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Category: Holidays, Parenting, Past Articles, Things To Do With Kids // Posted on May 2, 2009 // Leave a Comment
By Emily Moser, Oregon Partnership
The New Year is a time to clean the slate and maybe make a resolution or two. Strengthening – and maintaining – connections with our children is one of the most effective ways we as parents can nurture their healthy development, and in the process reduce the risk that they’ll get involved in harmful behavior such as experimenting with alcohol and other drugs.
Category: Holidays, Past Articles, Relationship Tips // Posted on May 1, 2009 // Leave a Comment
You’re a mom, you’re a daughter and you’re losing your mind
By Anna Seip
On Mother’s Day, women shift between two worlds: motherhood and childhood. As a mom, you may experience the joy of your children proudly presenting you with homemade cards – construction paper masterpieces made of crayon drawings, glued macaroni and misspelled words. As a daughter, however, Mother’s Day can be difficult if you have a less-than-perfect relationship with your own mother. And, let’s face it, almost all of us have difficult relationships with our mothers – or our stepmothers, mothers-in-law and other women in our families. So, why do we care so much about giving them the perfect Mother’s Day to the point of neglecting ourselves?
Category: Health and Safety, Holidays, Parenting, Past Articles // Posted on March 6, 2009 // Leave a Comment
An Open Letter to Area Parents from Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Multnomah County Sheriff Bob Skipper
Category: Holidays, Parenting, Past Articles, Things To Do With Kids // Posted on December 2, 2008 // Leave a Comment
From “Crassmess” to Christmas
Four Steps to a More Meaningful, Less Commercialized Holiday
By Marie Sherlock, Metro Parent Editor and author of Living Simply with Children (Three Rivers Press, 2003)
December – the “holiday” month – is a great paradox for most Americans. It’s a time of excess – think food, drink, gifts, activities – but it’s also a time of scarcity. For many Americans, we are never more saturated and less satisfied, more full yet more empty, than during December when our society stages its ultimate display of materialism. And primarily to observe the simple birth of a child in an animal’s manger…
Category: Health and Safety, Holidays, Parenting, Past Articles // Posted on November 7, 2008 // Leave a Comment
Granting Holiday Wishes for Kids at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children
By Paula Fasano
Anita Herold knows the meaning of every sound, movement and glance from her son, 11-year-old Cameron. It’s a parent-child bond that few can understand. Cameron has severe and complex medical needs that require vigilant care from his family members, every hour of every day
Category: Holidays, Money and Finance, Parenting, Past Articles, Things To Do With Kids // Posted on November 7, 2008 // Leave a Comment
Giving Your Kids What They Really Want for the Holiday
By Heidi Smith Luedtke
In the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, it’s easy to feel pressured by your kids’ latest material wants. Store displays and commercials have even the youngest kids clambering for bright and shiny new toys. If your child’s wish list adds up to more than you can afford and you’re tempted to spend money you don’t have, give yourself a time out.
