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February 2019 • Volume 35 • Issue 12 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! Cabin Fever Features: 6 n Family-Friendly Cures for Cabin Fever by Lisa Littlewood 8 n Winter Break Boredom Busters: 7 Simple Ways to Get Your Kids Involved in Good Things by Meagan Ruffing 10 n STEAM-y Projects for Chilly Days by Sara Barry /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. 12 n 7 Indoor Winter Crafts & Activities by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon 14 n 10 Ways to Say “I Love You” by Christa Melnyk Hines 20 n February Is Dental Health Month: Your Child’s First Dental Visit by Denise Yearian 23 n 10 Reasons Why the Tooth Fairy Did Not Come Last Night by Katy M. Clark 44 n The Family Pet Exercising Your Pet in Winter Regulars: 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 16 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 18 n Family Travel Close-To-Home Romantic Getaways by Deborah Williams 24 n Calendar of Events 28 n Raising Digital Kids Podcasts for Parents (and Kids, too!) by Mike Daugherty 32 n Dad & Daughter Discussions Choice of Words by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 33 n Parent Previews Smallfoot by Bethany Gustafson 36 n Special Needs Autism and Wandering: How to Keep Your Child Safe by Suzanne Koup-Larsen 38 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 40 n Tweens and Teens How Teens Can Beat Old Man Winter at His Game by Myrna Beth Haskell 42 n Single Parenting Sabotage Affects Kids Where They Live by Diane Dierks, LMFT 46 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Colorful Salad by Kathy Lundquist 47 n The Kiddie Gourmet Coles by Barbara Blackburn Directories: 30 n 34 n 41 n 43 n 47 n Choosing Childcare Summer Camps Your Home 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 February 2019 WNY Family 3