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If you need someone to watch the kids on New Year's Eve, book now before it's too late. And prepare yourself for cost! It's going to be about 20 percent higher than any other time of year.

If a cute new puppy is at the top of your kids' Christmas list, you might be running through the big list of pros and cons right now. Dogs are cute, but they poop. What else?

Since it's the holiday season, your money might be headed out of your wallet in several different directions right now. Well here's some free fun for the kids! Texas State Parks are letting kids 12 and under in free, and you can even take the dog.

At Halloween, the key for kids' movies might be that they're not too spooky. Just enough cute fright is festive, and it won't keep the kids up in the wee hours with nightmares. Did Texas kids follow the trend? They might have gone a little creepy with their choice for the best spooky movie.

Texas schools now have to notify parents within five days if a classmate has head lice, and the hope is the new rules will help stop the spread. And then Halloween happens! There's a huge spike in head lice cases this time of year, and wigs and masks may be to blame. Eeww.

As a parent, if you get a letter this year from your child's school saying a classmate has head lice, it's because a new Texas law requires the school to send it. But there is one instance that will remain undercover, and parents will never know.

With the school year getting underway, parents might be trying to think of unique ways to send the kids off on the new journey with something they'll remember. Some Texas parents have stumbled upon a pretty cool idea, and you can do this after the kids go to bed and surprise them in the morning.

The school year hasn't even started yet, and so far it's awesome to be a 4th grader. And parents, if you're lucky enough to have a 4th grader in the family like me, that's worth a free ticket to places like the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The whole family gets in free! Here's how it works.

Why are Texans missing the message that hot cars can kill? It's a mystery to me why these hot car deaths keep happening.  In one of the most recent cases, a mom apparently left her kids in the car on purpose, to teach them a lesson.

If you have kids ages 4 and up, here is a great summer activity.

Kids are already out of school and easing into their summer breaks. At some point, they are going to get tired of their internet capable devices, TV, and air conditioning. Send them out to play!

School's out, so how about an all night skate party? Kids are invited out to this event tonight in Lufkin (May 25th) 7 pm - 7 am Friday morning.