McRorie Parenting

Here I am at the Health Fair until 3!

Wellness with Purpose: Health Fair.
Benefiting Santa Cruz SPCA and Second Harvest Food Bank.
Where Health, Heart, and Community Come Together.

Sunday, January 18th, 2026.
11:00 AM - 3:00PM.
Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Avenue, Capitola.
(Behind Woodworm Party Store).

20+ Interactive Booths with Local Experts.
Free Demonstrations and Mini Lectures.
Raffle with Prizes Donated by Each Vendor!

Admission: $5 or 2 cans of food.
Includes 1 raffle ticket.
Additional raffle tickets:
$5 each or 3 for $10.

Come for inspiration. Stay for community.

Are your kids afraid of the dark?
It’s the rare kid who tells their parent they’re ready for bed. If you’ve got a toddler, preschooler or even older kid who resists going to bed, you’re probably pretty tired of the whole thing!
Come to this 90 minute online workshop and learn some ways we can make it easier for our kids to settle into sleep.
Thursday, October 23rd, 7:30pm PDT.
Register @ McRorieParenting.com

Honored to be a part of this amazing event!

🌟 A Heartfelt THANK YOU to Our Caring for Kids Sponsors! 🌟

We are deeply grateful to the generous sponsors who supported this year’s Caring for Kids event. Your commitment to the well-being of children and survivors of sexual abuse helps us continue our mission of healing, prevention, and empowerment.

Thanks to your support, Survivors Healing Center can continue offering trauma-informed services, education, and outreach throughout our community. Together, we are creating a safer and more compassionate world for our youth. 💜

With heartfelt appreciation,
The Survivors Healing Center Team


https://fsa-cc.org/our-caring-4-kids-sponsors/

Keens Kounsel Presents:
Black Breastfeeding Awareness Walk.
August 30th, 2025 11a-3p.
Vince DeMaggio Park in Marina.

Empowering Families Through Knowledge.
Kweens Kounsel is dedicated to empowering Black birthing people and families by providing culturally rooted, community-centered doula and perinatal support. We honor Black birthing traditions, advocate for birth equity, and ensure every family we serve feels informed, supported, and celebrated throughout their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey.

Vision Statement:
We envision a world where Black families experience joyful, safe, and dignified births supported by a thriving network of Black Doulas and perinatal professionals. Kweens Kounsel aims to cultivate healing, liberation, and generational wellness through culturally affirming birthwork, community education, and collective advocacy.

Fiscally Sponsored by Birth Network of Monterey County.

McRorie Parenting.
Empowering Parents to Empower Children.
Win-Win Sleep Solutions.
Healthier, safer sleep for your baby and you.
Being responsive to our babies day and night is a challenge to be sure, but meeting that challenge comes with some powerful benefits, including helping us reach our breastfeeding goals.
Online workshop, August 28th, 7:30-9pm PT.
Register today at McRorieParenting.com

Nurturing through Nourishing.
Filling babies, kids and teens with love.
From the first attempted latch, through countless after-school snacks to the last dinner before they launch, feeding our children is a golden opportunity to give them the experience of being nourished, nurtured and loved. But sometimes our issues and stresses get in the way.
Want to feed your kids with more ease and joy?
Thursday, August 14th, 7:30-9pm PT.
Online workshop.
Register now at McRorieParenting.com

Nurturing through Nourishing:
Filling babies, kids and teens with love.
From the first attempted latch, through countless after-school snacks to the last dinner before they launch, feeding our children is a golden opportunity to give them the experience of being nourished, nurtured and loved.
But sometimes, our issues and stresses get in the way.
Want to feed your kids with more ease and joy?
August 14th, Thursday, 7:30-9pm PT.
Online Workshop.
Register now at McRorieParenting.com

We can’t teach babies to be independent. If we try, we’re neglecting them, leading to deficits in their development and abilities.
Do we want that?
Children thrive when families and communities work together to support them and their parents. And adults, even ones who don’t have kids of their own thrive when they’re part of that community effort.
Let’s celebrate that.

Can we stop celebrating independence?
Independence is not good for anyone. Adults thrive when they’re interdependent members of communities. Safety in numbers is not just about physical safety and resource management, but emotional safety. Being with people we perceive to be safe is the healthiest way to feel safe. (It’s called co-regulation.) Those who are isolated (whether alone at home, alone in a crowd or alone on the internet) become lonely, depressed, anxious, angry, even paranoid.

This Sunday!
Join us for Daddy and Me Breakfast!
4th Sunday of every month, 10 to 12pm.
Free event at RC Fam!
Connect with your kids!
Enjoy waffles together!
Network with other dads!
Improve quality of parenting and level of happiness!
Receive information and resources!
Text 831-288-3105 to register

Win-Win Sleep Solutions:
Healthier, Safer Sleep for Your Baby - and You.
Online workshop for pregnant people and parents of infants.
Saturday, June 7th, 12-1:30pm PT.
Register now @ www.McRorieParenting.com