Where it All Started About four years ago, Bethany Mercer attended a FIT4MOM Stroller Strides class in Chico, CA. With a three-year-old son and a ten-month-old daughter, Bethany certainly had […]
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Teen Job Match: A New Way to Help Teens Find Jobs
Helping Teenage Job Hunters For teenage job hunters, the challenges of landing a job can seem insurmountable. Four years ago, when Timothy McClurg’s daughter Dakota began looking for a job […]
New Teen Driver in Your Family? Promote Safety with Practice and Patience
Lowering Their Risk Your teenager’s itching to get into the driver’s seat and you’re terrified? Parents have good reason to feel panicky. The Centers for Disease Control reports that drivers between […]
Gymnastics in the North State
Raising the Bar For the Ross family, gymnastics started almost 15 years ago as a diversion tactic, a way to occupy three-year-old Reid during his older sister’s dance lessons in […]
Challenges and Benefits of Having a Sibling with Special Needs
Having a sibling with special needs is a unique experience that provides both challenges and benefits to children. While there is no doubt that they love their sibling with special […]
10 Things Every Autism Parent Should Know
Words of Wisdom for Special Needs Parents, From Special Needs Parents Like most parents of children with special needs, author Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer found herself navigating uncharted waters when her son […]
3 Easy Day Hikes for the Whole Family
Get Out and Get Hiking! The North State hosts a wide variety of trails suitable for day hikers of all abilities, from toddlers to gung-ho adults. I should know. I’m […]
Why Take Your Children to Museums?
A Place for Curiosity Museums are wondrous places in which curiosity is not stifled but rather encouraged. They offer seemingly endless expansions of the mind; encouraging thought, imagination, integration, involvement, […]
The Benefits of Eating Locally
Could You Be a More Locavore Family? Want food that tastes amazing? You can’t beat local, in-season food. Other benefits of eating locally include eating more real food, knowing where […]
Creating A Birth Plan
A Birth Plan? Why? The birth of a baby is one of the most exciting and important life events that a woman will have. Each birth is unique, just as […]
Ukulele Club: Fun With Four Strings At Sierra View Elementary School
Sierra View Elementary School’s Ukulele Club Sierra View Elementary School in Chico, CA might have the pluckiest club in the county: Ukulele Club. Several years ago, Cathy Frost, Sierra View’s […]
The Arts in Education is for All Children
A Well Rounded Education Children need the arts in their education, whether public, charter, private, or home-schooling; studies have shown this again and again. The arts are required subjects in […]
Localicious: Snacks that Go
Like most busy moms I am always looking for new ideas for grab-and-go snacks that are easy, nutritious and well-liked. Below are a few simple recipes that have been vetted […]
