DFWChild

The ultimate parenting resource for raising kids in Dallas-Fort Worth since 1986.

DFWChild | Award-winning free monthly parenting magazine that addresses the concerns and needs of families, with a special focus on children from prenatal through adolescence. The magazines offer a well-informed, local, and relevant perspective on issues affecting families and serve as both a strong voice in the community and a staunch advocate for children. At DFWChild, we inform, educate, entert

ain, inspire and provide a provocative forum among parents, the community and professionals who work with children.

12/03/2025

✨ Holiday lights of all sorts are shining their brightest this December—at walkable festivals, drive-thru tunnels, and illuminated trails with photo ops and light-wrapped trees.

With so many sights and activities to experience, we’ve highlighted a few of the must-sees for the 2025 season, at the link below.
Photo courtesy Visit Grapevine

12/01/2025

🎉 Big news 🎉 DFWChild has been officially named as one of the nation’s best in parenting media — again!

We’re proud to share that our team brought home 14 national honors from the 2025 Parenting Media Association Editorial & Design Awards:
✨ 10 Gold�✨ 3 Silver�✨ 1 Bronze�
These include a gold for General Excellence—for the second consecutive year—and wins for our annual DFWBaby issue and our newsletter, The Weekend, that’s all about family events.

For 40 years, DFWChild has loved serving families across DFW — in print, online, and everywhere in between.

We are grateful to the families who have so generously shared their stories, to the local experts who have offered insight on complex topics, and to our readers for your constant support and inspiration.

📚 Have a story idea or question? Let us know by emailing [email protected].

11/27/2025

Topping our list ⬇️ of the best kid-friendly events to do on this Thanksgiving holiday weekend:

💖 Disney on Ice (plenty of tickets are still available, we checked)
⭐️ Lights on the Farm (s’mores: need we say more?)
🚂 Cliburn Family Concerts: The Polar Express
🎄 Grand Tree Lighting starring Missile Toes
⛸️ Christmas at the Anatole, with its first-ever outdoor ice rink

11/21/2025

Topping our list of 5 favorite events ⬇️ this weekend are these light-up holiday displays, a Broadway musical and more interactive exhibits for your kids to explore:

✨ Christmas in the Garden—starring country-inspired light trails
🐻‍❄️ Coca-Cola Classic Christmas: Alpine Adventure—with ice skating and snow tubing too!
🎄 A Christmas Story—for one* weekend only
🕷️ The Art & Science of Arachnids—for your kids in their bug era
🎈 Balloon Museum’s Let’s Fly—a playful new exhibit all about "air"

Get the details at the link in the comments.

⚠️ Also, ICYMI: the GM Financial Parade of Lights we included in our Weekend newsletter has been postponed but only by a week. You'll have the chance to experience that light-up parade on the following Sunday, November 30.

Want to receive The Weekend straight in your email each Thursday? Sign up at dfwchild.com/newsletters.

11/21/2025

New details for Universal Kids Resort—at the link ⬇️

Slated to open sometime in 2026, Universal Kids Resort will be a one-of-a-kind theme park designed entirely for young children. Here we’re taking a look at Universal’s artist conceptual renderings of its 300-room hotel and seven character-themed lands that are packed with roller coasters, water rides, wet and dry play areas, and sensory gardens too.

Pinch us—there’s so much to get excited about: �
💦 splash playtime and rides with SpongeBob and the Minions
🪩 techno dance parties with Trolls
💚 Adventures with Shrek and Puss in Boots
🎢 and rocket-fast dino coasters through Jurassic World
and more—all coming to Frisco.

11/14/2025

⬇️ Our annual DFWBaby issue is packed with expert advice and local resources to help guide new and expecting moms:

🛟 Motherhood & Mental Health
Why every mom needs a plan when it comes to perinatal mood disorders

🚼 Play It Simple
Your month-by-month guide to helping your baby play—without overdoing it

🧘🏽‍♀️ Fit for Two
Practical movement tips to help you feel strong and supported through pregnancy and postpartum

🥱 Running on Empty
How to protect your health—and sanity—when sleep isn’t part of the plan

🍼 Ask an Expert
Am I making enough breastmilk? 3 Ways to know

👗 Keenan Silverman
The fashion insider bringing her signature style to motherhood

📍Walk This Way
Find your tribe and boost your mental health with the Mom Walk Collective

📸: Nick Prendergast
Our cover kid is Oliver, age 10 months, of Dallas.

Check out the full issue (link below in the comments) for more resources to guide you through these precious stages—because it only gets better from here.

11/13/2025

At the top experiences on our wish list this weekend:
❄️ ICE! Featuring Elf
☃️ SNOWDAY & Santaland
🔥 Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live
🚂 The Trains at NorthPark
🎄 Holiday at the Arboretum

Right now, in mid-November, is when many of DFW’s area venues unveil their Christmas attractions for the season, so for even more family fun outings this season, go to dfwchild.com/calendar.

11/10/2025

⬇️ Vote for your favorite family-friendly places and services in DFWChild's annual Best for Moms & Babies reader survey, open through December 15.

🎁 Tell us your faves for at least five categories (there's only 11 total), and you'll be entered into a drawing to win a $200 Target gift card. We’ll announce the gift card winner on December 18, 2025, and announce the survey winners in our February/March 2026 issue!

11/07/2025

Christmas may be on its way, but lights festivals? They’re already here. ⬇️ Check out the details at the link below for two returning festivals that take you through a forest trail filled with eerily cool light projections and through wild scenes created from silk lanterns—plus, more of our favorite kid-friendly events this weekend:

✨ Tianyu Lights Festival
🆓 Festival at the Switchyard
💫 Astra Lumina
🎸 Adoption Rocks, featuring the Poo Live Crew
🪔 Diwali Festival of Lights

11/06/2025

Pick up our November/December issue, now on newsstands and online at the link below ⬇️

In this issue, we’re planning ahead for the Christmas season, making space for talking kids’ mental health, and covering more topics that make our hearts flutter:

✨ The best holiday events for a family day out
🎼 Musician Lisa Renee Smith on reinvention after motherhood
😌 A parent’s guide to teaching emotional intelligence at every age
😬 Are your good intentions making your child more anxious?
🚫 What to do when you catch your child stealing
🗣️ How one Fort Worth mom is helping nonverbal kids be heard
🍬 Gingerbread house decorating classes tailor-made for kids
🏈 The joy when father and son’s interests finally align

Our cover kid:
📸 Ariana, age 5, of Irving, selected from DFWChild’s annual Model Search. (Want to give your kid a chance to be a cover kid? Model search registration has been extended through Nov. 16!)

Photography: Nick Prendergast
Hair/makeup: Lana Adams with Kim Dawson Agency

10/31/2025

⬇️ Our top picks for fall fests & Halloween parties this weekend. Find more details in the link below.

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