By Kristen Stroud. Published in Northstate Parent Magazine, March 2009 issue. Did you ever wish for a trusted captain with a smart navigation system to assure you or your loved one's safe passage across the tossing seas of adolescence? Or dreamed of landing in a safe harbor inhabited by caring ... Read More about Transforming Young Lives Through Authentic Connection – Girls Circle and Boys Council Programs in Upper CA

By Kristen Stroud. Published in Northstate Parent Magazine, April 2010 issue. Download original article (PDF) Do you ever wish for a day when you and your curious, active, independent-minded preschooler can sail smoothly through your daily routine? Use these simple techniques to prevent ... Read More about Three R’s for Preschoolers: Redirection, Repetition, and Role Modeling

By Kristen Stroud. Published in Northstate Parent Magazine, November 2008 issue. Download original article (PDF) At a wedding I recently attended, the warm-hearted Italian father of the radiant bride toasted the awestruck non-Italian groom, welcoming him into "La Familia." By this father's ... Read More about Family Gatherings: Coming Back To Love

By Kristen Stroud. Published in Northstate Parent Magazine, July 2008 issue. Download original article (PDF) With four young children piled in the backseat of a yellow International Travelall station wagon pulling a pop-up trailer, a love of birds compelled my father to visit every wildlife ... Read More about Quality Time in the Great Outdoors

By Kristen Stroud. Published in Northstate Parent Magazine, June 2010 issue. Download original article (PDF) In his book "Why Gender Matters," Dr. Leonard Sax describes the life-changing journey of a fourteen-year old American boy named Jeffrey. Concerned by his growing discontent, apathy and ... Read More about From Boys to Men: Rites of Passage for Coming of Age