Parenting Tips Blog

Looking for an easy-with-a-stroller walk or forested hike with some hills to climb? How about seeing waterfowl and other wildlife? The Willamette Valley has family hikes for everyone.

The first week of May offers lots of opportunities for creating new family traditions or coming together to celebrate established traditions. Here are some May celebrations that are perfect for building family ties and creating family traditions.

April is National Autism Awareness Month, designed to increase knowledge of autism around the world and impart information about the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. 

Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW23) is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to increase awareness, build community, and encourage action-taking that leads to research and policy changes that improve maternal health. 

When you fill your plate with colorful foods, you fill your body with phytonutrients that can help keep you healthy. Here's how to 'eat a rainbow' every day.

It’s National Nutrition Month 2023 and this year’s theme is Fuel for the Future, focusing on sustainable food choices. Eating sustainably means making food choices that are both good for the environment and your health and well-being. Making mealtime fun with young children is all about creating positive associations with food and encouraging healthy eating habits.

Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the US, but people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer. One reason is that we’re more successful at meeting our health goals when we work on them with others. 

Taking care of teeth right from the start can help contribute to better health outcomes for life. National Children’s Dental Health month is a great time to talk about good dental hygiene for our kids.

Many of us see the new year as an opportunity to look back at what we have done and look forward to what we want to do in the coming year. Goal setting and making new years’ resolutions are often a part of that process. But should you?