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5-year-old Lexys Lamp was diagnosed with DIPG, a cancerous brain tumor, this past September. DIPG has a 0% survival rate and Lexys was given 9-12 months to live. This hasn't stopped Lexys from looking forward to her 6th birthday which is coming up on August 27th and her wish is to have birthday cards sent to her.

It's no secret that nursing homes aren't the most pleasant places to be, so a retirement community decided to make a change. A retirement community in Seattle Washington decided to combine a nursing home with a preschool, that way it is a win win for all involved...

Pajamas are being recalled due to a fire risk.

This is great news if you're a parent, but not so great news if you're a baby sitter. The average rate for a baby sitter in Grand Rapids sits at $11.31 an hour. That is the cheapest rate in the U.S., according to Care.com.

An elderly West Michigan man recently got a real shock when he found out that he had a 61-year-old son, despite trying unsuccessfully to have children with his wife throughout their marriage.

If you have had "the talk" with your parents you know how awkward and uncomfortable that was. Now, imagine that talk being video taped!

It's all about how you raise your kids.

Lets not show him Steven King's "IT"

Starting Jan. 1, the Michigan Department of Community Health will have more rules going into effect that will make it harder for parents to refuse immunizing their children.

Children want dolls that look like them? Who would have thought?

Grammy Award-winning singer and entertainer Usher is working with children's books publisher Scholastic in launching its Open a World of Possible initiative to help elevate the importance and joy of reading for children.

Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan today. Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram with your back-to-school pictures from greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan. Let's show our pride pictorially about our students, children and kids.