Parenting

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Gift Your Child with a Green Start

03/03/2023 ● By Beth Stein

New parents and friends of people with little ones read on! Spring is the perfect time to gift the children in your life with a green start.

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Family Health Q & A with Dr. Kimberly Ruscher

02/02/2023 ● By Kimberly Ruscher, MD

PeaceHealth offers a growing range of specialty medical services just for kids.

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Community and Connection

02/02/2023 ● By Meredith Tufts, Debbie Jensen, Kallen Korin

Humans are wired for connection, particularly during times of stress or change. Becoming a parent is enough to rock even the most well-prepared boat.

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Rekindle the Romance - 52 Date Night Ideas

02/02/2023 ● By Janeen Lewis

Are you skipping date night with your spouse or significant other? If so, you may want to rethink the amount of time you rendezvous with the one you love.

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Little Sister Strikes It Rich

01/02/2023 ● By Rick Epstein

I need about $700,000. That’d cover state college for my kids, a new roof for our house and something for retirement. My daughter Sally, age 8, needs $7. That’s the difference between her life’s savings and the $15 price of a chunk of iron pyrite she wants to buy in the gem-and-rock shop downtown.

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Electronic Waste Competition is Here!

01/02/2023 ● By Daniel Hiestand

The competition runs from January to Earth Day in April and invites all county elementary, middle, K8, and high schools—staff, students, and parents—to divert toxic electronics from the waste stream.

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Growing a Thankful Family - In a Want More World

12/02/2022 ● By Jan Pierce, M.Ed.

One of my favorite childhood stories is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s account of the Christmas when Mr. Edwards braved a snowstorm to bring gifts to the family.

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Season of the Weird and Creepy

10/05/2022 ● By Rick Epstein

"If your head was cut off, could you still talk?” Five-year-old Sally, who carries Halloween in her heart year-round, was tapping into the paternal store of vital information.

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