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February 2020 • Volume 36 • 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 /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 © 2020 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. Where It’s At! Cabin Fever Features: 6 n Have a Blizzard Blast: Cold Weather Fun for the Family! by Kimberly Blaker 8 n Let It Snow: 5 Wintery Experiments for Your Budding Scientists by Jan Pierce 12 n Is Your Valentine Worn Out by Parenting? by Pam Moore 14 n Set the Stage for a Positive Dental Visit for Your Child by Kimberly Blaker 20 n Raising Healthy, Happy Kids in a World of Noise 42 n The Family Pet Good Things Come In Small Packages 45 n Why Time Apart Might Be the Perfect Marriage Elixir by Pam Moore Regulars: 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 10 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 16 n Special Needs Delayed Tooth Eruption: Baby Teeth and Down Syndrome 18 n Raising Digital Kids Continuous Partial Attention by Mike Daugherty 24 n Calendar of Events 28 n Family Travel Plan a Romantic Close-To-Home Getaway by Deborah Williams 30 n Dad & Daughter Discussions Savor the Moment by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 31 n Parent Previews Arctic Dogs by Kirsten Hawke & Brooke Berry 33 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 34 n Tweens and Teens Brutal Boyfriends: What Every Parent Should Know by Myrna Beth Haskell 36 n Single Parenting Give the Other Parent Space to Grieve by Diane Dierks, LMFT 46 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Valentine’s Gifts by Kathy Lundquist 47 n The Kiddie Gourmet Smoke on the Water by Barbara Blackburn Directories: 22 n 38 n 43 n 44 n Choosing Childcare Summer Camps Let’s Party Wellness Choices 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 2020 WNY Family 3