Working From Home With Babies and Toddlers: A Survival Guide

Here’s some survival tips for parents simultaneously juggling work and family duties with young children.

Trampoline Recreation Returns to Missoula

If you’ve missed Flying Squirrel, we have some great news! Get Air Trampoline Park is coming to its former location.

Friday, April 22 is for adults and is open to anyone on the LGBTQ+ spectrum and any ally. Saturday, April 23 is for teens. It will take place at the Missoula County Fairgrounds Commercial Building from 7-10 p.m.

The Price of Gas Matters for Many

The price of gas has a direct tie to poverty, and a person’s ability to escape domestic abuse. So why are we acting like the price increase isn’t a big deal?

2022 Summer Camps Demonstrate Hope to a Post Covid Missoula

If there’s one time of year we get the most excited about, it’s the release of our annual Summer Camp Guide. This year’s guide features nearly 50 camps with a huge variety of activities for kids of all ages.

How to Talk to Kids about Ukraine

Last night, I puzzled: How were we going to explain the Russian invasion of the Ukraine to our 7 and 10 year old? After giving it some thought and doing a lot of reading today, here’s some helpful tips I’ve gleaned.

Grade Schooler, Parents, Tweens, Teens, EducationTiffany WilliamsFebruary 24, 2022ukraine, talking to kids, difficult subjects, russia, putin, invasion, europe, war

An Olympic Love Story Gets Its Start in Montana

Tiffany’s deep dive into winter Olympians uncovered this international love story that got its start in Kalispell.

Parents Have Already Taken Over Most School Boards

At times, I’ve been frustrated by not being able to do more for my own kid, or to shape the schools more specifically to my, or my kid’s, preferences –but that is not my job as a board member.

Stir the Pot Teaches Food and Fairness

Missoula resident Catherine Lea started Stir the Pot, a food program for kids that teaches cooking principles along with social issues

Dear Asher, You're 10

As parents, we pray for little miracles to make your life easier: that you’ll do well on your spelling test, that you’ll stay out of trouble, that you’ll navigate tricky social situations. We sometimes forget that just the experience of knowing you and seeing you grow is an extraordinary miracle.

Birthday, Grade Schooler, LifestyleTiffany WilliamsJanuary 18, 2022birthday, dear asher, missoula, parenthood, parenting

Snow Day Closures

Are your kids out of school on Friday, Jan. 7? Check our list to find out!

Education, Grade SchoolerTiffany WilliamsJanuary 7, 2022snow day, snowday, delayed start, missoula, weather, missoula weather

Parents Turn Grief into Action with Fundraiser

One Missoula family wants to provide books for the families checking into Brent's Place so that these families can also share in Squish's love of stories and adventure.

A Partridge in a Pear Tree and Other Random Stuff My Kids Want for Christmas

For as long as my children have understood Christmas, they have crafted presents in their heads, certain Santa could fulfill their inventions. I try to tell them if Amazon doesn’t have it, Santa’s workshop probably doesn’t either, but they don’t believe me. Santa can fulfill ANY request if you just believe.

Parents, InspirationTiffany WilliamsDecember 11, 2021Christmas, christmas gifts, parenting, funny, Missoula, christmas shopping

Confessions of a Stay-at-Home-Mom Turned Working Mom During a Pandemic:

406 Families contributor Meghan Higle returned to the workforce recently, and it’s going as smoothly as can be expected re-entering the workforce in a pandemic, with a toddler, during a labor shortage. Read one account of her journey getting out of the door on time here.

Lifestyle, ParentsTiffany WilliamsDecember 8, 2021inspiration, missoula, back to work, toddler, parents, workforce

We are Enchanted by Enchanted Christmas Village

We can’t wait to explore this adorable Christmas scene at 9 Mile Schoolhouse, featuring visits with Santa, cookie decorating, carolers, crafts, and so much more!

Local Suggestions for your Giving Tuesday

Missoula’s nonprofits play a significant role in the culture of our community. Giving Tuesday is about holding up their mission-based work and celebrating them.

“This is Not a Happy Day For Everyone.” How One Indigenous Mom Navigates Thanksgiving.

I realized early as a mother the challenges I would face when it came to teaching my children about the gruesome, cold, and unjust genocide of countless indigenous people. Keeping each child’s maturity and understanding would guide the way I approached the Hallmark holiday.

Boundaries to Support You, New Mama

Boundaries help with healing and recovery in the first few weeks of postpartum, but how do you establish them? Read this advice from a brand new Montana mama.