Your kid is thirsty, you get up and get him a drink. Your kid’s room is a mess, you clean it.

As if keeping with the laws isn’t already a challenge, on Sept. 1, there will be 774 bills going into effect after being passed by the recent Texas legislative session.

A well-dressed person can go a long way in life. A naked person can’t go nearly as far…especially in snow.

The American Association of Colleges and Universities defines inclusion as “the active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathetic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions.”

Not long ago I saw a survey that said people are more outspoken than they used to be. So last month -- accompanied by a recorder, my friend, George, and his dog Gopher -- we conducted our very own poll.

According to the CDC, the number of estimated deaths from melanoma is higher in the Texas Panhandle than in any other region in Texas. Because Texas summers bring sun with high temperatures and intense UV rays, health experts say it’s critical for people to protect their skin.

This story was passed along to me by a friend. What would you do? Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of a student delivered a speech, and shared a question: “When not interfered by outside influence, everything nature does is perfection.

The recovery process has begun following the Maui, Hawaii wildfires that destroyed Lahaina and killed at least 93 people, with many struggling to find a place to stay. Despite the devastation, Hawaiian officials have stressed the island is not closed to tourists – particularly the eastern side that was unaffected by wildfires, forcing residents to compete with tourists for housing.

Newspapers across the nation are reacting to a police raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper, which is prompting a major First Amendment fight. The Marion County Record was raided by Marion Police Department, which confiscated computers, cell phones and a vast range of other reporting materials.

Traveling by air has become more expensive and a greater challenge these days, from booking a flight and getting to the airport, checking in, boarding the plane, layovers and finally getting luggage on arrival.