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Yurts 101 Your Go-To Guide to ‘Camping Luxe’ 35 Baby GOTTMAN: MAKING ’cause parenting is a trip! LOVE LAST SEE BACK COVER Champions for Washington THE EDUCATOR Josh Garcia kids and families Deputy Superheroes superintendent of Tacoma Public Schools ’cause parenting is a trip! yurts 101 Your go-to guide to ‘camping luxe’ 35 baby BIRTHDAY PARTY YOUR CAREER Good Growing ETIQUETTE ON-RAMP GUIDE APRIL 2015 • newsletter inside Avery Seattlearea Email invites? Siblings in How to reinvent your work photo contest winner PARENTMAP.COM or out? Find out 48 self after kids 10 fi nd your village! Places and spaces to go with baby BACK COVER SEATTLE SPONSORED CONTENT DIAPER DUTY TO TEST OR MOD SQUAD Good Growing DECISIONS NOT TO TEST NURSERIES newsletter inside 2015 SEATTLE From cloth to chlorinefree hat you need to know enderneutral multi disposables 5 about genetic testing 1 purpose totally hip rooms 8 PARENTMAP.COMA SPONSORED CONTENT Choice. Opportunity. 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For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities www.arcofkingcounty.org | 206.364.6337 0415_peps_1-4.indd 1 3/11/150415_the_arc_1-4.indd 1:39 PM 1 3/14/15 8:49 AM THE PACIFIC NW’s BIGGEST & BEST BABY EXPO APRIL 25, 2015 BabyBumpExpoNW.com TACOMA CONVENTION CENTER 2 • April 2015 • parentmap.com BM15_baby_bump_expo_1-2h.indd 1 3/3/15 4:40 PM inside feature PAGE 12 APRIL 2015 SuperheroesChampions for Washington kids and families REGULARS OUT + ABOUT ADVERTISING SECTIONS 4 DEAR READER 32–33 APRIL CALENDAR 41–56 CAMPS + ACTIVITIES We’re all heroes! 35 CAMPING IN THE ROUND 58 NWAIS SCHOOLS 6 PAGE 6 Yurts are a 3,000-year-old structure 60–63 SCHOOLS + PRESCHOOLS Raise a wild child; find the perfect camp; for familial bliss COMING IN MAY manage toddler meltdowns 40 APRIL PLAY LIST • Mom-and-pop-preneurs: Looking 7 ASK THE EXPERTS AGES + STAGES for balance, parents start businesses When anxiety is a bigger issue; of their own when to worry about a teen mood 48 4–9 PARTY PEEVES Your primer for a zero-drama • Goo goo go! Your big 9 BRAIN FUEL birthday bash summer list of new baby Parent news, snack-sized + toddler travel and 55 10–13 INVITING GIRLS TO STEM adventure gear 10 MAKING IT WORK At a critical time, middle-school girls The mother of reinvention! offered mentors and programs • Breaking up is hard On-ramping after a parenting break Co-parenting 59 14–18 GETTING A RUNNING START to do: 45 AFTER-SCHOOL SPECIAL How high school students are earning strategies for divorce 10 Elevating art, elevating youth college credits for free SUPERHERO PHOTOS: WILL AUSTIN IN THE MIDDLE: 48 40 baby parentmap.com • April 2015 • 3 dear reader We’re all heroes! n the years since I became a mother (almost 10 now!) I have tried out nearly every combination and acronym of mothering/working I can Ithink of: I’ve worked long hours full-time in an office while my infant and toddler were looked after by kind caregivers in a too-pricey daycare; I have stayed at home (SAHM); I have stayed at home while working part-time for myself (WAHM) with two preschoolers nipping at my heels. I now work full-time — sometimes at home, sometimes not — while my kids are in school. A manic schedule for mom, dad, kids and the occasional babysitter keeps the train on the rails (barely). I have been lucky in the partner department (equality, as much as schedules allow, is the name of the game in our family), but the challenges I have faced are common to many parents and mothers in particular. When I have had the opportunity to be home with my kids, while I enjoy and adore them, I have sometimes also been bored, or else worried that my career skills and ability to earn an income over the long run are fading. When I feel energized in my career and busy in the workplace, I have the oh-so-common guilt: Am I giving my children enough of me? And we haven’t even talked about outside hobbies, passions and exercise — ha! In “The mother of reinvention” (p. 10) — a new installment of our yearlong series, “Making It Work,” about the work/life juggle — I explore how parents can think strategically Life is full of fi rsts. about on-ramping back to work after staying home. Many of you would be surprised to know that your endless volunteer hours on the PTA board actually count as career experience and could help you transition into your Take your fi rst step in dream job! Speaking of juggling, it takes a village, right?! Each year at ParentMap saving for college today. we are beside ourselves with excitement selecting the new “Superheroes” (p. 12) for kids and families. The roster of champions for 2015 is as heroic With GET, enjoy tax-free growth that’s guaranteed as ever, from an evangelist for African American history (Rosanna Sharpe, to keep up with tuition. When it’s time for school, use it anywhere in the country. executive director of the Northwest African American Museum, p. 19) to a hipster deputy superintendent helping improve how a huge school district serves its students (Josh Garcia, Tacoma Public Schools, p. 16), to a joyous ENROLL BY MAY 31 AT: advocate shaping youths into leaders (Lori Markowitz, executive director, get.wa.gov • 800.955.2318 Youth Ambassadors, p. 14). This year as usual we asked the honorees who inspired them or helped them succeed, and a pretty plausible trend emerged: their parents. Get inspired reading through the stories of our 2015 heroes (expanded interviews at parentmap.com/superheroes2015), and also give yourself a pat on the back. Parenting, as we know, is all juggle. The ultimate prize is to find our own joy while inspiring our children to find theirs. We are all heroes! Washington State’s Natalie Singer-Velush 529 Prepaid College Managing editor Tuition Program 4 • April 2015 • parentmap.com MIGHTY MINI MEALS Embrace your superpowers by baking up a hearty, portable meal that features the “superfood” black beans. These Mini Black Bean Tamale Pies are a perfect protein-packed snack to keep kids energized and well fed. Find the recipe and additional Healthy Kids Cook favorites at pccnaturalmarkets.com/healthykids. watch the video Cadia Black Bob’s Red Mill scan the QR code below Beans Masa Harina Organic Valley Bulk Shredded Cheddar spices You’ll have a tasty meal or fi lling snack in no time with these great ingredients. 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