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March 2019 • Volume 36 • Issue 1 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 Where It’s At! Seeking Spring Features: 6 n Spring Into Creativity: Joy Journaling - A Heart-Centered Way to Stay Connected to Your Kids by Christina Katz Regulars: 8 n Spring Into Creativity: Your Daily Creative Practice - A Tool for Thriving Parents & Families by Christina Katz 10 n ‘Twas the First Day of Spring Break by Pam Molnar 12 n Summer Camp & Fun Fair at the Boulevard Mall 22 n When is Teasing Bullying? by Christa Melnyk Hines 25 n 17th Annual ELDERCARE GUIDE A Special Pull-Out Section • The Sandwich Generation: Squeezed Between Caring for Your Children & Your Aging Parents • Aging in Place: Growing Old at Home • When It’s Time to Leave Home • A Geriatric Care Manager Can Be Especially Helpful • Helping Seniors & Their Families Make Decisions • Important Documents Everyone Should Organize, Regardless of Age • Long-Distance Caregiving • Self Care for the Cargiver • Burdens & Blessings: A Personal Perspective • Senior Wishes is Looking for Wishes to Fulfill 58 n Unplug: How Device-Free Time Fosters Better Connection by Christa Melnyk Hines 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. Directories: 14 n Summer Camps 62 n Wellness Choices 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 24 n Calendar of Events 51 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 52 n Family Travel Early Spring is a Great Time to Explore! by Deborah Williams 55 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 56 n Raising Digital Kids Creating Confidence Through Coding by Mike Daugherty 60 n Dad & Daughter Discussions The Shower Star by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 61 n Parent Previews Ralph Breaks the Internet by Keith Hawkes 64 n Special Needs 5 Emotional Sticking Points of Parenting a Child with Special Needs 66 n Tweens and Teens Body Piercing: What Every Teen & Parent Should Know by Myrna Beth Haskell 68 n Single Parenting Family Activities with the Ex: Is It Healthy? by Diane Dierks, LMFT 70 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Healthy Shamrock Shake by Kathy Lundquist 71 n The Kiddie Gourmet Mandy’s Cafe by Barbara Blackburn 67 n Your Home 71 n 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 March 2019 WNY Family 3