Parenting

With three decades of experience, National Academy of Athletics founder, Aaron Locks, offers parents nine steps for choosing the right camp for their kids. Summer camps should be an awesome experience for all children. The focus should be on fun,…

Roseville City School District (RCSD) is poised to be the recipient of $400,000, all aimed to benefit its middle school students through Career Technical Education (CTE) classes. The Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) was originally awarded to Roseville Joint…

“Summer summer summertime. Time to sit back and unwind.” These are the first two lines of one of my favorite summer anthems – the popular 2002,“Summertime,” by Will Smith, affectionately known then as the Fresh Prince. Ironically, at the time…

By Sarah Lyons When you are a parent, having a date night with your spouse can seem difficult to pull off. Add in a tight budget, and it can seem impossible. When you are a busy parent, date nights are…

By Margaret O’Hair Spotlight on Nikki Katz, a writer from San Diego, California Whether you have a business, a hobby, a passion, a cause. . .it is sure to be said that we all try to juggle things and make…

Anxiety is a normal response to something dangerous or stressful. It becomes a problem when it shows up unexpectedly and takes a particularly firm hold. When anxiety is in full swing, it feels awful and prevents us from achieving our…

Happy New Year? As a child, a student, and a parent, the ‘new year’ did not start with January first, but many months before with the first day of school. In preparation, I would notice how my son had matured…

Local author, Megan Woolsey, has co-edited another book in the Multiples Illuminated series with the goal of supporting parents in the unique position of raising twins, triplets, and more. Megan Woolsey has lived in Cameron Park for 14 years, where…

“Mom, I need to tell you what happened in my P.E. class.” “What?” “My teacher repeated my weight in front of the whole class. Twice.” The term “mama bear” comes to mind when I reflect back on this recent experience…