North State Parent magazine

A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

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A Love Letter to Student Artists

An invitation to submit student art For the 18th year, Chico Art Center is inviting secondary school art teachers to select their most expressive and skillful student work for a […]

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Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation: A Sanctuary for Animals And Their Admirers

Roberta Kirshner has been enjoying a life of caring for animals since she was nine years old, and still can’t wait to wake up each morning to her colorful life […]

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Canine Companions – Service Dogs Helping People with Disabilities

One in four Americans live with a disability and national nonprofit Canine Companions is here to help. Canine Companions is the largest national nonprofit provider of service dogs in the […]

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The Joy of Decluttering

Spring and summer are the ideal times to go through the house with decluttering and sprucing up the space in mind. As warmer weather brings more people outside, consider hosting […]

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Building the Parent-Child Bond

The first and most important relationship we have in our lives is the one with our parents. Children learn how to love, play, interact and resolve conflict through the bond […]

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Northern Summit Academy Creates A Bridge Between School and Career

Northern Summit Academy, a tuition-free, public charter school in Anderson, focuses on helping its almost 200 students create goals for a future career and life after high school graduation. According […]

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Seven Habits of Healthy Families Planning Quality Time Together

An important characteristic of healthy families is that they spend time doing enjoyable activities with each other. With the demands of school, work, sports and technology, it’s sometimes hard for […]

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Teen Clubs — Life Skills and Learning Beyond the Classroom

Parents with pre-teens and teenagers, know that extracurricular activities and clubs look good on college applications, and at the same time, they can offer valuable life skills and learning experiences […]

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Chico Country Day School’s Project Based Learning

A public charter school, Chico Country Day School (CCDS) works with its students to put on a twice-yearly Exhibition of Learning, a vital component of the CCDS Project-Based Learning model. […]

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Empower Tehama – Helping Stop the Cycle of Domestic Violence

In its first four weeks, “Maid,” a 2021 TV series telling the true story of a woman fleeing domestic violence with her young daughter, was Netflix’s top watched miniseries of […]

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Protecting Kids from Diet Culture

David’s mom is fat. She needs to go on a diet.” When my sweet kindergartener innocently uttered this line after school one day, I couldn’t hide my shock. After experiencing […]

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Lying or Pretending? Teaching Kids to Tell the Truth

Somewhere around the age of three, when children begin to understand parents may not know what they actually did or didn’t do, your precious little angel may begin to tell […]

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Rare Genes Day – Raising Awareness in the North State

Rare Disease Day — also known as Rare Genes Day — is a globally coordinated movement that takes place around the last day of February, and will be celebrated with […]

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Create Intimacy Without Taking Your Clothes Off

By the time your kids are asleep, your mood is exhausted, not erotic. In theory, you want to connect with your partner. In reality, you’re too tired to make the […]

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Shaundra Pelkey – A School “Psycho Lady” Who’s Passionate About Helping Struggling Kids

During Shaundra Pelkey’s first week as school psychologist at Antelope Elementary School District (AESD) in Red Bluff, CA, she met with a fourth-grade student who struggled with significant behavior issues. […]