Are Your Kids Ready to Stay Home Alone?
Learn how to know when your kids are responsible enough to stay home by themselves.
The No Slacking Portland Summer: How to Keep Your Teen Busy
Here’s how to help your tweens and teens put down their phones and have an activity-filled summer break — and maybe even earn some cash.
Live Shows This Spring
From dance to live theater, your family is sure to find an engaging and fun show.
Teen Internships in PDX
Find out where teens have been gaining valuable experience in the Portland area.
Full Stomachs, Happy Hearts: Feeding Oregon’s Families
The rates of food insecure families in Oregon have substantially increased during the pandemic. We’re taking a look at the organizations who are making sure kids don’t go to bed hungry.
Feeling Groovy at the Drive-in Movie
Pile the kids (and the dog) in the car for a retro movie-watching experience at Newberg’s 99W Drive-In.
Neighborhood We Love : The Historic Alphabet District
Window shop northwest’s Alphabet District. Families say it offers a European feel — right in the heart of the bustling city.
Field Trip: Stronger Skatepark
Good vibes and cool terrains make the indoor Stronger Skatepark in Milwaukie a hot spot for kids to skateboard through the winter. My kids have grown up skateboarding — their dad gave them each (all five of them, ages 8 to 16) skateboards for their first or second birthdays. Still, Portland’s rainy winters and my …
Halloween Countdown 2019
You can pick up the calendar in our October 2019 print issue, or click here to view the calendar in another window to download or print.
ISO Teachers
Portland-area schools are having a hard time filling teacher and substitute openings — especially with diverse candidates and for specialty subjects. Is hope on the horizon?
Field Trip: Oregon Historical Society
Step back in time at the Oregon Historical Society’s new “Experience Oregon” exhibit.
Winter Adventures, A to Z
From Albany to Zoolights, here’s where to go and what to do this season with kids.
The Snow Pack
The mountains are calling and your family must go … play in the snow. Portlanders dream of powder. That’s why we may smile, or even dance, at the winter rains. In town, we get drenched, yes, but at higher elevations, those same rains paint our mountains white. Whether your family gets its snowy kicks on …
Start Up, Do Good
Portland’s green, DIY ethos has given rise to moms who have built successful businesses that center on sustainability — and leave time for their families.
