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Manhattan Family NEW YORK February 2018 Parenting Where Every Child Matters Dental HealthFebruary Month 2018 MANHATTAN Children’sFREE Family www.NYParenting.com Lovetalk Preteen dating 12 tips for parents Winter storms bringing on baby booms 7 NYC RESIDENTS SAVE UP TO 40% ON ADMISSION* FEBRUARY 18–24 AT THE INTREPID MUSEUM PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY: Look for science in your favorite places—from the basketball court to your backyard! Discover how science intersects with art, sports, games and nature in fun-fi lled activities for all ages. All Kids Week activities are free with Museum admission. For a complete schedule, visit INTREPIDMUSEUM.ORG/KIDSWEEK. SPORTS & GAMES ARTS & MUSIC SCIENCE & NATURE FEB. 18–19 FEB. 20–21 FEB. 22–24 BECOME A MUSEUM MEMBER TODAY AND RECEIVE SPECIAL BENEFITS ALL YEAR LONG! Kids Week members-only events, exhibition previews, discounts and more! For more information, call 646-381-5030 or email [email protected]. 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JOHNSON 30 Healthy Living 18 Meet the dentist BY DANIEllE SUllIVAN 28 How to prepare your child for the first dental visit 36 Just Write Mom BY DANIEllE SUllIVAN BY DENISE YEARIAN 24 How will you love? 37 The Book Worm BY TERRI ScHLICHENMEYER What does the word ‘love’ mean to you? BY CAROLYN WATERBURY-TIEMAN 46 New & Noteworthy 26 The well-rounded BY LISA J. CURTIS camper Thirty life skills kids build while away CALENDAR from home BY CHRISTINA KATZ 38 February Events 28 Too much sports? How to tell if your child is overdoing it SPECIAL SECTIONS BY TAMMY ScILEPPI 6 Short Stuff 32 STEM for all 14 Catholic Schools Making science accessible for English Directory 38 language learners BY HANNAH THELEN 25 Charter Schools Directory 34 She does it all A multitalented mom, Dr. Mitzner 44 The Marketplace offers her advice BY TAMMY ScILEPPI February 2018 • MANHATTAN FAMILY 3 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Love is the answer — always he world has changed they’re very young and need- kids has been a hidden reality for too so much and being a ing boundaries. long. Adults have covered up their crimes T parent to a pre-teen/ Love is truly the answer. against our children and now the doors teen these days offers far less And real loving as parents to their misdeeds are being opened. Very control over their behavior is to lay the groundwork for brave young men and women are at last and interactions than ever healthy emotional, psycho- telling their stories. Respectfully, we must before. The world of electron- logical, and physical well help them in every way we can. ics, social media, and instant being. A complicated but It takes a great deal of courage to grow connection has altered every- worthwhile task. So many ex- up. It takes even more courage to help thing, plus the fact that kids perts in a variety of fields someone else grow up. It also takes devo- are so much more astute than help us to contribute to this tion, patience, and belief. in past generations. effort through our editorial. It is intrinsic, Love is the answer. Thanks for reading. It’s still important that they have guid- and our devoted mission to make life and ance and some degree of control, and this loving a healthier experience for both chil- month we offer 15 tips for parents about dren and adults. pre-teen dating advice to help parents. For this Valentine’s Day and every day Keeping tabs on our kids gets more in the name of love, I wish all of our young complicated all the time, but somehow ones a more trusting experience with the we need to maintain structure and over- men and women around them than many Susan Weiss-Voskidis, sight. There is an enormous benefit for of the recent news items have revealed. 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ASSISTANT EDITOR: Courtney Donahue New York Parenting can also be reached by COPY EDITOR: Lisa J. Curtis calling (718) 260-4554, emailing Family@ NYParenting.com or by visiting our website, CALENDAR EDITOR: Joanna Del Buono NYParenting.com. 4 MANHATTAN FAMILY • February 2018 We learn to program and code. In Kindergarten. Start stronger. Go further. Apply now at SuccessAcademies.org February 2018 • MANHATTAN FAMILY 5 Short Stuff Must-have kids’ room decorations Art-lover in your family? Or need to keep tabs on to-do lists and chores? Kassa’s line of chalkboard contact paper lets you customize the size and shape of the chalkboard to your walls or a door. It easily sticks to any flat sur- face. With 6.5 feet of the blackboard vinyl in each roll, you’ll be able to create a really big chalkboard, or several smaller ones! Also available are the liquid chalk markers. These are the most vibrant and opaque chalk markers on the market! The Kassa Liquid Chalk Markers are the ideal tool for drawing or writing on chalkboards, glass, windows, and almost any imaginable surface. Best part? The dustless, rich colors! They are virtually mess free and erase easily! Visit www.kas- sausa.com for more. Tips to protect eczema-prone skin this winter When the weather cools down, dry, only once a day. moisturizing cream. I recommend avoid- itchy skin flares up, and a child’s skin is Use a mild soap. Look for one that’s ing soaps with fragrances or dyes. Proper particularly vulnerable. Nearly 10 million made for sensitive skin and contains skin care is extremely important in those children in the United States have eczema. with eczema-prone skin and involves The cause is not known, but low temps, avoiding products (soaps, detergents, dry central heating, and low humidity moisturizers, etc.) that have fragrances, indoors can dry and irritate your child’s dyes, and other potential allergens. skin and make it more susceptible to an Soak and smear. Pat yourself dry with eczema flare-up. a soft towel but don’t rub vigorously. To help navigate this itch- Within one minute after patting skin dry, prone season, Dr. Mamina Tureg- while it is still damp, apply moisturizers ano, a New Orleans dermatolo- to lock in water that your skin absorbed gist, shares tips to protect kids’ during the shower. Moisturizers skin this winter: containing ceramides, such as Regulate room temps. Make sure EpiCeram, are better able to lock the space where your child sleeps in the moisture. EpiCeram is one of is not too hot. If your child is prone my favorite moisturizers because to eczema, dry heat will aggravate it contains ceramides in the same the skin and make eczema worse. ratio that naturally exists in our Keep baths short. It’s fine to skin. bathe your child every day, but Avoid using wipes, if possible. If keep bath time to no more than your baby’s skin is prone to dryness, five to seven minutes. Ensure that the wipe can dry the skin out — particu- bath water is warm, not hot. Bathing larly if it’s made of synthetic fabric, which habits are the most common reasons can aggravate the skin. Lightly wash, or, that we lose the natural moisture in if you have to, use an alcohol-, propylene our skin.
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