Ode to Dads Maybe it’s just me, but June seems to have snuck up on us faster than any other month. Summer already makes its debut soon, and although this time is referred to as “June Gloom” due to the SoCal overcast skies phenomenon, the month offers anything but dreariness. Schools are out, families are […]

Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream… OC’s Summer Secrets As we teeter-totter spring and summer, the inevitable climb in temperature and desire to be outdoors is beginning to overcome our urges to cuddle up to a Netflix series. To celebrate the transition from leggings to shorts and cappuccinos to fruity iced teas, this is […]

Redefining Special The thing about the Special Needs issue is it is unlike any other issue – and that has nothing to do with the topic itself. The April issue is truly special because it’s not like Parenting OC’s other themes that focus on parental topics like the best summer camps for your child, the […]

Honor the Extraordinary Before you start to flip through our 2018 Top 25 Teachers of O.C. issue, I have a little assignment for you: please take a moment to remember an educator in your life that helped shape the person who is reading this magazine today. How old were you? What was happening in your […]

To begin, I would like to say that I feel privileged to be entrusted with this magazine that has served as an award-winning resource for knowledge and entertainment for Southern California families for several decades. Our late founder Jack Bierman created this publication with the intention of viewing the world from three feet or higher. […]

New Beginnings. As we kick off a new year, it is always a time of reflection and an opportunity to strive to make and meet resolutions on how to make This Year our best. Sure, some of these resolutions are frequent flyers (that often crash and burn), but that doesn’t mean we need to give […]

Tis the Season to celebrate in a big way. The culmination of a year of hard work and dedication to family, coworkers, romantic relationships and our kids all comes together with a little time set aside to strive for quality bonding time. Whether it is piling on the couch rewatching the annual holiday favorites (You’ll […]

It shouldn’t take an annual holiday to remind us to be grateful for all the good in our lives, but the world of a parent can be a pretty hectic place. Sometimes you are just treading water while juggling, trying to keep all the balls of kid-stuff, relationship-stuff, work-stuff in the air while also keeping […]

It is that time of year again, when our little angels score bags full of sweets and turn into monsters running amuck through the neighborhood…and also wear costumes. While I respect and applaud those parents who have made the household issue of sugar a total nonstarter, I have to admit when I look back on […]

These are a Few of our Favorite Things It’s that time of year again, the annual Readers’ Choice Awards! This time of year we get a true insiders’ look at the best of the best of OC, when readers open their mouths, or at least unleash their typing fingers, and let us know just what […]