From Scott and Sandie
February/March 2010

Parents' Source is starting its 15th year of bringing useful information to families to help them laugh, play, and grow together.  As we start out the year, I thought it would be fun to look back to the premier issue in the winter of 1995 to see how Parents' Source came into being.  Here's an excerpt:

Like most parents, Holly Gage wanted the best for her children (then 4 and 2 1/2), but that meant more than simply buying quality toys and clothing; it meant being an informed parent.  This desire sent Holly on an area-wide search for information about parenting.  She found that a tremendous pool of resources exists, but it is an awfully hard pool to uncover.  Sensing a need, Holly set about creating Parents' Source - a guide that would point parents to both the hard-to-find and not-so-hard-to-find shops, services, and information available in the area for children and their parents.  As Holly put it, "Parents work hard enough just being parents - they shouldn't have to be Sherlock Holmes as well."  With Parents' Source, they won't need to.

Fifteen years later a lot has changed, but fortunately, parents still want the best for their children.  More than ever that means being an informed parent.  Even with the Internet, much of the information available still requires that parents be Sherlock Holmes to find it, and they have little time to sift through it all.  Parents' Source can be counted on to fill the same need that it did in 1995: it pulls information together in both our printed guide AND on ParentsSource.com to make it easy to find the area shops, services, and information that helps parents with one of the hardest jobs there is - raising great kids.

Although we purposely devote most of our space to local events and resources, we also provide a couple of articles in each issue - one that we hope will lighten your mood, and one that will help you with a common parenting challenge.

This time, our humorous article is Heart Beat, which provides some insight into the perils men face when selecting a Valentines Day present for that special someone.

In the article, Enrich a Life: Volunteer, Jan Udlock talks about the value of volunteering and how to go about it with your family.  You might be surprised by how easy it is to find opportunities for your family to help and by how much volunteering can benefit not only the community but also your family.

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