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Night Walk helps battle leukemia
If you drive by Bridgeport Park on Sunday after sunset don't be surprised to see hundreds of illuminated balloons lighting up the night.
Sleepy Hollow fest comes to Trait Ranch
Ever wonder what it would be like to see the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow? Well you'll get that chance should you find yourself at the Tait Trout Ranch in Frazier Park beginning 11 a.m. Saturday. Along with the short segment on the Washington Irving classic, there will be a host of other colonial-themed activities. Other entertainment includes musicians, storytellers, naturalists, horse logging, dirt skiing, and a jousting performance. There will be a variety of ...
Senior center offers free influenza shots
On Nov. 14, the SCV Senior Center will offer free flu shots administered by the County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Health. The Flu Clinic will run from 9 to 11 a.m.
Our very own heritage of horrors
No one seems to love Halloween more than the Santa Clarita Valley's own group of happy haunters - the slightly twisted troupe of folks who stay up into the wee hours of the morning building spooky mazes and wiring up things that go 'bump' in the night. They love the thrill of the chill and believe the most fun anyone can have is screaming one's heart out while fleeing from some strange terror or a ...
Shop and save lives at ACS Relay for Life Holiday Boutique
he holidays provide the perfect opportunity for celebrating with loved ones and friends. Holidays also create a great reason for giving special gifts. What better token of seasonal generosity could you bestow upon someone than that which helps promote life? If you're interested in such meaningful gift-giving, and maybe even buying yourself something wonderful in the bargain, then consider attending the first American Cancer Society Santa Clarita Valley Unit Relay Holiday Boutique. The boutique will ...
Chorale offers family-friendly ‘Holiday Gifts’
A sing-along and a Saint Nick visit will headline "Holiday Gifts," a new family-friendly holiday concert offered by the Chorale 3 p.m. Saturday. The budget-friendly admission is only $10 and the concert is sure to include a personal favorite or two.
Saugus Dance Team offers clinic
Do you have a child that spins, sways, shakes and shimmies every time they hear music? Are they spellbound when watching shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" or "Dancing with the Stars"? Do they have a desire to dance on stage? If so, the Saugus High Dance Team's Dance Clinic is the perfect way to provide your child with an opportunity to explore and express themselves through the creative movement of dance. New ...
Zen Garden hosts fall poetry fest
Fans of the written word should not miss the Fall Poetry Festival to be held Sunday in the Laughing Buddha Zen Garden in Newhall.
Weekend pet fair offers adoptions
L.A. County shelter animals will get a second chance at finding a forever home while pet lovers enjoy family-friendly fun at the 8th Annual Bow-Wows & Meows Pet Fair on Sunday, at Newhall's Hart Park.
Gifts my parents left behind
It was 1975. A yellow Chevy Vega packed to the fine vinyl trim with a rowdy assortment of skateboards and 11-year-old skate rats. The nearest skate park was a good 45 minutes away - mom didn't mind. One problem, we were getting pulled over by a motorcycle patrolman. As the officer approached the car he mentioned he had been following our car for some time. My mom said, over her shoulder to the throng of ...
Rallying for a cure
More than 90 female golfers teed up for a good time and a good cause with a "Rally for the Cure" Tournament at Valencia Country Club that raised $5,100 for the breast cancer awareness campaign.
Henry Mayo hosts series of breast cancer awareness fundraisers, educational events
In honor of National Breast Cancer Month, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Health Foundation is hosting a series of fundraising and education events to spread the word about the importance of breast health and early detection of breast cancer.
Thanksgiving Feast at Mary's Schoolhouse
A Thanksgiving Feast was held at Mary's Schoolhouse (also known as Gregory Family Child Care) in Santa Clarita.
Buster Keaton classic screens at SCVHS
The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society will present silent funnyman Buster Keaton's classic "Go West," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at "Flickers at the Junction" (formerly "Friday Night Flickers").
Operation Thank Our Troops launches Saturday
Suzon Gerstel, a mother of a Marine and president of Prayer Angels for the Military, said many residents of the Santa Clarita Valley are unaware that the SCV has its own community care packaging location for the troops.
Articles by Section - Rosemond on Parenting
John Rosemond: Living with Children
If my parents told me once, they told me at least one hundred times, "Don't talk to anyone about their religious or political beliefs." They meant, of course, that those topics are likely to generate tension and angry conflict. As such, they were not the stuff of polite social conversation. Notwithstanding the fact that I find religion and politics to be the two most interesting of all conversational topics, a third caution should be added ...
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.
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