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68THINGS TO DO IN THE MAGAZINE PARENTS LIVE BY IN DENTON COUNTY january january 2017 USING PRIVATE FAMILY RITUALS SCHOOL TO BOND LIST NEW! narrow your search MOM FAILS with our comprehensive annual guide YOU CAN RELATE TO MEET OUR MOM NEXT DOOR NATALIE DREW BEYOND sponsored: BULLYING Meet the Heads understanding and recognizing of Schools the long-term effects We are your women’s health neighborhood hospital. FREE Women’s Health Screening Event Saturday, February 4, 2017 | 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. • Cholesterol • Blood Pressure & BMI • Glucose Checks • Sleep Apnea • Heart Screening • Thyroid Screenings Please join us in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Lobby for our annual Women’s Health Screening Event on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Visit wellness booths, ask questions of and hear from our physician speakers and enter into drawings for door prizes. 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Doctors on the medical staff practice independently and are not employees or agents of the hospital. pages / JANUARY 2017 DEPARTMENTS NOTED 5 Family Matters Making traditions is good for the kids — and you THE REAL MOMS 7 Mom Next Door / Natalie Drew The busy mom recently welcomed baby EDUCATION number four to her brood 8 Lavish Lettering Calligraphy lessons for beginners ISSUE 8 Home Grown Learn which edibles to plant this spring 8 Girl Talk Catch a comedy for girls night out 10 Routines / Bianca Gogos One day with a stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old and a newborn KID CULTURE 23 Cold Play Indoor play areas for a rainy day 25 Agenda Our five favorite things to do this month 27 EveryDay Find the right private school for your child — and you, p. 16 Calendar of events for every day in January FEATURES ON THE COVER LASTING SCARS 4-year-old Aadhya 12 Children can experience the of Lewisville emotional and psychological effects Photography: of being bullied even years later Nick Prendergast words Leslie J. 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Custer Wallflower Management 34 Confessions / Mommy Fails Styling: Lauren When bad things happen to THE PRIVATE SCHOOL LIST Niebes good parents 16 Our comprehensive guide to North Texas private schools compiled by Jessica Myers PUBLISHER/ Managing Editor Calendar Editor ADVERTISING Advertising Coordinator EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Carrie Steingruber Elizabeth Smith Associate Publisher Amy Klembara Joylyn Niebes Diana Whitworth Nelson Web Editor ART PR/MARKETING CREATIVE DIRECTOR Alex Mitchell Mortenson Graphic Designer Account Executives Audience Development Director Samantha Barnhart, Susan Lauren Niebes Assistant Editor Susan Horn Candace Emerson Hassel, Nancy McDaniel, Jessica Myers EDITORIAL Editorial Designer Kristen Niebes, Sandi Tijerina, ADMINISTRATION Executive Editor Research Editor Katie Garza Kerensa Vest Office Manager + Distribution Wendy Manwarren Generes Beth McGee Robbie Scott NorthTexasChild is published monthly by Lauren Publications, Inc. NorthTexasChild is distributed free of charge, one copy per reader. Only NorthTexasChild authorized distributors may deliver or pick up the magazines. Additional or back copies of NorthTexasChild are available for $2 per copy at the offices of Lauren ©ISTOCK.COM/CONSTANTINOSZ Publications, Inc. We reserve the right to edit, reject or comment editorially on all material contributed. We cannot be responsible for the return of any unsolicited material. NorthTexasChild is ©2017 by Lauren Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without express written permission prohibited. northtexaschild / january 2017 3 noted. And kids aren’t the only beneficiaries either. Psychologists consistently link family traditions with better overall emotional well- being and lower anxiety levels in all family members, plus greater marital satisfaction for couples and higher academic success and a sense of belonging in kids. So if you’re reading this and having a hard time pin-pointing your own family’s traditions, start one. It’s never too late. Gretchen Stofer Darby, who grew up as an only child, admits that her family didn’t have much that they did with any sort of regularity. So when she started dat- ing James, now her husband, they started a tradition together. “James and I went to the State Fair of Texas [every year] when we started dating in 2003,” says the Dallas mom of three — Presley, 7, and Jax and Jagger, both 2 ½. We now have a wall of 20 or so of “We’ve continued every year since. family matters these photos.” Not to mention the Now our little family loves to go to memories of each of the trips. the State Fair together.” why rituals are so important But traditions don’t have to The special moments spent for kids — and you be this thought-out or involved together become the glue that to be impactful. Any routine or bonds the family. “Children like WORDS LESLIE CHATMAN set of behaviors that has symbolic having something to look forward ILLUSTRATION MALINA OMUT meaning and says, “This is who we to, and they need stable, consis- are as a family,” qualifies. Maybe tent opportunities to bond with it’s a weekly movie night or game their family,” Guhl says. So when night, an annual reunion or trip or it comes to starting traditions, she n the day Hannah just fun for kids; they actually make a monthly day of serving together. suggests keeping it simple. McCue came into the families happier and healthier. These seemingly Ideas might world, her dad gave “Anytime you can create tradi- small practices include eating her a pink pacifier tions that connect children with help create a small together at least once O Limoges box. And so their family or others outside of respite in our fast- a week and reading began the tradition. Hannah, now the family, it improves their self- paced, high-stress, CHILDREN together nightly 23, has gotten a Limoges box every efficacy,” says Courtney Guhl, a busy lives. These LIKE HAVING before bed. Whatever year on her birthday. “We always licensed professional counselor in are the things you do, preserve it. give something that represents a Fort Worth. that children will SOMETHING TO Tradition is nothing significant event from that year,” Theresa Ambrogi involves remember as they LOOK FORWARD without you, your says her mom, Cheryl McCue, more than just family in a tradition grow older and will family, your laughs, who lives in Dallas. “The year that started when she was a little likely pass on to TO, AND THEY your ideas and your she turned 16, we found a Texas girl. “My family vacationed in their offspring. NEED STABLE, memories. So make driver’s license box, the year we got Durango, Colorado, every summer, “Children thrive it something you can our dog, Hannah received a collie and we frequently invited friends and feel safe in CONSISTENT commit to. box, and the year we moved into to join us when we’d go,” Ambrogi environments with OPPORTUNITIES McCue and our house, she got a moving box says. “As a rite of passage, we made expectations, struc- TO BOND WITH her husband with china.” first-time visitors take an old fash- ture and routine,” plan to continue This small token, an established ioned family photo, the kind where Guhl says. When THEIR FAMILY.” the Limoges box birthday gift, takes the McCue everyone dresses up, with us. It’s children know tradition at least family on a trip down memory a tradition I’ve continued with my what to expect — such as regular until Hannah gets married. And lane every time they look at — and kids — 8-year-old Hudson and Friday pizza nights with the fam- maybe, just maybe, Hannah will add to — the collection. 4-year-old Ashlyn. My parents ily — it helps them make sense of pass the collection, the stories and Decades of research prove that retired near Durango, so we rou- the world and create a predictable the tradition on to her children traditions and rituals like this aren’t tinely bring friends when we go. and soothing system. one day. ntc northtexaschild / january 2017 5 BUILD MORE THAN MUSCLE. When you join the Y you’re committing to more than simply becoming healthier. Join For You are supporting the values and programs that strengthen your community. At the Y, children learn what they can achieve, families spend quality time together, $10 and we all build relationships that deepen our sense of belonging. in January* For more than a workout. 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