From disbelief to genuine interest, you get all different kinds of reactions when you tell people you are cycling across the United States. People assume the 4,100 mile trek from […]
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Creating Family Traditions: 10 Things You Can Do With Your Family This Fall
Creating traditions within your family is a great way to provide children with beautiful memories and a feeling of stability, while giving a nod to the nostalgia of your past. […]
Foster Parenting: Challenging? You Bet. But Worth the Effort.
Senta Burton is passionate about advocating for families. She stands for children, but also for parents – both birth parents and foster parents. A mother of six, Senta’s four younger […]
Localicious: A Time For Thanks… & Stuffing
Thanksgiving is a time of traditions, a time to be thankful, a celebration of the changing seasons, and a feast to be shared and enjoyed by all. Likely every family […]
5 Great Reasons Why Your Kids (and You!) Should Be Running
Are you as amazed as I am at how much endless energy our kids seem to have? Always running here and there, bounding upstairs or down, dashing in and out […]
Be the Change: Dr. Richard Allen Fiske – Maestro of Music
It’s Wednesday afternoon at Shasta College, and students are filing into the music building lugging their thick black instrument cases. The violins and cellos get tuned and horns warm up […]
It Takes a Village… or an Issue of North State Parent
It’s often said that raising a child takes a village, and at North State Parent magazine our main goal has always been to provide the support, resources and information needed […]
An Opportunity for Outdoor Adventure: NatureBridge in Yosemite
In 1989, a colleague of The McConnell Foundation’s President, Lee Salter mentioned to him an outdoor education program he thought the Foundation should get involved with. It turned out to […]
Putting Yourself On The Shelf? Parental Permission To Get A Life!
Don’t expect any alarms to go off when you turn your back on the things you once loved now that you have children. Most parents are unaware of any conscious […]
Entrepreneurial Moms: Questions To Ask Yourself Before Starting A Home-Based Business
AÂ home-based business gives moms the opportunity to have the best of both worlds. We can contribute to our family income and still be home with our children. Instead of making […]
This Season’s Harvest Happenings
Autumn is here and it’s time to begin or continue a traditional visit to harvest events in our region. Pumpkins, colorful gourds and winter squash all provide a cornucopia of […]
A Fusion of Fun and History – AutumnFest at the Patrick Ranch Museum
Looking for something fun, but not scary, to do during the month of October with the kids? How about painting a live donkey and taking your child’s picture with it? […]
Ways To Combat Distracted Driving
We hear all the time about teens getting into car crashes because they were texting while driving. We’ve seen the heart-breaking public service announcements about a teen’s last text before […]
