Courtesy photo: Confident Parenting team members observe during a collaborative family meeting.Wrap-around services for our youngest clients and their familiesBy Robyn Covelli-Hunt Las Cumbres Community Services was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1971 and...
Family Voices
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...
Fostering: A Series of Bananas
Fostering: A Series of Bananas The system, the cycle, and the to-do’sBy Momma Kiki foster parent - noun Individuals who provide a temporary home and care for children in the foster care system, often with the goal of reuniting the child with their biological family or...
Resolutions
Resolutions "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off" - Gloria SteinamBy E. Quinones We have a big beautiful blended family but it wasn’t always that way, as you may have learned in the last issue of Tumbleweeds. When my spouse and I got together,...