A NOTE ABOUT THE MAY 2020 ISSUE.

This May 2020 issue is a SPECIAL digital only issue that can be read online.

This issue is an opportunity for our Simply Local team to celebrate the resiliency of our wonderful community. We want to take the month of May to allow our advertisers continued recognition while offering them a break from advertising costs as they focus on challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Local businesses and organizations are what makes our community our home. Please support local!

We will return to print with our June 2020 issue.

ON OUR MAY COVER | THANK YOU TO NATHAN SATRAN FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL COVER PHOTOGRAPHY!

Smarter Push-Ups

3 push-up progressions that are better than push-ups from the knees.

How to Monitor and Keep Your Kids Safe on Social Media

For today's parents, deciding how to best track their kids' online adventures and relationships is a crucial piece of the parenting puzzle. "Stalking" might feel tempting, when "monitoring" might just be the key.

Kids in the Kitchen: Cooking Up Learning and Love

By welcoming our kids into the kitchen, not only are we teaching a valuable life skill, but we're also giving the gift of our time, love (and patience!).

10 Ways You Can Help Out A New Mom

Wondering how best to support a new mama in your life? Check out these 10 ways to help her feel seen, heard, and helped.

Surviving the First Year: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Parents

The first year as a new parent can be a tough one, let's talk tips for surviving year one.

Let’s Play: Outdoor Family Activities

We are living through a moment in history of monumental change. During this time of restriction, there are many opportunities to continue to spend time with your family in ways that may have been neglected in recent years. Let's play!

Back Home: Easing the Transition for Your College Student

While it's exciting for your college kid to be coming home for the summer, it can be a major adjustment for everyone. Let's talk tips for easing the transition.

Generation COVID

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we adults are at various distances outside the eye but nevertheless in the throes of the storm. Most children, however, do not share our experience. They see the world around them – they see us –from a very different vantage point. They sit in the eye of the storm. For them, life is unstable in a different way.

How to Get Your Kids to Happily Do Their Chores

Getting your children to do their chores doesn't have to be a daily struggle. With a bit of creativity and some bright ideas, you can turn tasks into a natural or even fun part of their daily routine.

Explaining COVID-19 to Kids: 'Kelly Stays Home'

'Kelly Stays Home: The Science of Coronavirus' aims to make some of the scientific principles clear and easy for parents and kids to understand in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

End of School Year Reflections Activity

End of School Year Reflections activity with prompts to keep the conversation rolling!

Grace and Growth Through Distance Learning

Our kids have been thrown into an unexpected way of schooling as a result of this global pandemic, so allow for some grace as we all continue to adapt to distance learning.

Grief and All Its Friends

While we're collectively sharing in the experience of living through this global pandemic, there are variations to everyone's experience and the things and they ways they are grieving.