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January 2019 • Volume 35 • Issue 11 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 © 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. Where It’s At! Birthday Parties! Features: 6 n Spread Cheer Throughout the Year by Pam Molnar Regulars: 8 n 8 Real-Life Mom Resolutions by LJ Kunkel 10 n A New Approach for 2019: Think Before You Speak, How to Respond to Others with Respect by Christina Katz 12 n Simple or Extravagant, All A Party Has To Do Is Make A Child Feel Special by Michele Miller 15 n Host an Incredible(s) Birthday Party by Pam Molnar 16 n KAPOW! Save the Day with a Superhero Party Plan by Pam Molnar 18 n Spring Birthday? Pull Together a Quick & Inexpensive Indoor Garden Party by Christina Katz 27 n Striking the Right Tone for Teen Birthdays by Kathrun Streeter 31 n Warm Up With A Good Book with The Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries! Directories: 20 n 36 n 44 n 52 n Party Profiles Choosing Childcare The Fit Family Wellness Choices 4 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 28 n Calendar of Events 32 n Family Travel Travel Lessons Learned by Deborah Williams 34 n Raising Digital Kids The Rights and Wrongs of Screen Time by Mike Daugherty 38 n Dad & Daughter Discussions Safe at Home by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 39 n Parent Previews First Man by Bethany Gustafson 40 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 42 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 46 n Special Needs Preparing for the IEP Meeting 48 n Tweens and Teens Heart-Healthy Eating for Teens by Myrna Beth Haskell 51 n Single Parenting Get a Regular Co-Parenting Check-Up by Diane Dierks, LMFT 54 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Hearty Vegetable Chili by Kathy Lundquist 55 n The Kiddie Gourmet Cindy Lou’s Home Cookin’ by Barbara Blackburn 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 January 2019 WNY Family 3