Harold and the Purple Crayon – A KIDSFIRST! Movie Review
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon [Read More]
Sozo Children to Showcase Local Chefs During “Evening of Dreams” Annual Fundraising Gala at Haven
Sozo Children International, a Birmingham, Alabama based nonprofit ministry dedicated to serving at-risk children in Uganda, will host its annual fundraising Gala at Haven on Friday, August 23, 2024. Building upon Birmingham’s reputation as a foodie city, the “Evening of Dreams” will feature a Birmingham Chef Showcase spotlighting local chefs who [Read More]
Make Plans for Summer Fun at UAB Legacy Family Day on Aug. 11
At Legacy Family Day, play games on the Campus Green, race rubber ducks in the Rec Center pool, dunk a UAB celebrity and more. Enjoy the last days of summer with an afternoon of fun and games at Legacy Family Day on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented [Read More]
My Spy: The Eternal City – A KIDSFRIST! Movie Review
The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations. When Sophie’s high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in [Read More]
Tips for Kids to Stay Safe this Summer
While camps, pools and playgrounds fill up, experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham discuss the importance of parents’ staying alert and taking steps to keep children safe. “Warm weather months bring fun times, but they can hold many hidden harms,” says David Schwebel, Ph.D., director of the youth safety lab at [Read More]
Twisters – A KIDSFIRST! Movie Review
Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi to test a groundbreaking [Read More]
Rise In PTSD and ASD in College Students
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Education and Human Sciences shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) diagnoses have risen significantly in American college students since 2017. Published in JAMA Network Open, researchers studied more than 392,000 college students from 2017-2022. The rates of PTSD [Read More]
Strategies to Ace Back-to-School
Back-to-school can be an exciting – and overwhelming – time for both kids and parents. The sun-filled days of summer shift into the scheduled school days of fall, often with new routines, new teachers, and new classmates. Mornings before school can be hectic and stressful, especially at the beginning of [Read More]
Milestone Achievement for NCHPD at UAB
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has now marked 25 years of pioneering inclusive health promotion and wellness programs for people with disabilities. “Inclusion in health promotion is a fundamental human right, much like the impact of curb cuts, ramps and accessible bathrooms decades [Read More]
Fly Me To the Moon – A KIDSFIRST! Movie Review
Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up and the countdown [Read More]