daughters into the Research and Education Building at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He’s moments away from reuniting with a few of the doctors and nurses who helped him navigate sickle cell disease in his formative years, and he has news he can’t wait to share with them at the annual Family and Friends Sickle Cell Symposium. He embraces Tamara New, M.D., director of the Sickle…
Pumpkins, Purpose & Melon Family Fun!
Visit the Watermelon Swim Pumpkin Patch this Season and Help Make a Difference. Pumpkin spice is back, Halloween is on the horizon and Team Melon is ready to celebrate our favorite season of the year. From Oct. 2-31, visit our annual Pumpkin Patches at our Lutz, South Tampa and Brooksville locations, or stop by the…
The Mary W. Sierra Family YMCA Opens This September!
The YMCA has been a part of Anna Carman’s life for as long as she can remember. She grew up attending YMCA of the Triangle’s summer day camps and overnight Y-Guides programs as a camper in North Carolina, memories that still evoke camp songs, cabin games and lifelong friendships. Her positive experiences as a child…
INSIDE LOOK: Tampa Bay Rays Game Day at Tropicana Field with the Kids
Our team here at Tampa Bay Parenting recently went to a Tampa Bay Rays Family Fundays game to give you an INSIDE LOOK at game day to help you plan a day fit for the memory book. So let’s play ball!
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One More Weekend: Why a Back-to-School Getaway With Your Kids Matters
Sometimes, all we need is one weekend away to feel like we squeezed a little more summer out of the season. But more importantly, it gives us a chance to reconnect with our kids even as the back-to-school craziness begins.
Dinosaurs Are Roaring Into MOSI: New mini-golf course and MORE!
At MOSI, Tampa’s Museum of Science and Innovation, the prehistoric past is coming to life with exciting new adventures.
INSIDE LOOK: Coastersaurus ROARS back into action at LEGOLAND Florida Resort
Coastersaurus is BACK on track, and we’re talking to two people from the team at LEGOLAND Florida Resort who helped it roar back to life!
“The Art of Banksy” exhibit now open at the Straz Center in Tampa
The world’s largest authenticated collection of Banksy art is now on stage at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa for a limited time.
Monster Jam Returns to Tampa’s Benchmark International Arena!
Monster Jam is roaring back into Tampa! We’re sharing some highlights to know before you go!
