A 406 Families writer can’t wait to spread cheer to moms in need this year. Here is how you can help her play Santa to 10 moms receiving help from Mountain Home Montana.
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Stephanie Land had the audacity to dream of a better life for her family. The dream: To attain a degree from the University of Montana and go on to become a full-time writer. The part that made it audacious? Land was a 35-year-old single mother living below the poverty line in Missoula. She writes in stark detail about her life during that time. Class is important and necessary.
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The number of children needing foster homes currently exceeds the number of homes with open beds in our community. If you have considered becoming a foster parent, this would be a wonderful time to begin the licensing process. Here’s what you need to know about ways to support children in Missoula.
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A Registered Nurse decided to become a foster parent, and a question plagued her: Would she have what it takes to parent a medically complicated child? Abby Riley writes about why she believes it’s so worth it.
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After the births of both of my biological children, I struggled intensely with postpartum depression and anxiety. It was incredibly challenging, and yet - our little family made it through those experiences intact. With the support of my husband, our families, and our larger community, I was able to seek help and keep my children safe simultaneously.
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Our resident foster care parent Abby Riley writes about the things she wishes people would stop saying to foster parents
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As parents, we are learning alongside our kids as they grow and change. One Missoula mom’s unexpected lesson about learning through motherhood when a neighbor unexpectedly approached her.
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Montana is facing a foster care crisis. At 406 Families, we are spending the summer learning more about foster care through one Missoula-area mom’s journey and experiences as a foster parent.
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This weekend, Missoula becomes awash in rainbows and festivities as the town celebrates the freedom to live their gender and sexual identity with pride. Here’s some of our favorite activities during Missoula Pride.
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Whether they’re your dad, your baby’s daddy, uncle, grandpa, best friend, step-dad, whatever—here are some fun things to do, dad-fluencer’s to follow and more!
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The Watershed Education Network is on the look out for six high-school students to take part in their Backcountry Stream Corps program during the last week of July and the first week of August.
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Target backpedaled their support of the LGBTQ+ community after backlash. So now seems like a REALLY good time to tell you about some of our favorite local queer-owned businesses and stores.
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Meadow Hill Middle School parents have a lot of questions about a playground attack that left one student critically injured and needing reconstructive surgery. Among their questions: Why didn’t the school administrators tell parents or even teachers about the crime?
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A Target shopper in Missoula threw Pride merchandise on the ground and harassed a trans couple shopping nearby. Target responded by removing many of the Pride products. Doesn’t Target know what all parents do? You can’t give in to childish hissy fits.
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This Mother’s Day, the best gift you can give a momma is to do the thinking for her.
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Some lawmakers are terrible parents, which would be fine, if they didn’t also want to legislate that you be a terrible parent too. Last month Montana lawmaker Kerri Seekins Crowe, R-Billings, told everyone how she handled her teenage daughter’s depression: She didn’t.
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Big Sky Country is back on the Big Screen, this time in a film that is already notorious for accidents and tragedy. Alec Baldwin’s Rust is filming in Montana.
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Well, this is a sentence I never thought I would write: Paris Hilton wrote a letter to Montana legislators beseeching them to pass laws to protect Montana kids in residential youth homes.
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If you’ve been in Missoula any length of time, you know some camps sell out almost instantly. You don't want to sleep on the opportunity to grab a spot, so we’re going to do you a favor and not write a big long intro to this blog post. Without further ado:
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Who says adventure should be limited to grade schoolers? Kids of all ages enjoy adventures, learning new things, and having fun in the sun. Here’s a list of some of our favorite Summer Camps & Activities for ages 3, 4, and 5.
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