North State Parent magazine

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

Family Life & Support

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Breastfeeding: Challenges and Solutions

As an Integrative Airway and Feeding chiropractor, I love helping moms and babies with breastfeeding issues. My journey with these families often begins during the prenatal phase. Comfortable prenatal experiences […]

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Showing Up for Children Makes a Lasting Impression On Their Brains

Showing up in our lives and in the lives of our children is the juicy nectar of living fully. There is big meaning in that sentence. Take a moment to […]

Dania Shelton holding Elan, with mother Maria Applequist, Roi, Lincoln and Haddon.

Be Well Postpartum: 7 Tips for a Healthy Postpartum Experience

Throughout your pregnancy, you eat the right foods, drink plenty of fluids, rest and try to keep stress to a minimum. You might think once your baby arrives that you […]

Resource parents open their home and hearts to a children in need.

What is a Resource Parent? – How to Open Your Home and Heart to Children in Need

Here in the North State, approximately 1,350 children are not able to remain in their own homes. The Department of Social Services matches these children with a resource family where […]

The whole family benefits when dads are more active in their children’s lives. Photo by Kimberly Parodi

Science Says Fathers Need to Step Up to Increase Children’s Wellbeing

Dads are playing a greater role than ever before in raising their children and being a “stay-at-home dad” is no longer as frowned upon as it was only a few […]

Photo by Three Moons Doula Service and Birth Photography

La Leche League USA – Helping Parents Learn About Successful Breastfeeding

La Leche League USA (lllusa.org) is an important part of the international La Leche League, which helps mothers all over the world as they navigate the journey of successful breastfeeding […]

Great ways to help single parents — check in, share your resiliency, be generous with praise and help; and don’t judge.

7 Great Ways to Support a Single Parent

Every single parent has their own story; divorced, never married, widowed, spouse deployed, grandparent raising the grandchild, single parent by choice. The tips below are based on a dozen years […]

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Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling

Preparing your child to welcome a new sibling is both exciting and challenging. While this can provide your older child with a lifelong friend and playmate, the soon-to-be big sibling […]

Doula Mikalyn Zacharias from Three Moons Doula Service provides care and support throughout the birth and early postnatal days. www.instagram.com/three.moons.doula.  Photos by Sarah Peracchino Photography.

How Doulas Can Help Moms And Families During And After Childbirth

According to the non-profit organization, DONA International (DONA.org), “From the beginning of time, people have been cared for and nurtured during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Family, friends and neighbors from […]

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Teaching Kids Self Control

As our children grow, each choice they make will determine their success in school, friendships, and their future. Every parent’s goal is to raise kids who make smart decisions. So […]

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Anxiety Coping Mechanisms For Kids Of All Ages

Cases of anxiety in children have been at an all-time high ever since early 2019 and the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, children of all ages have been […]

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Resources For Children & Families Dealing With Grief

Dougy Center Founded in 1982 in Portland, Oregon, Dougy Center started the first peer grief support groups for children, and has become a world-renowned model for bereavement support known as […]

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