Officially, the recession might be over, but many local families are still feeling the effects. In fact, according to Regan Gray, policy director at Children First for Oregon: “Today, 21.6 percent of Oregon children — over one in five — are living in poverty, the highest rate of poverty since 1993. …Almost twice that many are in ‘low income’ households, households that are just one paycheck or one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. More than ever before, children in poverty are the children of the college-educated, the former middle-class worker, the suburbanite and the homeowner.” More…
Category: Online Articles, Politics // Posted on December 19, 2011 // Leave a Comment
This month’s online article, a Viewpoint column by Colleen Hermann-Franzen of the American Lung Association (ALA), covers an important topic for parents: smoking in cars. We were shocked to learn that secondhand smoke in a car can be up to 27 times stronger than in a smoker’s home! Cracking a window does little to reduce the effect. More…
Category: Health and Wellness, Online Articles // Posted on November 16, 2011 // Leave a Comment
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| Tyler Whitmire |
Who cares about the results of the May 2011 school board elections? Who cares about the new PPS teacher contract? Who cares about legislative bills to fund all-day kindergarten statewide, grant high school student more access to classes at community colleges and create a more unified kindergarten-to-higher-education system in Oregon? We parents should, that’s who!
In this month’s online article, More…
Category: Education, Online Articles // Posted on July 27, 2011 // Leave a Comment
Every expectant mother hopes for a satisfying, positive birth experience, just as every expectant mother hopes to transition into motherhood smoothly and successfully. But how does the format of your prenatal care play into your success in labor and motherhood?
In this month’s online article — “Group Prenatal Care Focuses on Success in Labor, Delivery and Motherhood” — nurse midwife Ellen Tilden, R.N., C.N.M., M.S., describes an innovative model of prenatal care practiced by nurse midwives at Oregon Health & Science University: Group Prenatal Care. Read why some practitioners believe the format is better than traditional prenatal care, and how mothers who participated in the program felt about their experiences.
Category: Health and Wellness, Online Articles // Posted on May 16, 2011 // Leave a Comment
If you’re a parent, it’s a good bet you’ve struggled to decide whether or not to take your child to an urgent care clinic at least once. The middle ground between waiting for an appointment with your primary care physician and rushing to the emergency room, urgent care provides an opportunity to see a doctor on short notice without the potential trauma of the ER. But how do you know when it’s appropriate to visit an urgent care clinic rather than waiting to see your child’s regular doctor – or dialing 9-1-1 and heading to the ER? More…
Category: Health and Wellness, Online Articles // Posted on April 6, 2011 // Leave a Comment
If your kids have ever had to have an x-ray, an MRI or any other type of medical imaging, you’ve likely worried about their exposure to radiation. In an online Viewpoint column this month, Jennifer Adams, a staff radiologic technologist at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, provides a primer on the types of medical imaging your child’s doctor might order and the radiation exposure associated with each.
Another online Viewpoint column this month also provides easy-to-understand, remarkably valuable information about new drug trends More…
Category: Metro Parent, Online Articles // Posted on March 14, 2011 // Leave a Comment
Just like our kids — and probably yours, too — we’ve got Spring Break on the brain! If you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming week off of school, check out our Spring Break Fun Guide with loads of activities you can share with your kids.
But if you’re one of the many local parents who has to work that week, we’ve got some ideas for you, too. Our online Guide also details local camps and classes, and More…
Category: Camps, Online Articles, Safety // Posted on March 9, 2011 // Leave a Comment
In our January issue, writer Julia Silverman explores how to get family finances under control, from assessing current spending to reducing that spending (while making as few painful sacrifices as possible) to saving money for current and future needs (and wants!). Julia covered so much ground that we couldn’t fit all her fabulous findings into the print issue, so we’ve continued our Money Matters coverage online. More…
Category: Finance, Online Articles // Posted on January 3, 2011 // Leave a Comment
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| Simon McFarlane, then 8, builds a circuit board with his mentor John DeLacy. |
In our September issue, we explore simple ways to nurture scientific literacy at every age. It’s not that we think all kids should grow up to be scientists. We just want to encourage a generation of people who are enthusiastic about exploring the world around them -– and who understand how to think critically and draw their own, well reasoned conclusions.
While the article offers tips for parents with children of all ages, there were a few tidbits of wisdom we couldn’t fit into our print issue. Good thing we have the Internet! More…
Category: Online Articles, Science // Posted on September 15, 2010 // Leave a Comment
