Hawai‘i Parent Hacks: 22 Cooking Tips and Tricks to Try at Home
Make your life easier with drip-free ice pops, no-mess bacon, perfect-peel eggs and more.
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Up For the Challenge? Brighten Up Your Communities With “Chalk Your Walk Hawaiʻi”
Join our #ChalkYourWalkHI challenge this spring to spread aloha in your neighborhoods.
Remember When: How to Record Your Family’s History in Hawai‘i
Recording family history can be a fun and fascinating project for keiki and kūpuna. Here are tips for how to start, what to ask and how to turn storytime into history time.
Raising Keiki in COVID-19: A Letter to My Son on His Graduation During a Pandemic
An O‘ahu dad has words of wisdom for his only child who will start college on the Mainland during the coronavirus pandemic.
How To Give Your Keiki a Haircut at Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Photo: Courtesy of Laura Dornbush You have worn many hats during the COVID-19 pandemic—parent, teacher, concierge, short- order cook, to name a few—but I bet you never thought hairstylist would be one of them. Of course, if you are like…
Free Meals For Keiki Extend Through Summer Break 2020
Photo: Hawaiʻi Department of Education (Updated May 28, 2020) Although public schools in Hawaiʻi officially end Thursday, May 28, keiki will continue receiving free meals at select locations through Friday, July 17, as part of the Seamless Summer Option, a meal distribution program…
Teaching Kids in Hawai‘i To Stay Cool, Calm and Collected
How do adults teach keiki in Hawai‘i to have social emotional skills? Plus, advice from a mom whose child died in the Sandy Hook School shooting.
Living with a Quaran-TEEN!
Art by James Nakamura While the world is coming together to fight the mother of all viruses, I—a mother—am fighting the urge to not lose my **** with my teenage daughter. My angry adolescent somehow blames me, not her dad, for ruining…
Join HONOLULU Family's Virtual Easter Egg Hunt
Springtime parties and bunny sightings may have been canceled due to the lockdown, but that shouldn’t stop your keiki from having fun this Easter. Join HONOLULU Family as we roll out a Virtual Easter Egg Hunt! Every day this week, at least one post on HONOLULU…
Local Artists Share 38 Printable Coloring Sheets That Are Fun, Fabulous and Free!
Photo: Courtesy of Keiki Kaukau Parents, the craft box is running low, along with your patience (and wine!). And, the kids have blank tech faces from weeks of online learning. So, what better way to start off the weekend than with…
In The Age of Coronavirus, How Do Hawaiʻi's Families Entertain Keiki At Home?
Photo: Getty Images As schools across Hawaiʻi extend spring break—or move to distance learning to stop the spread of COVID-19 disease—families are finding creative ways to amuse their kids at home. We asked parents to share their ideas for in-home entertainment. We'd love to hear…
Just Two Days Into Working at Home With Kids Because of Coronavirus, How Will We All Survive?
Photos: Christi YoungMy home office is now in the kitchen. My view is a messy bulletin board, oven and counters I need to clean. Editor's Note: Wednesday, March 18, the state Department of Education announced that public schools will remain…
6 Kid-Friendly Murals at POW! WOW! Hawai‘i 2020
Photos by Cathy Cruz-George Every year, my art-obsessed daughter gets excited when the Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi street festival comes to town. Dozens of artists from the state and across the globe come together for one week to create wall-sized murals in Kakaʻako—which happens to be our…
Meet a Brave 5-Year-Old Who Has Undergone More Than 10 Surgeries
During a prenatal visit with their doctor nearly six years ago, Kainoa Friel and her husband, Calen, learned in a 3D sonogram that their soon-to-be-born daughter, Haumea, had a birth defect called proximal femoral focal deficiency, or PFFD. Approximately one in 200,000…
Why Did The Hawaiʻi Children's Discovery Center Cancel Its Keiki Swap Meets?
Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiʻi Children's Discovery Center UPDATE on Monday, Feb. 24: The Hawaiʻi Children's Discovery Center's leaders have informed HONOLULU Family that the City and County of Honolulu will allow them to continue hosting Keiki Swap Meets in Kaka'ako Park. Children no…
Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi Introduces a New Cookie Flavor
Photo: Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Hawaii Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi is getting ready to hit up your local neighborhood and grocery stores with Girl Scout Cookie sales. This year, the cookie program has a new flavor and bold, new packaging. The new flavor? Lemon-Ups, a crispy, lemony confection baked with inspirational…
Hawaiʻi Department of Education Wants Your Opinion About Your Kids' Schools
Photo: Getty Images Do your children attend public or charter schools? The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) wants to know how satisfied you are with the school system. Over the next few weeks, students in grades 3-12 will get hard copies of the School…
This Honolulu Teacher Challenged His Students to a Digital Detox—Here’s What Happened
Photo: Getty Images What happens when a teacher bans his students from using phones, tablets and TV—for several months? That was the fate of 20 fourth graders at Kaimukī Christian School back in January 2019, when their teacher, Marcus Nakamura, launched a “No Screen Challenge." No texting allowed.…
New Year, New Adorable Hawai‘i Toys from Keiki Kaukau
Photo: Courtesy of Keiki KaukauMore Keiki Kaukau set, $35 Infusing more local love into our keiki’s playtime is one of those resolutions we try to work on all year round. So, we were thrilled to hear that O‘ahu mom and…
Take Five: Start the New Year Clutter-Free
Illustration: Getty Images Is your home filled with holiday décor, half-opened gifts and school papers from last semester? Now is a great time to declutter! For tips, we turned to Nancy Nino, owner of Aloha Organizers: 1. Dig Deep. Decluttering…
Top 5 Memberships to Gift your Keiki for Christmas
Photo: Getty Images My 3-year-old son, Duke, is asking Santa for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Action Figure and Daniel Tiger Trolley this year. Of course, I know he’ll play with the toys for two weeks and then they will…
How to Teach Keiki To Have an "Attitude of Gratitude"
Photo: Getty Images The Japanese custom of bringing back “omiyage,” or gifts from travels, has turned into a tradition for many Hawai‘i residents. A trip to the Mainland usually means bringing back a suitcase of goodies from Trader Joe’s to…
New Book For Keiki: Kai Goes to the Farmers Market
Photo: Catherine Toth Fox An adorable new book for keiki, Kai Goes to the Farmers Market, tells the story of Kai, a preschooler who is not thrilled to join his mother at an early-morning farmers market. When she introduces him to the world of Hawaiʻi-grown foods, Kai decides that shopping…
Meet the Scholastic Kid Reporter from Hawaiʻi
Photo: Courtesy of Sara Does (Lucia's mom) A 10-year-old from O’ahu has been selected from a pool of thousands of children worldwide to be one of 50 Scholastic Kid Reporters. Lucia Dong—a fifth grader at Kamiloiki Elementary School—will write online stories for Scholastic…
