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…
