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August 2019 • Volume 36 • Issue 6 EDITOR & PUBLISHER Michele Miller GENERAL MANAGER Paul Kline SALES REPRESENTATIVES Jennifer Staebell Paul Kline GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Karen Wawszczyk Melanie Schroeder CONTRIBUTORS Barbara Blackburn • Donna Phillips Patrick Hempfing • Deborah Williams Kathy Lundquist • Myrna Beth Haskell Mike Daugherty Where It’s At! Summer Fun! Features: 6 n Banish Summer Boredom! by Sarah Lyons 8 n Help for Bored Kids & Exhausted Parents by Kathryn Streeter 10 n 8 Fun DIY Water Play Ideas by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon 12 n Try “Paleo Play” for Summer Fun by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon /WNYFamily /WNYFamily /WNYFamily Visit Our Web Site www.wnyfamilymagazine.com To Reach Us: Advertising Department [email protected] Calendar Submissions [email protected] Subscriptions [email protected] Editorial Submissions [email protected] MAILING ADDRESS: 3147 Delaware Ave., Suite B Buffalo, NY 14217 Phone: [phone] • Fax: [phone] PRINTED BY: Commercial Printing Division The Post-Journal, Jamestown WE ARE AN AUDITED PUBLICATION CIRCULATION (copies printed): 20,000 © 2019 Western New York Family, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without permission is strictly prohibited. Inclu- sion of an advertisement does not constitute an endorsement by the publisher. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS: MAILED FIRST CLASS, IN AN ENVELOPE SAME DAY ISSUE IS DELIVERED FROM THE PRINTER: $28 one year, $52 two years, $75 three years. Phone & online orders accepted with credit cards. Gift subscriptions available. Single copies & back issues by mail, $2.50. IF YOU MOVE: Missed issues will not be re- placed if we do not receive an address change before issue mailing date. 27 n Kicking Off Kindergarten: Helping Your Kindergartener Score A a Smoother Transition Into School by Christa Melnyk Hines 46 n The Family Pet Growing Up & Growing Old Regulars: 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 16 n Family Travel Genesee Country Village & Museum by Deborah Williams 18 n Family Travel 5 Last-Minute Family-Friendly Destinations by Lisa Littlewood 20 n Raising Digital Kids Saving & Organizing Your Photos by Mike Daugherty 22 n Dad & Daughter Discussions A Balance in Life by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 23 n Parent Previews Missing Link by Keith Hawkes 24 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 26 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 28 n Calendar of Events 32 n Tweens and Teens Surviving D-Day: Preparing for the Day Your Teen Leaves for College for the First Time by Myrna Beth Haskell 34 n Special Needs How to Help Your ADHD Child Get Organized by Meagan Ruffing 45 n Single Parenting Responding to Reconciliation Fantasies by Diane Dierks, LMFT 54 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Food Allergies vs Intolerance by Kathy Lundquist 55 n The Kiddie Gourmet Papi Grande’s Mexican Restaurant & Cantina by Barbara Blackburn Directories: 14 n 36 n 52 n 55 n Choosing Childcare The Fit Family Wellness Choices Let’s Party You’ll find FREE courtesy copies of WNY Family at all Buffalo area Wegmans and 300 locations including Public Libraries, Doctors’ Offices, Child Care Centers and many of our advertisers. (Look for us INSIDE Wegmans on the racks where newspapers are sold or at the service desk... but we’re still FREE...Copies are restocked twice a week, but they go fast!) Find this entire issue online at www.wnyfamilymagazine.com August 2019 WNY Family 3