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Animal adoption corner
The Brittany Foundation of Agua Dulce, a non-profit humane organization dedicated to the rescue, care and placement of homeless dogs, has the following animals available for adoption.
Family fun calendar
Free theater camp Showdown Performing Arts Theater Camp will offer a full week of theater classes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 4-8 at the Sierra Vista Branch of the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club on the campus of Sierra Vista Junior High School, 19425 Stillmore, Canyon Country. Free to members of the SCV Boys and Girls Club ages 12-18. Membership in the club is $24 a year. At the end of ...
Chairman of the boards: A dad’s perspective
I woke up in the middle of night last night smelling smoke, thinking the house was on fire. I raced to the hallway to alert the family and get the kids.
Community scrapbook
Jacqueline Yuri Kikuchi Jacqueline Yuri Kikuchi of Canyon Country earned Dean's List recognition for the 2008 Spring Semester from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. To qualify for the Dean's List students must earn at least a 3.6 GPA out of a possible 4.0. Daniel Cheney Daniel James Cheney received a bachelor of arts in Christian service from Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville Ky. on May 9, 2008. He was also honored with the ...
You've got manners!
Sunny weekends and great weather seem to prompt us to pack up a suitcase and get away for a few days. Kids of all ages like getting out of town and going to a different place to "live" for two or three days. Traveling can make you feel refreshed and add a new energy to your outlook on life. The bonus is that you'll likely return home with new experiences and a new set of ...
A place where the family can play
All sorts came in. There were middle-aged men and women in search of the fountain of youth. There were parents with kids ambling along behind them. Others were just out of high school. Some were young. Some were old. Some were slim. Others were, uh, works in progress.
Family-friendly summer fun in Santa Clarita
Fast forward to July. The kids are on summer vacation, the outside thermometer is flirting with the 100 degree mark, and you are ready to take a respite from work but can't afford to go anywhere far with the high gas prices. Before you consider staying at home with the kids another weekend to watch the countless (and boring) reruns on television, remember that the Santa Clarita Valley and its neighboring cities are home to ...
Who's your mommy?
According to the United States Census Bureau, there are about 83 million mothers. Webster's Dictionary defines the word "mother" as a "female parent who is a woman of authority, a woman who offers maternal tenderness or affection." The word "parent" is defined as "one who brings forth offspring and cares for another."
College 101
If you are the parent of a college-bound high school senior, you've probably spent much of the last two years helping him or her prepare. First there were SATs to ace, then AP exams to cram for, campuses to tour, application essays to write and financing and scholarships to arrange. Now that all the acceptance and rejection letters have come in and you've chosen a school, you can relax and coast until September, right?
Flyers cheer Nationals
On Feb. 16-17, 20 Santa Clarita athletes ages 11 to 18 found themselves on a stage in Atlanta, competing in the Cheersport Nationals. More than 30,000 cheerleaders attended, more than 40 states were represented, and all were ready to take on the best teams in the nation.
'Cuckoo Concertos' earn award for local producer
Producer/director Braddon Mendelson, a resident of Stevenson Ranch, is a 2008 Mom's Choice Awards recipient, a mark of distinction recognizing outstanding quality in family-friendly media.
Mom's Choice chooses SCV-folk
When you hear something three times, do you feel it's worth paying attention to? That's always been a signal for me, and I take notice.
Footsteps 5K April 20
It's hard to imagine that our prosperous community has many families that live at or near the poverty level. Not every school child receives new clothes each fall and they start school at a pretty big disadvantage.
Pet insurance: Right for your family?
If you've ever had a dog or cat that got sick and racked up hundreds of dollars in veterinary bills that you couldn't really afford, you know the anguish that such a dilemma can cause.
On track for Railfest this weekend
The Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society (SCRVRHS), in conjunction with the Fillmore & Western Railway Co. (F&W), will present the 13th annual Santa Clara River Valley Railfest on March 29 and 30. This year's Railfest theme is "Turning into the Future," in honor of the soon-to-be-operational turntable.
Articles by Section - Rosemond on Parenting
John Rosemond: Back in the Day
When I was a child, back in the Parenting Stone Age (a.k.a. the Parentocentric Era), your parents were the most important people in the family. They paid the bills, bought your clothes, prepared the food you ate, took care of you when you were sick, drove you to where you needed to be, tucked you in, and kissed you good night. They were essential.
John Rosemond: Playing independently
Q: Is it okay to start teaching our 1 year old how to play independently? He screams and cries when I put him in any type of enclosure if he can't get "free" (even when I arrange the furniture in a way that he has a very ample play area). Is there a method to teach him how to play by himself for at least a little bit? It seems I am following him around ...
John Rosemond: Living with Children
Q: It seems our 1 year old is showing willful disobedience. We tell him "no" and try to redirect but he does the same things over and over again. The things in question include turning over and not being cooperative when I'm trying to change him, slapping us in the face, and standing up during bath time. I'm trying to be creative with ways to entertain him and make things fun but am getting weary. Any advice on how I can correct him?
John Rosemond: Dealing with child's negativity
Q: Our 7-year-old son is very negative about everything. He's a middle child, so that may have something to do with it, but everyone else in the family is very happy, positive, optimistic, and so on. He never has anything positive to say about anything. Things the rest of us enjoy he says are "stupid" or "dumb." We raise all of our kids the same, so we don't understand where the negativity is coming from, ...
John Rosemond: Discipline in organized way
One of the reasons-it's probably in the top three reasons, in fact-that parents fail at solving discipline problems is they try to solve too many at once. In so doing, they scatter their disciplinary energy too thinly and end up solving none. The only thing they accomplish is getting more frustrated and more convinced that there is something about their child that renders discipline ineffective-a gene perhaps, inherited from the father (who else?), that causes ...
John Rosemond: Living with Children
American parents have been listening to professional psycho-babblers tell them how to raise children since the late 1960s. I was in graduate school at the time, and my professors thought the babblers were geniuses, sent by some New Age divinity to correct all the egregious wrongs parents had done to children since time immemorial. Children were about to enter a Golden Age in which their opinions would not only be listened to but also taken ...
John Rosemond: Living with children
In the seventh grade I was promoted by my peers from president of the class geek-nerd-brainiac society to, well, if not fully cool, then at least on the way. I had discovered two sports I excelled in-golf and baseball-and the girls had discovered that I was one of the best, if not the best, dancer in the class. My classmates began overlooking the fact that I was a straight-A student, always sported a few pimples, and wore thick glasses.
John Rosemond: Living with children
While working in my secret parenting laboratory, hidden deep beneath the earth's surface and accessible only by me and a small, select team of associates, I recently made what I believe is a huge and history-making breakthrough that promises to greatly improve parenting the world over.
John Rosemond: Living with children
Q: In our city, most of the high school seniors participate in "Senior Beach Week" during spring break. They rent beach houses and condos and party like there's no tomorrow. Alcohol, marijuana, and sex abound. Our friends justify allowing their kids to go by saying they have to be trusted sometime. In truth, we all have good kids who have never given us any trouble. They just want to go and be part of the ...
John Rosemond: Living With Children
Q: Our 18 month old is a table terror! While I'm preparing dinner, she walks around acting like she's starving, but as soon as we sit her in her highchair she takes a few bites and then wants down, screams, cries, and will sometimes throw food. Through all this, our 5- and 3-year-old try to talk to us but can't get a word in for all the chaos. We absolutely dread eating in a restaurant. How should we address her behavior?
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