Nashville Parent Magazine

09/09/2026

09/09/2026

💖 🍼 Another one of the AMAZING vendors attending The Baby Fair - Rutherford (happening THIS Saturday, Sept. 12 at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Rutherford) is THE BIRTHING WELL, a comprehensive pregnancy and postpartum wellness center in Smyrna, TN.

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Register for the FREE event 👇

09/09/2026

WHAT DAY IS IT?! This , we're giving away a family four-pack to "Mother Goose" at Nashville Children's Theatre. To enter, comment below the code word from last week's newsletter by 9 p.m. Like/share/tag a friend to increase your chance of winning! GOOD LUCK! 😊

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09/09/2026

Coaching readers: Make it fun, from infancy!

Raising a child in Tennessee, there’s a phrase that can make even the most relaxed parent sit up a little straighter: third-grade reading. You know about Tennessee’s third-grade promotion requirements. Maybe

09/09/2026

THIS Saturday! The Green Hills Park Festival is BACK with face painters, bounce houses, obstacles courses, T-Rac, an outdoor movie and more. 😎

Details 👇

09/09/2026

Who's ready?! 🏈

09/08/2026

It's Baby Fair time this Saturday!!! Come join in the fun at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Rutherford starting at 10 a.m.!

Expecting moms and dads can register to attend The Baby Fair - Rutherford, taking place on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.

09/08/2026

More, more, more testing. The TN Department of Education has added an ungraded writing "field" test to next year's TCAPs. These will be used strictly to evaluate new test questions. So in the spring of 2027, for example, third graders will have an additional 40 minutes added to their ELA test, making it a whopping 220 minute test. And that's just the English component. Thoughts?

09/08/2026

Admit it! You step in pretty regularly to move your little one along ... but are you stopping him from learning? Now read this!

Picture this: It’s 8:12 a.m. on a Tuesday. You are staring down the barrel of a morning meeting, your iced coffee is sweating on the counter and your 4-year-old has