Family Volunteering from Home
If you are in a position to help, here are some ways that you can volunteer from home and get the whole family involved.
Fun Projects Your Kids Will Love!
Even the most crafty among us are running out of projects to keep the kids busy at home.
Sanity-saving Tips for Parents During COVID-19
Tips from local mental health professionals for helping you keep mentally steady during this incredibly stressful time.
Creative Kids’ Birthday Ideas in a Pandemic
Ideas for every budget to celebrate a #stayathome birthday.
Review: Ezell’s Famous Chicken
Perfectly fried chicken, kid-approved sides and quick service make Ezell’s Famous Chicken a hit. EDITOR’S NOTE: We reviewed Ezell’s before Governor Brown closed restaurant dining. Currently Ezell’s is open for pickup or delivery through Door Dash. Oprah’s favorite fried chicken recently moved into a space in Tigard, right next to Washington Square mall. So my …
Easy Stress-baking with Kids Recipes
There’s a reason flour was one of the first things to fly from the shelves when Governor Brown issued a stay at home order: baking can be a way to relax — and a way to feel control over your life, even if just for a little bit. Plus you’ve got something tasty to eat …
Prepared Meals Delivered to Your Door
Raise your hand if you are tired of cooking. 🙋🏻♀️ Getting take out is a fun diversion, and a great way to support local small businesses, but it can get spendy very quickly. Enter fully prepared meal services. You can head online, select your meals, and then — someone else cooks them! And most of …
Subscription Box Review: kidstir
Monthly cooking boxes from kidstir aim to get your kids excited about working in the kitchen and making smart food choices.
At-home Science Experiments
Find loads of ideas for at-home science experiments that perfectly balance fun and education!
Subscription Box Review: Girls Can! Crate
This monthly box is on a mission to inspire girls to greatness.
Subscription Box Review: eat2explore
This monthly cooking subscription box lets kids travel the globe with recipes for popular dishes from around the world.
Kid-friendly Restaurants Offering Pickup or Delivery
You can feed the family and support local businesses.
Keeping Together … While Socially Distant
Here are some fun ideas for interacting with others … from a safe distance.
Parents in Portland’s Arts & Crafts Scene
Meet local makers and peek inside their studios to see how they keep it creative with kids on hand.
Free Streaming Music Apps for Kids
We review three free streaming apps that have dedicated channels for kiddos.
At-home Education Resources
We’re all worried about keeping our kids’ learning on track while schools are closed. Find some great ideas for school-closure lessons here.
Field Trip: Ocean Plays, Hillsboro’s New Indoor Playground
Let the kids wear themselves out at Hillsboro’s newest indoor play park.
Family Supper Review: Pizza Doughnais
Thick-crust pizza squares hit Southeast’s Brooklyn neighborhood.
The Zipper Food Hall in NE Portland
What’s new at The Zipper food hall? Saucy Korean fried chicken wings and seriously good tacos. Plus a save-the-day vending machine.
Confessions of a Crazy Birthday Mom
Our editor goes a little overboard when it comes to her kids’ birthdays. Here’s her advice for how to take things down a notch and still throw a fun and memorable part
Building a Better PTA
This dynamic Portland PTA is increasing parent participation by removing barriers, building relationships and making meetings more fun.
Field Trip: North Clackamas Aquatic Park
With a wide range of water features, your kids can keep it low-key or ride
the waves at the North Clackamas Aquatic Park.
Neighborhood We ❤️: Hospitable Highland
There’s much to celebrate in Beaverton’s Highland neighborhood. Residents enjoy ample parks and nature areas, as well as close proximity to restaurants, shops and the Nike campus. From the Beaverton Transit Center, the Red and Blue MAX lines offer a 30-minute trip to downtown Portland. And the City of Beaverton has taken on the goals …
Summer Road-trip Playlist
When you are hitting the road, you need tunes the whole family can enjoy. We’ve come up with a list of songs new and old that capture the spirit of adventuring together. See What We Can See — Frances England, Explorer of the World Through The Woods — The Okee Dokee Brothers, Through the Woods …
Atlas Pizza: Family Supper Review
Local chain Atlas Pizza opens a new, kid-friendly spot on Southeast Foster Road. Story and photo by Denise Castañon Big changes are happening on Foster Road, a long-overlooked thoroughfare in Southeast Portland mostly known as home to one of the city’s most celebrated strip clubs — and as a way to avoid traffic on Powell …
