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JUNE 2018 FREE smart parenting • healthy homes Serving Austin’s Families Since 1992 FATHER’S DAY 14 Places to Take Dad STEAM-Y SUMMER Ways to Keep Learning Over the School Break IS IT ADHD? Helping Restless Kids Stay on Task ARTICULOS EN ESPAÑOL SUMMER FUN GUIDE Plus: Ascent for Awareness Chef David Bull and Daughter Climb Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro INSIDE! CALENDAR | SUMMER CAMP GUIDE Pick us up at HEB, Whole Foods and Central Market. June 2018 austinfamily.com 1 2 June 2018 austinfamily.com View the magazine online at austinfamily.com. Visit our advertisers. June 2018 contents smart parenting • healthy homes African Ascent STEAM-Y Days Places to Take Dad 12 14 Ahead 18 columns Calendar en español 11 / Family Matters. Just lively 42 / June Events. Museum 40 / Asuntos Familiares. or something else: do my boys exhibits, family events, parenting Simplemente animados o algo have ADHD? events and story times más: ¿Mis hijos tienen TDAH? 16 / Lifelines. How much do you In every Issue 46 / Piensa Positivo. know about scoliosis? Congruencia 5 / Play It Safe. Recalls 20 / The Learning Curve. on consumer products Educational places to take kids this summer 6 / Around Austin. News and fIlm revIew notes 38 / Family Connections. Can By Jack Kyser technology solve your mosquito 47 / KidZone. Make a summer “Solo: A Star Wars Story” problem this year? countdown chain Read online at: www.austinfamily.com/films 48 / Just for Grins. The great mosquito escape extras 23 / Summer Fun Guide 27 / Summer Camp Guide 46 / Focus on Doctors follow us: tune in: Sisters Kiana and Kenzie are Catch Austin Family live on ready to dive into a summer “Good Day Austin” every Friday of fun! Photo by Jordan morning and “Despierta Ashley Photography. Austin” the first Tuesday morning of each month. Pick us up at HEB, Whole Foods and Central Market. June 2018 austinfamily.com 3 ® summer. Now that school is out, the possibilities seem Ah, June 2018 Volume 26, No. 3 endless, don’t they? I dream of filling PUBLISHER these long hours of daylight with so Kaye Kemper Lowak many activities: trips to the pool, visits to I EDITOR museums and libraries, picnics in the ed tor’s note Sherida Mock: [email protected] SHERIDA MOCK park, relaxing strolls at dusk and ice COPY EDITOR Mock is an award-winning writer Barb Matijevich cream just for the heck of it. Of course, and the mother of two daughters. life tends to get in the way. There are still ADVISING EDITORS Dr. Betty Kehl Richardson, Barb Matijevich chores to do, and work — like a gas — always seems to fill the empty space it’s discover a shady trail, park or swimming CALENDAR EDITOR Betty Kemper: [email protected] given. hole. If you spend most of your off-time CONTRIBUTING WRITERS outdoors, poke around a museum or Sherida Mock, Dr. Betty Richardson, Jack Kyser, Richard Singleton, Carrie Taylor, Brenda So, I’ll make this promise to myself, and I library for a contemplative change of Schoolfield, Alison Bogle, Steve Alvarez and hope you’ll join me. Don’t let this pace. Sara Barry. summer slip away unappreciated. Go out TRANSLATION Maribel Ruvalcaba and explore Austin and its surroundings Before you know it, we’ll be looking back like a tourist. See it through new eyes. on these blissful, steamy days. Let’s GRAPHIC DESIGN Layout: Susie Forbes Make it a point to try a new restaurant. make sure we fill them with memories! Ads: Kim Crisler Drive to a different part of town. Soak up STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the vibe in a fresh corner of the city. If Jordan Ashley Photography you usually stay indoors all season, ADVERTISING SALES Kaye Kemper Lowak: [email protected] We are dedicated to serving the Greater Austin area by providing up-to-date information and ideas that promote smart parenting and healthy homes. We promote our clients’ businesses by increasing their customer bases and enhancing their public images. Austin Family is published monthly by KKKemper Inc. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7559, Round Rock, Tex as 78683-7559 Phone Number: 512-733-0038 On the web at: www.austinfamily.com Advertising rates are available upon request. While we use great care in creating our display ads, mistakes can happen. Austin Family and the publisher are not liable for any damages arising from any typographical or mechanical errors beyond the cost of the ad. Austin Family does not necessarily endorse any of the advertisers, products or services listed in this publication. We do not assume responsibility for statements made by advertisers or editorial contributors. Subscriptions are available for $30 per year. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved No portion of Austin Family may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. 