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November 2018 • Volume 35 • Issue 9 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 © 2018 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! Happy Thanksgiving! Features: 6 n Start A New Tradition: Host A Friendsgiving Party! by Pam Molnar 8 n How We Helped Our Sons Learn the Value of Giving Back by Lisa A. Beach 10 n Create Thanksgiving Memories & Good Times with These 7 Family Games by Pam Molnar 12 n Making Family Gatherings More Manageable: When Your Child has a Sensory Processing Disorder by Karyn Robinson-Renaud MSW, RSW 14 n 25 Simple Ways to Countdown to Christmas by Lisa A. Beach 43 n 15 Must Have Apps for a Successful Holiday Season by Pam Molnar Directories: 16 n 41 n 45 n 47 n Gifts Galore Wellness Choices Your Home Let’s Party Regulars: 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 22 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 24 n Calendar of Events 28 n Family Travel Northeast Ohio by Deborah Williams 30 n Raising Digital Kids When Should You Give Your Child A Smartphone? by Mike Daugherty 32 n Dad & Daughter Discussions I Need a Bra! by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 33 n Parent Previews Incredibles 2 by Rod Gustafson 34 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 36 n Special Needs Assistive Technology Opens a World of Opportunities 38 n Tweens and Teens Night & Day: The Issues Vastly Change as Teens Mature by Myrna Beth Haskell 40 n Single Parenting 5 Sane Ways to Prepare for the Holidays by Diane Dierks, LMFT 46 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Stuffing, Potatoes & Yams by Kathy Lundquist 47 n The Kiddie Gourmet Say Cheese! Pizza Company 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 November 2018 WNY Family 3