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Missoula plant and seed swap helps families start gardening

Missoula, Mont. — Missoula Public Health brought people together for a plant and seed swap aimed at helping people start their own gardens while building community connections. The event focused on giving kids and families supplies they could use at home. Organizers said people could find a range of gardening items

'Hands off': Teddy bear tale teaches French preschoolers consent

'Hands off': Teddy bear tale teaches French preschoolers consent

Preschoolers watch attentively as French actor Lucie Langlais Vignon, 41, holds up stuffed toys to tell the story of the bear cub who scolds the duckling for reaching up her skirt. "Hands off kitty, they're my private parts," the teddy sings to the duck -- and to

Workplace visits change how children view everyday jobs

Workplace visits give kids a front-row seat to jobs that used to live only in textbooks. Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 23 encourages children to enter real work environments, where tasks, tools and interactions are seen firsthand. That access replaces classroom assumptions with direct

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows

(STATE COLLEGE, PENN.) Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was an accomplished dentist and a loving mom to two teenage children. On April 16, 2026, she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who then killed himself, according to news reports. This apparent intimate partner murder-suicide

Montana For Palestine to host third annual Ink Out Loud Event

Montana For Palestine to host third annual Ink Out Loud Event

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article stated that MT4P was founded in 2020, the Bozeman chapter was created in 2022, the Ink Out Loud event is the organization’s largest fundraiser and that MT4P is currently supporting 15 families. The article was corrected online on April 9

Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse

Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse

(BOISE, IDAHO) Among the most disorienting things about President Donald Trump’s public language is how easily it can feel numbing and shocking in the same moment. He says something outrageous, the country recoils, and then the recoil itself begins to feel familiar. As a scholar who studies presidential rhetoric,

Do parents who drink influence their kids’ future alcohol habits?

Do parents who drink influence their kids’ future alcohol habits?

By Stephen Beech Parents' boozy habits really do rub off on their children, according to new research. The alcohol and drug use of moms and dads has a major influence on their children's future consumption, the study suggests. But stricter parenting styles can break the “like father,