4 June 2018 austinfamily.com View the magazine online at austinfamily.com. Visit our advertisers. Play it product recalls safe Government Recalls Hats, Space Heaters and Cardigan Sets Spirit Halloween is recalling about 20,000 Paw Patrol marshall hats because the batteries in the flashlight can overheat, causing the flashlight to become hot, posing burn and fire hazards. The recall involves Nickelodeon Paw Patrol Deluxe Marshall Hats with accessory flashlights. Affected units were sold at Spirit Halloween stores nationwide between September 2015 and November 2017 for about $13. Consumers should immediately take the flashlight that was sold with the hat away from children, stop using it, remove the batteries and dispose of the flashlight. Contact Spirit Halloween for a full refund. Customers will be asked to provide a photo of the tag located under the ear in the hat. Vornado Air is recalling about 350,000 electric space heaters because the heater can overheat when in use, posing fire and burn hazards. The recall involves Vornado VH101 Personal Vortex electric space heaters. Affected units were sold at Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Menards, Orchard Supply, Target and other stores nationwide and online at amazon.com, target.com, vornado.com and other websites between August 2009 and March 2018 for about $30. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled heaters and contact Vornado for instructions on how to receive a full refund or a free replacement unit. Carter’s is recalling about 107,200 children’s cardigan sets because the cardigan’s toggle button can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. The recall involves Carter’s three-piece penguin cardigan sets, sold in sizes from newborn to 24 months. Affected units were sold at Carter’s, Bon-Ton, Burlington Stores, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Ross Stores, Toys R Us and other stores nationwide and online at carters.com between July 2017 and March 2018 for about $40. Consumers should immediately take the recalled cardigan sets away from children, stop using them and return them to a Carter’s store location for a full refund in the form of a gift card. Consumers can also contact Carter’s Consumer Affairs department and request a free return label and envelope to return the cardigan. The US Consumer Products Safety Commission works to protect the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. Pick us up at HEB, Whole Foods and Central Market. June 2018 austinfamily.com 5 GO TO WWW.AUSTINFAMILY.COM FOR WEEKLY UPDATES OF AROUND AUSTIN NEWS Must-Do This New and Local Books Several Austin authors have new books that either recently June debuted or are about to come out. Cate Berry’s picture book Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime!, released on May 8, chronicles the adventures of a pair whose imaginations run wild as they definitely do not tell 2 a bedtime story — not even close. Kid Fish at Lake Pflugerville Samantha M. Clark’s first novel, The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast, tells the story of a boy’s struggle to survive after washing up on a mysterious beach. Written for ages 8 - 17 12, the book goes on sale June 26. Father’s Day Concert The Handmade Mama, by Mary Helen Leonard, was released on May 1 and offers a at Zilker Park collection of crafts, recipes and projects to support mothers and their babies through pregnancy and the first year postpartum. 23-30 If Wishes Were Fishes Chef Adrian Davila of Seguin, Texas, released Cowboy Barbecue in April. The cookbook contains 75 recipes that go beyond standard grilling to include tips for smoking, at The Long Center underground cooking and spit methods. Financial Aid UT Austin has announced that it is expanding financial aid to students from low- and middle- income families through its Texas Advance Commitment. Starting this fall, new incoming UT Austin freshmen with family incomes of up to $100,000 (Adjusted Gross Income) who have financial need will be guaranteed financial aid. In addition, students with annual family incomes of up to $30,000 will receive enough aid to completely cover their tuition costs. “It is imperative that the university do more to help lower- and middle-income Texans afford a UT Austin education,” says UT President Gregory Fenves. “This is an investment in our students, their families and the people of Texas.” Funding for these awards comes from a recurring $5 million in new funds for campus from the Available University Fund (AUF). For more information, visit texasadvance.utexas.edu. Nancy Hoover, Art Director at The Girls’ School of Austin, and Anniversary Gala Dick Hoover sport their “true colors” at The Girls’ School of Austin celebrated 15 years in April with a True the school’s 15th Colors themed gala. Guests gathered at Hotel Ella in central Austin anniversary fundraiser.