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Still, when he returned home, he began to feel the isolation. “Being bored is bad for a lot of people,” said Charlie, who is using a pseudonym to protect his identity. Still, he feels lucky he has been able to continue therapy. “It helps a lot to talk to someone,” he said. A recent survey by ParentsTogether found that 70 percent of children surveyed reported feeling sad, overwhelmed and worried. A little less than half of the parents questioned said their kids have been struggling with mental wellness since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Dr. Mariam Wahby, a licensed marria...

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“There has to be community involvement to make sure it stays clean,” said Brawnwen Ranck, director of philanthropy and engagement with the Bayou Preservation Association. The event comes ahead of the future installation of a segment of trail from Stella Link Road to South Rice Avenue, which is under review and planned for sometime in 2022, according to the Houston Parks Board, the group managing the project. It is part of the board’s $220 million Bayou Greenways 2020 project, a public-private partnership that has been building out 150 miles of new trails and 3,000 acres of green space a...

The National Book Award winner chats with us about writing what she knows. By Chris Vognar 4/19/2021 at 12:39pm Susan Choi wants you to know that CAPA, the performing arts high school at the center of her National Book Award-winning novel Trust Exercise, is not supposed to be Houston’s Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She understands why you might think it is. Choi attended Kinder (then known as HSPVA) from 1983 to 1986—but she liked it. “I didn’t know until I got there that there were places like that where kids who are interested in creativity coul...

Shannon Walker becomes first native Houstonian to command International Space Station Dylan Connell, Chelsey Ballarte, Johnson Space Center Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Shannon Walker to become first native Houstonian to command International Space Station (NASA) HOUSTON – For the first time in history, a native Houstonian has taken command of the International Space Station. Veteran Shannon Walker accepted command of the space station on Thursday in a ceremony that began at 2:45 p.m. CDT. Walker is a veteran astronaut who was not only born and raised in the Bayou City but also earned a...