Education

Playing Around

School readiness is important - but how you get there is equally important Article by Bethany Norman | Photography by Suncoast Academy Walk into Suncoast Academy on any given day and you’ll find children building towers, creating imaginary worlds, exploring new ideas, and making discoveries that, at first glance, may look like simple play. But beneath the laughter and activity, something much bigger is happening. Children are learning how to think critically, solve problems, communicate with...

Life + Culture

Capturing Time

Life slips by in the blink of an eye Article by JoAnn Chang | Photography by Ana Laura Acosta Photography In the early days of parenthood, the days can feel long, but it all too quickly seems to pick up speed. You go from having a newborn to a toddler. The next thing you know they’re starting school, and before you can blink, it’s high school graduation day. We only get 18 years of childhood with our kids, and it’s all too easy for the memories of those days to fade unless you take action to...

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Moving Forward

Madi’s Movement guides young adults aging out of foster care Article by Bethany Norman | Photography by Madi’s Movement/All Photos Considered Photography No child chooses foster care. Yet every year, hundreds of young people in Tampa Bay find themselves navigating a system they never asked to enter, carrying trauma they didn’t create and facing a future filled with uncertainty. While the statistics surrounding foster care are sobering, the story of Madi’s Movement begins not with numbers, but...

Life + Culture

Farm Fresh

The Shaggy Cow Lounge engages kids with an “udderly” fantastic farm animal experience Article by JoAnn Chang | Photography by Wild Artistry Photography/JoAnn Chang We are creatures of habit. Thriving on routine, it’s easy to settle into one as a family. For our children, it’s school, homework, maybe a sport or other extracurricular activity, then bed and back at it again the next day. While routines can be beneficial, we forget that we also lose something in that routine. Rewards often become...