Father’s Day!June 2014 MANHATTAN HappyFREE Family Where Every Child Matters Devoted dads step up! Summer camp 101 Working together after divorce Find us online at www.NYParenting.com WOMEN’S BASEBALL CLINIC "$%$% ># >27*5&(7.9*(0.2.(327-*=*0):*&7-*5 4*51.77.2,:.7-*76(3&(-*6 > :.7-*76+53273+=(*1*1'*56 &2)7*&1'53&)(&67*56 >00<38(&2*&7'582(-6*59*) .27-*&*6&5608' >&1*7.(/*7.2&*6&563;736**7-**76 7&/*327-*#*;&6!&2,*56&7 41 8*67.326327&(70*;&2)5&8,0.*6*&7&48,0.*6*2<1*76(3135(&00 MANHATTAN Family June 2014 FEATURES 6 Dear Dad, your kids need you! Being the best father you can be BY GAYLA GRACE 8 Devoted dads The NYC Dads Group helps fathers take care of their children — and themselves BY TAMMY SCILEPPI 12 Summer camp 101 Children from every age group can reap the benefits WOMEN’S BY GAYLA GRACE 16 No more tug of war! After divorce, how to work together although you live apart BASEBALL CLINIC BY GAYLA GRACE 18 Parenting a challenging child Sanity-saving advice and solutions for concerned parents 24 "$%$% ># BY MICHELE RANARD 24 New dad nerves Helping first-time fathers adjust to their COLUMNS >27*5&(7.9*(0.2.(327-*=*0):*&7-*5 postpartum life BY DENISE YEARIAN 10 Divorce & Separation 4*51.77.2,:.7-*76(3&(-*6 BY LEE CHABIN, EsQ. 26 A mom that inspires How Matilda Cuomo gives back to the 14 Lions and Tigers and Teens > :.7-*76+53273+=(*1*1'*56 community BY MYRNA BETH HAskELL &2)7*&1'53&)(&67*56 BY TAMMY SCILEPPI 30 FabuLYSS Finds 27 Unlikely summer BY LYss STERN Studying can’t stop in June when there’s a >00<38(&2*&7'582(-6*59*) big test on the horizon 32 Ask an Attorney BY ALISON ARDEN BESUNDER, EsQ. .27-*&*6&5608' BY FRANCES KWELLER 28 Style magic 33 Downtown Mommy 34 >&1*7.(/*7.2&*6&563;736**7-**76 Manhattan kids clothes designer inspired by BY NOTOYA GREEN family 46 Good Sense Eating 7&/*327-*#*;&6!&2,*56&7 41 BY TAMMY SCILEPPI BY CHRIstINE M. PALUMBO, RD 31 Know the score Uncloaking specialized high-school testing CALENDAR secrecy BY FRANCES KWELLER 34 June Events SPECIAL SECTIONS 20 Special Need Calendar 8*67.326327&(70*;&2)5&8,0.*6*&7&48,0.*6*2<1*76(3135(&00 44 The Marketplace 45 Party Planners 12 June 2014 • MANHATTAN FamILY 3 Letter from the publisher Considering fathers oday’s urban fa- They are sitting in seems to me. No longer is anyone’s Every Father’s Day I naturally think thers are setting pediatric offices and role so clearly defined. Urban par- of my own Dad, and who doesn’t? T a new tone and signing kids up for pro- ents are changing the landscape and Times have changed a great deal are more active in the grams and waiting until it can’t help but be good for both since I was a kid and fathers spend daily parenting experi- the swim class or the men and women. It most certainly a lot more quality time in every way ence than ever before. music lesson is over. will be more interesting and more with their families and children than One sees it all the This issue talks a lot inclusive for the children as the new they use to. The whole society is time especially in the about Dads and has a role models emerge and they have sure to benefit from this as we move streets of our communi- lot written by Dads. So more input from both the masculine forward. ties. Fathers are pushing many fathers want to and feminine, the yin and the yang. To the very generous, thoughtful, carriages and strollers, communicate about Balance and harmony and shared dedicated and knowledgeable Dads are in the playgrounds, dropping kids their kids and about the issues they responsibilities, love and devotion who write for this magazine, we’re off and picking them up; one sees as parents are confronting. It’s no sound like a positive recipe to me. grateful to you for shared struggles today’s fathers in a whole new light. longer, “Ask your mother” in most I’m personally impressed with and wisdom. They are primary caregivers and families. How lucky these children many of today’s progressive families Happy Father’s Day to all of you. more and more of them are opting to are in the new family structure, to and I admire their mutuality and Thanks for reading. take on greater responsibilities with have multiple parental love, interest, shared nature. It’s not easy to be the day-to-day decision-making. guidance and input. both worker and parent and finding They are shopping in the markets How fortunate for our society that the right rhythm to benefit the whole and making meal plans. They are we have all kinds of Dads too. We family is not an easy task. It takes wearing slings and Snugglies and have single Dads and double Dads enormous commitment and lots of buying and changing diapers. They and with newly created extended patience. It also takes having a game Susan Weiss-Voskidis, are packing lunch boxes and doing families, many kids have two Dads. plan and finding a way to positively Publisher/Excutive Editor laundry. All of this is good for everyone it implement it. 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Dr. James Dobson, author Being the controlled the cursor by touching of “Bringing up Boys,” says, “Boys ick Hoyt was born a quad- a switch with the side of his head, are more likely to get off course best father riplegic with cerebral palsy. finally able to communicate with when they are not guided and su- R His parents, Dick and Judy those around him. pervised carefully. When left to Hoyt, were told he would be a veg- Rick immediately relayed his their own devices, they tend to you can be etable for life and should be insti- love for sports and at 15 years old, drift toward the center divider or tutionalized. But his dad refused asked his dad to participate in a into the ditch, toward misbehavior to believe it. five-mile benefit run for a class- or danger.” Dick noticed Rick’s eyes followed mate paralyzed in an accident.