Grevy's zebra, red pandas, wolf cubs and more stick close to parents.
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Adler's new lab lets kids launch a thousand space experiments
Expect dirty hands and racing minds at the planetarium's Community Design Lab
Welcome summer the Chicago way: At street fairs with kid fare
Summer 2015 street fairs for families
British researchers are paying mothers to breast-feed
15 things to do at the library besides reading
Some aren't about books at all
5 fun area bike rides for families
Hit the trails with the whole crew on one of these five family-friendly bike rides.
15 things to do with the kids May 18-24
Robots, Big Bird and biking the drive offer fun for all
Sure, fine jewelry is always appreciated but it's not always realistic. Here are five gifts Mom can use within hours, or for years to come. (And as a gift to you, some of them happen to be on sale.)
5 highlights of Stages, Sights & Sounds
Stages, Sights & Sounds offers theater, film and workshops a child can enjoy
Big Bird reflects on life, kids and his film bio
He thought about flying the coop more than once, but at 81, he still hasn't
Parenting a daunting challenge for millennials
Millennials starting a family today face a double disadvantage that makes it more difficult to have children than it was for their parents or grandparents.
5 ways young fans can join NFL draft fun at Grant Park
The NFL draft heads to Chicago for the first time in 50 years, and Grant Park will be transformed into Draft Town, billed as the ultimate football fan experience ¿ for kids too.
The disturbing differences in what men want in their wives and their daughters
Stormtroopers and Wonder Women unite at C2E2
C2E2 aren't the latest Star Wars characters, but they'll be at this Chicago comic expo
5 picture books that bound into spring
Poetry and bold color leap off the pages
Lessons lost on claw game wins
Since the late 1990s, the arcade industry has made a push to make games easier to win. So how are parents supposed to teach children to lose gracefully?
'Free-range kids' are biggest victims in fight over parenting
In the bizarre, nationwide culture war over how much freedom children should have to play outside alone, the youngest combatants are the ones being damaged the most.
7 reasons "free-range" parenting makes people nervous
12 ways for families to honor Earth Day and Arbor Day
Family-friendly activities that help the planet, just in time for Earth Day and Arbor Day
Spring deserves an especially warm welcome after the winter we've been through. Get outside to get the blood pumping with the kids -- or find fun indoors on an April showery day -- at these events around Chicago.