Get your heart rate up and your om on with these Valentines Getaways for Body Buddies, Golf Lovers and Snorkeling Sweethearts. As we head into February, odds are you have already broken your New Year’s resolution to get fit and lose weight. Statistics show 80% of us fail to stick to these promises for more […]
Love & Marriage
In this month of love, several experts offer their words of wisdom on keeping the spark alive for couples with kids. Irvine resident Jenny Woo knows the challenges of keeping the spark alive in a relationship while raising kids. Irvine resident Jenny Woo knows the challenges of keeping the spark alive in a relationship while […]
Orange County is One of the Safest Cities in the Country
Living in a “safe” community is good for you in more ways than you may think. Of course a lower crime rate may lead to a reduced possibility of physical harm coming to you or your loved ones. But beyond that, there’s the idea of peace of mind. That’s the underlying notion of a recent […]
Transforming Theme Parks for the Holidays
Working at night, crews with cranes & ladders transform theme parks for the holidays in a hurry. Visiting local theme parks is an extra special experience for families during the holidays as the parks are dressed in their holiday best. But it takes fast-working crews to, in a matter of weeks, transform Knott’s Scary Farm […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Unique, trending and local — suggestions for everyone on your list For the Family 52 Essential Conversations Card Game A busy mom of three, Jenny Woo, of Irvine, wanted to create something to help maximize quality time with her children. She came up with a simple yet effective card game. Made up of questions in […]
Upcoming Events
Learn & Grow Expo is a FREE EVENT where families can find over 60 exhibitors focusing on all aspects of healthy living—experts offering the tools and wisdom parents need to know to help them raise boys and girls with strong minds and bodies. There will be free health screenings, nutrition and fitness demonstrations, and lots […]
Road Trip Survival Guide
Tips for a smoother, happier, and not-so-insane highway adventure. The average parent has, at one time or another, fantasized about taking their children on a road trip. Thoughts fill our heads of cheerful kids laughing and pointing out the window at magnificent sights, great music in the background of the happy montage scene; blue skies […]
Top Picks for Watching Movies Under the Stars
This summer, grab your family, spouse, or neighbors, and trade your small screens for the best big screens under the stars. For these fantastic flick-watching locations the night sky is a requirement but the popcorn is optional. Showtime: Dusk-8:00 1. OC Parks Sunset Cinema Carbon Canyon Regional Park 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea June 16 […]
Special Needs Family Stories
Four OC families of special-needs children share their struggles, acceptance and happiness. The Jackson Family Teresa Jackson was almost six months pregnant when she was told her unborn baby boy will have Down Syndrome – coincidentally on March 21, 2016, World Down Syndrome Day. When she received the final diagnosis, she searched online for parent […]
The Pause Button
Parenting OC’s new monthly column will offer obscure places, easy crafts and low-stress, low-cost ways to flow. Parents are a group of hard-working and often tired people. They earn money to provide a well-furbished home for their families and to surround their children with enriching activities and lessons. They oversee our kids’ homework and schooling […]
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