Learn how catching some Zzzs can help you and your kids have a productive new year. There is no doubt that getting enough quality sleep is essential for overall physical and mental health. We could come up with a slogan-based sleep recommendation: “Eight (or more) hours is enough” for school-aged children (with a throwback to […]
Holiday Health
With the holiday rush here, how do I keep my family healthy, fit and safe? All ages With the upcoming holidays, there’s a lot of focus on meals, preparing for family gatherings, and for families with little ones, creating safe and enjoyable celebrations. The holidays are a wonderful time for creating memories, but it is […]
Halloween Art Family Fun
Teamwork makes the artwork: how holiday crafts build family ties. The art process allows the family to strengthen their bond through the creative art process and to appreciate each other’s different perspectives. It also empowers the family’s creative thinking and stimulates the family’s identity as a team. This in turn improves the mental health care […]
Creating Self-Worth Through Friendships
Learn some useful strategies to help your child cultivate strong friendships while developing social-emotional learning. So far in this series of articles about social and emotional learning, there have been three main takeaways about how healthy self-worth develops in children: through consistent observation, regular communication and positive talk. The final piece of the puzzle that […]
Choose Your Words
Learn how to help develop your children’s sense of self-worth through positive talk. I once came across a comic strip that depicted a series of cartoons of a child being told what to do throughout their school day by teachers, school staff, lunch monitors and yard monitors during recess. When they arrived home from school, […]
Strategies for Self-Worth
Creating self-worth in children in a complicated world. A mass school shooting in Texas. An ongoing war in Ukraine. An obsession with social media endlessly capturing our attention. These are just a few of the issues rising to the top of parents’ concerns about raising kids in the 21st century. But if we take a […]
Exploring Orange County’s Native Wild Lands
How you and your kids can take outdoor adventures through OC’s wild, open spaces. With so much wild, open space in Orange County, residents have access to one of the most biologically diverse landscapes in the world, so why not experience it with your children? Introducing kids to the outdoors and allowing them to experience […]
Teaching Kids to Give Back
With summer break coming up, it’s a good time to think about activities to teach children how to give back locally. Sometimes it can be uncomfortable for us to talk to our kids about giving back, because then we have to go into deeper conversations about why other families may need our help. By teaching […]
Pollen Pointers
With spring in full bloom, here’s what families should know about this year’s OC allergy season. Watery eyes, itchy skin, sniffly nose … sounds like allergy season is here. But in a time when a scratchy throat and the sniffles can mean something more than hay fever, we thought it best to seek out the […]
Perfect Camp Match
Matchmaking your child with the right camp may lead to a more rewarding summer experience. Let’s face it — living in the 21st century, our lives can feel jam-packed with the never-ending list of meetings, play dates, homework, snacks, snacks and more snacks — oh, and don’t forget the extra planning required to keep kids […]
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