“I want a pony!” You may have heard this classic refrain from your own child recently. Many children go through an obsessive horse phase. As a horse-loving eight-year-old, I lavished our […]
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Give Dance A Chance: 21 Reasons To Try Consistent Classes
Don’t be fooled by glittery costumes and false eyelashes – competitive dancers are athletes who deserve to be taken just as seriously as participants in any other sport. Dance at […]
Two Schools In The North State Provide Students Unique Educational Opportunities
These days, parents have multiple options for choosing the best educational path for their children. In the past, choices for educating children were primarily public or religious schools. Alternatives now […]
New-Puppy Success – Suggestions for Navigating the First Days
Nothing makes a house feel like a home and bonds a family together better than a scampering young bundle of fur, grrrs and face-licks. But let’s keep things real, folks. […]
Localicious: TBar Pairs Fusion Cuisine and Refreshing Drinks for Cool Results
I was in the mood for something quick and light, so I headed over to Tea Bar and Fusion Café, aka “TBar.” It was lunchtime and the place was hopping. The […]
Siskiyou County Schools Tackle Tobacco
“Eighty-one percent of California teenagers prefer dating non-smokers,” recites Maya, a Butteville Elementary sixth grade student who is rehearsing for one of a series of recorded tobacco awareness ads to […]
Soaring with Eagle Scouts
Commitment and dedication are traits that you might expect to find in an Eagle Scout, but Ron Zufall has taken those traits to another level with his 41-year relationship with […]
Be the Change: Kerry Cordy – The Courage To Transform
Kerry Cordy, owner and founder of Frontier Girls, a nationwide program offered as an alternative to Girl Scouts, lives by Gandhi’s edict “Become the change you want to see.” When […]
Neighborhood Block Parties: Meeting in the Middle of the Road
Today’s world, where we are afforded every modern convenience and all the trappings of technology to stay connected, is usually anything but conducive to building real relationships with the people […]
When Women Bond
For as long as humans have roamed the earth, women have bonded for child-rearing, spiritual growth, and social and intellectual causes. Cavewomen raised their children together in extended families. Ancient […]
Children’s Oral Health Care – Myths Every Parent Should Know
All parents want what is best for their children, but no one has all the answers. Take oral health for example. Over the last decade, oral health has become an […]
When Your Neighbor Has a Child with a Disability
Who doesn’t want their child to have friends … to be popular, well liked, respected, invited to parties and play dates? Now put your feet into the shoes of a […]
Understanding Dyslexia
Sitting with a small group of second graders, listening as each took a turn reading aloud, it struck me how reading came so easily for some and with such difficulty […]
