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

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Children’s Emotions – Why Our Children Need to Feel Sadness to Experience Joy

By Sandi Schwartz | May 30, 2020

I can clearly remember listening to Melissa Manchester’s song “Don’t Cry Out Loud” as a child back in the 1980s. Those lyrics have been etched in my brain all these […]

Meet Beverly Cleary, Children’s Author and National Treasure

By Jan Pierce, M.Ed. | May 30, 2020

Who wouldn’t enjoy the spectacle of a young mouse named Ralph roaring down the hallways of a dingy hotel on a toy motorcycle? Or the plight of a scruffy, stray […]

Great Ways Dads are Different

By Sarah Lyons | May 29, 2020

There is no denying that there are differences between how moms and dads parent their kids. Just because dads may do things differently than moms doesn’t mean their parenting style […]