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A simple swimsuit color choice could make kids easier or harder to spot underwater. Here's what water safety experts say parents should know before heading to the pool, lake, or beach this summer.

As kids latch onto the latest fidget craze, parents are finding themselves in a bit of a travel pickle.

New York State Announces All School Districts to Get FREE Universal Pre-K

A new toy safety report highlights dangerous toys for 2025. Here’s what Central New York parents should avoid this holiday season.

Here are some hacks to make your travel time with the kiddos this holiday a little less chaotic.

Two students were unintentionally given cannabis-infused gummies during class, sending them to the hospital.

There was a very big mandate that was going to be happening in New York State and it just might be optional if some lawmakers have their way.

This museum celebrates fun and games from our childhood and you can vote for it to be one of the top ten children's museums in the United States.

Although 'Home Alone' is a movie, would you get in legal trouble if you left your child home alone in New York state in real life?

Get ready for a fun-filled adventure as LEGOLAND New York Resort announces the exciting LEGO DUPLO PEPPA PIG Playground, coming in 2025.

The memories live on, but the property is run down. After 25-plus years, look at what beloved Frontier Town has become. Sad to think that this once was a bustling amusement park. Under new plans, they are hoping to transform the rodeo arena into a modern one with a grandstand for horse shows, and barrel races, and to hold country music concerts.

In New York State, where dreams take flight, there's a Dr. Seuss book that shines so bright.

Look, the baby at least seems happy.

If your kids participate in any indoor sports in the Capital Region, chances are they have had a game at one of the Afrim's Sports complexes. Now there will be a fifth location. This time it's up north.

If your kids have Snapchat, you should see this latest trending alert.

Every summer, The Palace Theater in downtown Albany announces the free "Summer in the City" movies they will show. These family-friendly movies will be shown in July and August for the 2023 season

This is the time of year when you start planning your summer, including somewhere for your kids to go to summer camp. The best summer camp in the country is in Upstate New York. Ask parents in the Capital Region and they already know how great this camp is. Now the whole country knows.

Are your kids Fortnite obsessed and have been for years? Well, you may be getting an Epic refund.

Hoffman's Playland was an amusement park in Latham from 1952 until 2014. Even though many of the rides were relocated to Huck Finn's Playland in Albany, Hoffman's holds a soft spot in many Capital Region families' hearts. Take a look at abandoned Hoffman's Playland.

With approval from the Schenectady City Council, millions have been secured to build the new Central Park pool project. The cost of the original project has nearly doubled but funds have been approved.

There is nothing that could have prepared these elementary school cafeteria workers for what they found in a shipment of bananas at an Upstate New York primary school. One of them discovered a scorpion and it was alive!

Unfortunately, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for kids in the Untied State and it is not because of the candy. New York State wants you to put this on your kids' costumes this year.

It's not exactly light-hearted.

How many of these have you been to?

There is a fun way to get into the fall spirit for the whole family this weekend in Saratoga. It's the 8th Annual Giant Pumpkinfest. It highlights agriculture and the largest pumpkins you've ever seen!

A new study by Wallethub ranking all fifty states and the District of Columbia on early childhood education puts New York in the bottom ten.

A precious little boy professing his love for corn is currently winning the hearts of the collective internet.

The Capital Region’s biggest Encanto fans are getting the chance to sing along with Disney’s smash hit live at SPAC.

Your kids' favorite dog family starring Bluey is coming to the Capital Region in 2023 and tickets are on sale now! There are VIP packages available too for this fun stage show.

There is another beautiful park being built in Clifton Park. The thirty-seven acres were purchased from the Shenendehowa Central School District back in 2017. Now the new park will begin construction.