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Baseball Dad

May 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

Angel's baseball player Justin Upton talks about his career and family life, and how COVID-19 has affected his family.

COVID-19 and stay-home orders have impacted all people and industries — including baseball. In time for Father’s Day, we spoke with Los Angeles Angels baseball outfielder Justin Upton to get a glimpse of a professional athlete and father living life in the age of coronavirus.  Justin Upton Los Angeles Angels outfielder City: Newport Beach Family: […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Dads, Health Tagged With: pandemic

Gettin’ into the Groove

May 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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We are adapting.  Though it feels like years, it was only a couple of months ago that our world was flipped upside-down. Things we’ve never experienced before happened in our world, country, state, county, city and home. It hasn’t been easy, but after recovering from the initial shock, society is working itself into a rhythm […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, From the Editor, Health Tagged With: pandemic

The New Back-to-School Normal

May 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

How to help get your kids to get used to virtual learning at the start of the new school year.

The fall school year will be like no other. What can families expect from OC public schools for the 2020-21 school year? Back to school is typically a time of preparing and planning. This academic year was unexpectedly interrupted when COVID-19 pushed Southern California schools into distance learning indefinitely. Now educators and parents alike are […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Health Tagged With: pandemic, public schools

June 2020 Virtual Calendar 

May 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Your stay-in guide for virtual activities while sheltering-in-place. ENTERTAINMENT Virtual Shakespeare Aloud http://carpenterarts.org/artsforlife/shakespeare.htmlThe Carpenter Center transports its popular free Shakespeare Aloud series to the Internet. Play readings will be done 1 pm-2:30 pm on designated Thursdays. Richard III will be read June 4 & 11, while the second play is still TBD. As with the […]

Filed Under: Community, Coronavirus, Education, Family Activities, Fitness & Recreation, Fun & Games, Health Tagged With: pandemic

Pet Therapy Goes Virtual

May 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

Even pet therapy groups are changing the way they do things in the COVID-19 world.  We are all adapting to our new world of sheltering-in-place and social distancing in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.  That includes therapy dog teams like those with Orange County Animal Allies, formerly known as Orange County SPCA. […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Health, Pets In the Family Tagged With: pandemic

Educators Rising to the Challenge

May 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Educators are rising up to the challenges that COVID-19 is presenting to the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created some big changes for the American education system. Here are how some OC private schools have adapted.   The coronavirus pandemic has transformed California’s classrooms in an unprecedented way. Kids are home. Parents are moving into a much more active role in education. Living rooms have become classrooms.   Orange […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Health, Private School Directory Tagged With: pandemic, private schools

Transitioning Back to School 

May 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Tips on how to help your family transition to going back to school after COVID-19 pandemic allows kids to go back to school.

The new school year brings many unknowns. Here’s how you can emotionally prepare.  As the days in quarantine continue on, millions of stressed parents and kids continue to try and navigate home schooling and life in close quarters in this COVID-19 “new normal.”  The new school year may bring a host of new challenges and […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Family, Health Tagged With: pandemic

Overcoming Sheltering-In-Place Tantrums

May 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

A family therapist shares some simple steps for handling kids acting out during stay-home orders. Raise your hand if you have been feeling challenged by your children lately. I raised my hand. Did you? Under optimal circumstances parenting is a demanding, albeit rewarding, balancing act of meeting needs, setting limits, getting tasks accomplished, and nurturing […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Family Wellness, Health Tagged With: pandemic

Cheers to Dad

May 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

We can all admit there are things we’ve been missing while sheltering in place. Adult beverages doesn’t have to be one of them. Plenty of local restaurants are offering beer, wine and cocktails for delivery and takeout along with your favorite dishes — just in time for Father’s Day. Stowaway Stowaway Tiki Bar inside Union Market […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Dads, Foodie Jr., Health Tagged With: pandemic

Supporting the Frontline

April 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

A Tesoro High School student turns 3D printing into a lifesaving resource for frontline workers. The effects of the pandemic took hold quickly.  But as the disease sickened and killed people, shut down businesses and closed schools, the frontline workers stayed on.  Even with parts of his junior year in high school thrown into limbo, […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Health, Local Heroes Tagged With: pandemic

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