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May 2013 BROOKLYN FREE Family Where Every Child Matters Mothers’ gift back Art & soul Giving kids a bigger picture Profi ling local youth achieving greatness PARENTING MEDIA�ASSOCIATION 2013 Gold Award Winner Editorial and Design Awards Competition Find us online at www.NYParenting.com Get up to $100 off when you attend an info session! BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK Brooklyn Heights Traditional 9-5 day camp for kids ages 4-12 Modern, air-conditioned facilities at St. Francis College featuring an NCAA gymnasium and state-of-the-art theatre! Kayaking, Fishing, Beach Volleyball, Team Sports, Arts & Crafts, Gymnastics, Performing Arts, Instructional swim & More! 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MEEHAN 20 14 Now hear this 50 Good Sense Eating BY CHRISTINE M. PALUmbO, RD New guidelines on treating ear infections urge a conservative approach 52 Family Health BY KIKI BOCHI BY DR. PRamOD NaRULA, MD 16 Leaping into the limelight 54 Divorce & Separation Dancer leaps onto world stage with help BY LEE CHabIN, ESQ. from family, teachers BY TammY SCILEppI 56 Growing Up Online BY CaROLYN JabS 18 Keeping the peace during play dates 58 Ask an Attorney BY MALIA JACOBSON BY ALISON ARDEN BESUNDER, ESQ. 20 Art & soul 60 Dear Teacher Helping kids express themselves through art BY PEGGY GISLER AND MARGE EbERTS BY ALLISON PLITT 62 Dear Dr. Karyn 26 From shy to a star BY DR. KARYN GORDON Acting helps girl find sure footing 64 Lions and Tigers and Teens BY MARY L. TOmaSULO BY MYRNA BETH HaSKELL 28 A Montessori mind Understanding Montessori learning in the 66 Family Journal BY ROBERT MORTON 21st century 12 BY MICHELE ELDON 69 It Figures 32 Caught in the act BY CYNTHIA WASHam Answering questions after an awkward 78 New & Noteworthy nighttime encounter BY LISA J. CURTIS BY MALIA JACOBSON 34 Sweet baby, scary world CALENDAR What does the future hold for my daughter? BY TIM PERRINS 70 May Events 40 Puerto Rico has it all BY STACEY ZabLE SPECIAL SECTIONS 48 Music with buzz 22 Arts Directory How an app is introducing children to 76 The Marketplace classical music BY TammY SCILEppI 77 Party Planners 18 May 2013 • BROOKLYN FAMIly 3 Letter from the publisher Marvelous May stuff ost parents Now there are a responsibility to provide our young- ums and attending performances of have heard other methods and ap- sters with the opportunity to develop all kinds were a paramount part of M of Montessori proaches to the devel- their interests and their talents. Music my child’s education, and mine as Education, but we real- oping minds of little should be played in the home, and well. Music is never absent and our ized that very few of kids, and many other all kinds of music. Children should house was not a house where the TV them knew why it was names have added to be introduced to a variety of artistic was always on, but the sound system special and who exactly the theories and the skills that may or may not strike their was. My daughter studied an instru- Maria Montessori was. possibilities, but Mon- interest and their fancy. Without the ment, took dance, and acted in plays. It was with that real- tessori was the first. exposure and encouragement from It made a difference and she is an ization in mind that we Also in our May issue the home, they are at the mercy of the appreciative young adult with a fine began to focus in our we focus on ARTS FOR schools. As we all know, many of the intellect and loads of other creative May issue on educating people as to KIDS. Why? Because there is little struggling schools have been forced friends. They are all enhanced by the what defined Montessori, and how doubt that early exposure to the to eliminate the arts due to budgets. vast possibilities that being New York it came about that early childhood arts, or art classes of some kind such Parents should never be totally re- City kids have offered. education was established way back as dance, music, drawing, theater, liant on the schools for the education I’m always proud to present this when in Italy. etc., is a positive developmental ex- of our youngsters, no matter how issue. Thanks for reading and enjoy! Another interesting fact about perience in every way. It opens the good the school and how enriched Maria is that in addition to being the mind, the spirit, and the intellect the curriculum. Most education, ap- innovator of early childhood theo- of every person/child who gets in- preciation and opportunity begins in ries, she was also the first woman volved and participates. It has been the home and parents have the duty doctor in Italy. Maria was a force to proven that children who are in the to provide the intro for the love of be reckoned with and a role model arts in some capacity are better stu- anything to take root. Susan Weiss-Voskidis, for women who followed, as well as dents and more confident people. My family’s house has always been Publisher/Excutive Editor for educators. Knowing that, we as parents have alive with all the arts. 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