Toledo Parent

11/08/2025

✨ Enter our giveaway for a chance to win a cuddly holiday plush toys and The Luna StoryTime Projector! ✨

This cozy and creative duo makes the perfect gift for little ones, combining snuggles with magical storytelling to make the season bright.

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11/07/2025

✏️ Letter from The Editor! ✏️

Hear from our editor, Mary, about her family's Holiday traditions and what you can expect in our most recent print issue!

From our list of traditions around the Toledo area for you to consider and participate in this year to finding the perfect gift for a loved one in our Holiday Gift Guide featuring unique finds from local businesses.

Holiday traditions are beginning to take shape in my household. While I love the fall, I also enjoy welcoming the holiday season as early as possible. Despite some debate about when it is appropriate, we do begin playing holiday tunes before Thanksgiving. To spark ideas for creating holiday traditio...

11/07/2025

People with disabilities enrich our communities with diverse skills, talents, and perspectives. With strong, person-centered care teams and the right supports, everyone can thrive at home, school, work, and beyond.

Check out these resources to help build an Individualized Disability Support Team:

People with disabilities are vital members of our communities, bringing diverse skills, talents and perspectives that enrich everyone. They deserve the same opportunities and protections as all other people, yet too often, they encounter discrimination or are confronted with barriers in systems that...

11/06/2025

♏ Scorpio season is in full swing! ♏

Check out your little Scorpion's horoscope here:

Happy Birthday to your brilliant Scorpio child! With Neptune rising, their spirit is eager to create, to dream and to shape the unseen into something beautiful. This year is the perfect moment to guide them into the recesses of their own imagination, where their deepest creativity lives. Scorpio chi...

11/06/2025

Check out our Inclusive Indoor Fun in Toledo roundup!

With sensory-friendly hours, accessible features, and inclusive programming, these destinations make play more welcoming to all families all year around!

Get the full list here: https://toledoparent.com/columns/special-needs/inclusive-indoor-fun-in-toledo/

11/06/2025

Weekend Roundup! Check out our full calendar of events here: https://toledoparent.com/calendar/

🩰 Join Toledo Ballet for their Annual Tea with Clara with a delicious catered lunch, special performances by Toledo Ballet’s The Nutcracker cast, and festive activities for all ages.

🐕 Check out Toledo Humane Society's annual Craft Show with vendors, raffles, refreshments & more!

🏹 Get out and glow with Metroparks Toledo's glow in the dark archery this Saturday.

📯 Come support the next generation of musicians at the Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert on Sunday at The Toledo Museum of Art

11/05/2025

Getting kids excited about homework or chores can feel like an uphill battle. But what if instead of fighting their love of screens and instant rewards, we used it?

Gamify everyday tasks — with clear goals, fun rewards, and a sense of progress — transform eye rolls into motivation. Discover how turning mundane routines into mini challenges can build responsibility and make life a little easier.

Let's face it: digital age kids may be less thrilled by the prospect of doing chores or homework than the children of yesteryear. The eye rolls and dramatic sighs may, perhaps, be more exhausting than just doing those chores yourself. But what if, instead of battling digital temptation, we harnessed...

11/05/2025

The Lucas County Parent Advocacy and Leadership Project is inviting parents and caregivers to its upcoming Parent Café this Thursday!

The free community program will take place on Thursdays and participants will engage in open, roundtable discussions with other parents and caretakers who share similar joys, concerns and questions about raising children.

The Lucas County Parent Advocacy and Leadership Project invites parents and caregivers to participate in its upcoming Parent Café, a free community program designed to foster connection, learning and support among families. The Parent Café will take place on Thursdays, November 6, 13 and 20, from ...

11/05/2025

🩰 The holiday season is in full swing and our November/December issue is now on stands! 🩰

Chcek out our Holiday Gift Guide, our Disability Friendly Guide, get a sneak peek into Toledo Ballet's production of The Nutcracker and more!

Read the digital issue here: https://toledoparent.com/digital-issue/digital-issue-november-december-2025/

11/04/2025

New tuition-free, virtual K–8 public charter school, Jefferson Classical Academy of Ohio, is now open.

Bringing the principles of classical education rooted in the Socratic method, logic, rhetoric, and character development, to students across the state.

We spoke with Ron Packard, Founder and CEO of ACCEL Schools, about the future of education in the age of AI.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere—in classrooms, workplaces, even living rooms. As algorithms get smarter and faster, the question grows sharper: what skills will students need to thrive in a world where machines can process information at lightning speed? For Ron Packard, Founder and CEO of A...

11/03/2025

Governor Mike DeWine has launched the Child Care Cred Program, a $10 million initiative addressing the high cost of child care.

The Child Care Cred Program aims to keep parents in the workforce without compromising on quality child care by sharing the financial responsibility among families, employers and the state.

In a major effort to make child care more affordable for working families and strengthen Ohio's workforce, Governor Mike DeWine has announced the official launch of the Child Care Cred Program, a $10 million initiative created through Ohio’s biennial budget for fiscal years 2026–2027. The progra...

11/01/2025

Parenting teens is unpredictable... Check out this writer's 20 things, both funny and serious, that surprised her about having a teenage boy.

I grew up the middle of three girls, sandwiched between two sisters. Yup, I’m just like Jan Brady, minus the bonus brothers. My sisters and I filled our teenage years with activities like sports, theater and student council. We also filled them with hairspray, platform sandals and scrunchies. Livi...