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A resource for families in Santa Cruz County |
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2019 has been a momentous year of change, unlike any we've ever known. Families have experienced covid, stay-in-place, mask wearing, distance learning, home-schooling, working from home; loss of businesses, jobs, housing; wildfires; and cultural clashes in addition to your own unique tribulations.
Yet through it all we've had successes, moments of joy and found new ways of learning. We've maintained familiar and developed new family traditions, new ways of being together and ways of handling stresses. A fun, practical review with the children of what has been good, not so good or awful about 2019 can be healthy. A 2019 review is a good foundation for discussions about 2021.
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Pre-Covid Resolutions
1. Exercise more/lose weight
2. Save money
3. Travel
4. Get a new job/hobby
5. Find love
6. Make new friends
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Local Dad Resolutions
- Choose my own lifestyle
- Visit with family/friends
- Open my business
- Send kids to school
- Continue homeschooling
- Dine out
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Getting one resolution right often leads to others falling in place. If you only chose one, which would it be?
Happy New Year! Parmalee
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Visit Byrne-Milliron Forest
A safe place to visit
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Byrne-Milliron Forest comprises 402 acres in the Corralitos area. Byrne became a part of The Land Trust in 1984, and Milliron in 2008. The Land Trust owns and manages this property as a working forest, and takes pride in making it available to its members and the public.
The forest is a lovely place to hike and explore, with panoramic views of the Pajaro Valley and Monterey Bay, and a 1,000 year old, 250-foot tall “Great White” redwood.
Birds of Byrne-Milliron Forest
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How To Sew by Hand: 6 Basic Stitches
How to Knit: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide - With Martha Stewart learn how to knit your own mittens, hats, scarves, and more. We'll take you through the step-by-step instructions and teach you how to cast on, knit, purl, and cast off.
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Ask Nicole
January is Positive Parenting Awareness Month
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Positive Parenting is Vital to Well-being
Dear parents, foster parents, grandparents, relative caregivers, and other adults raising children and teens: we’re celebrating YOU in January 2021!
The County Board of Supervisors has partnered with First 5 Santa Cruz County to declare January as Positive Parenting Awareness Month for the ninth year in a row. Other California counties are doing the same, and the California Assembly will pass a resolution any day now, declaring January 2021 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month across the state.
What does this mean? It means that local and state elected officials recognize that positive parenting is vital to the current and future well-being of children, families, and the entire community. It means that across the state, we’re calling attention to the fact that raising children and youth to be confident, capable, caring, and independent is the most demanding, exhausting, important, rewarding (and underpaid) job many of us will ever have. It means that as a community, we recognize that being a parent or caregiver can be difficult, confusing, stressful, and isolating during “normal” times, and this past year has been nowhere near normal.
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Support Local Businesses! |
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Family Events
Check websites before you go!
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Santa Cruz Parent Calendar
Reserve space for your favorite holiday events!
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Tara Redwood School Appeals to Community - Tara Redwood School is expanding and seeks community support for its new building. Details
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Start the new year in nature! Enjoy a First Day Hike at a local state park. A few favorites:
- The 1-mile self-guided nature trail at Bean Hollow State Beach
- The Observation Deck hike at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
- The loop trail at Wilder Ranch State Park (be on the lookout for harbor seals).
Whatever you do, please wear a mask at park entrances and give others 6 feet of space on trails. Details
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Drive-In Movies at Roaring Camp December 26 - January 1, 5:30 pm - 7:45 pm Roaring Camp Railroads is proud to present Drive-In Movie Nights in the Redwoods. We will be showing your favorite family friendly movies, surrounded by the beautiful redwood forest, in the heart of Roaring Camp. Details
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Boardwalk Winter Activities - Nov 23 – Jan 3, 2021 - Get in the holiday spirit – celebrate the season at the beach! All festivities are outdoors with enhanced safety and health protocols in accordance with state and local guidelines. Details
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Triple P Workshop: Encouraging Your Child’s Self-Esteem,January 7, 3 - 4:30pm, Tools to help your child cope with feelings and solve problems. Free virtual parenting workshop. Details
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Triple P Workshop: Teaching Teens Healthy Eating Habits - January 14, 5-6:30 pm, How to identify and handle concerns about teenagers’ eating habits. Free virtual parenting workshop. Details
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NAMI Family-to-Family Class, January 5 - February 23, 6 - 8:30 pm - This is a free, 8-session education program for loved ones of those with mental health challenges. Family members, friends, and caretakers who are supporting someone who is diagnosed with, or experiencing warning signs of, a mental health condition are encouraged to join. Details
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Public Health Department of Santa Cruz County
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