Courtesy photo: Kids hiking on the Norski Trail.How to get your kids hiking and having a blast on the trails around Santa Fe By Katie Macaulay You are going on an adventure, not a hike. For kids, an adventure sounds much more exciting than a hike, so be sure to frame...
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Choose Your Own Food Adventure
Watermelon Pizza - CWK photo LibraryHow choices can help reframe picky eatingBy Rachel Shreve As you might imagine, providing cooking classes to more than 6,000 public school kids throughout Northern New Mexico means our Cooking with Kids educators have encountered a...
Championing Youth, Families, and Community Growth through La Fonda Foundation
Courtesy photo: The children of Armando and Marisol are receiving support from La Fonda Foundation to plan for their education and create a path to success.La Fonda on the Plaza’s Commitment to CommunityBy Leticia Bernal La Fonda on the Plaza, a historic hotel in...
Honoring Notable Progress
Notes from Jen Our firstborn, Ryker, experienced a right of passage: He lost his first tooth. For months he had been talking about his friends at school losing teeth and asking questions about the process. He had his annual doctor’s visit in March and even asked his...
Raising Children in the Era of Digital Technology
Create healthy boundaries and balanceBy Loretta Torres The hectic everyday life of parents and children alike has created a norm for escaping to a place that eases the mind and calms the soul: digital technology. The baby cries, the toddler screams, and what do we...
Criar hijos en la era de la tecnologÃa digital
Se necesitan lÃmites y equilibrio saludablesBy Loretta Torres La agitada vida cotidiana de padres e hijos por igual ha creado una norma para escaparse a un lugar que tranquiliza la mente y calma el alma: la tecnologÃa digital. El bebé llora, el chiquito grita y ¿cuál...
Caring for Caregivers
Courtesy photo: A happy baby at Elvira's home.Supporting home-based childcare in New MexicoBy Calixte Raifsnider Jamie Aranda is the mother to twin girls who were born premature. As a working mom, Jamie struggled to find childcare that would meet the unique needs of...
Expanding Possibilities Through Youth Adaptive Sports
Courtesy photo: Lisette and mom Natalie Runyan in their element at Ute Lake.From skiing to rock climbing to sailing, the Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico makes sports and recreation accessible to allBy Camille Romero As the development director for the Adaptive...