family eventsMarch 2012 BRONX/RIVERDALE GreatFREE Family Where every child matters Camp’s coming! Start planning for summer now Raising a can-do kid Find us online at www.NYParenting.com E ARLY BIRDREGISTRATI ON! College for Kids Summer Academy 2012 Register Academics: Reading, Math andWriting Early! Enrichment (GradesK-8) Limited Spaces Health&Fitness: Soccer, Recreational PaymentPlan Swimming,Martial Arts,Volleyballand more. The Arts: Drama, Music,Salsa Dance, Belly Danceand more. RegisterRegister Now!Now! SeatSeatsasarere limitedlimited.. TheAcademy is foryoung people ages 5-14years old. Ourseven week programoffers supervised educational and recreational activities that emphasize core values, conflictresolution andleadershipskills. July2-August 16, 2012 Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm $1349* per child $1499* per child ($150 savings) When paid in fullafter May 18, 2012 *Childcarefor as little as $5.35anhour! When paid in fullbefore May 18, 2012 25%sibling discount off regular registration *Childcarefor as little as $4.80 an hour! ($375savings) The EarlyBirdSpecial cannot be combined withother discountoffers. Community Hostos College Call to Register Division of Continuing Education &Workforce Development 718-518-6656 tel 718-518-6656 fax 718-518-6744 [email protected] 500 GrandConcourse, RoomB-208 Bronx,NY 10451 www.hostos.cuny.edu/contedu Bronx/riverdale Family March 2012 FEATURES 8 An unfinished revolution One mother wonders: Has the women’s movement failed us at home? BY RISA C. DOHERTY 10 Rockabye baby Getting your baby to sleep through the night 10 BY BELINDA MOONEY 12 Find your child the right camp A step-by-step process to getting the most out of the summer BY DENISE YEARIAN 20 Secrets to raising a can-do kid Children who pitch in around the house learn responsibility, organization, and save their parents from doing all of the work BY SANdrA GOrdON COLUMNS 6 Mommy 101 BY ANGELICA SERADOVA 18 Death by Children BY CHRIS GARLINGTON 22 Healthy Living BY DANIELLE SULLIVAN 24 Lions and Tigers and Teens BY MYRNA BETH HASKELL 22 30 New & Noteworthy The hottest new products CALENDAR OF EVENTS 26 Going Places Take the family out and find out what’s going on in your town SPECIAL SECTIONS 14 Camp/Programs Directory 20 12 March 2012 • BRONX/RIVERDALE FAMILY 3 Letter from the publisher It’s March already? t’s the end of Feb- istrations are ongoing forged great relationships and has us on FACEBOOK at NYParenting ruary and we’re for the next few months continued to develop a foothold in and on TWITTER. I amazed at the mild- and you should be tak- the communities. It’s not easy to One hears that people aren’t read- ness of the winter we’ve ing advantage of them. be a startup anything and we’re ing anymore and that everyone is had thus far. Suddenly, As a working par- pleased that a place for us has been always on line, but from my point almost no snow on the ent, this time of year made at the table. Our feeling is of view, this is just not the case yet ground this year and a was always a bit hectic that parents can’t have too many and I’m not sure it’s ever going to be. particularly easy win- for our family beyond resources and we like to think we There are still readers out there who ter, and we’re already the usual. My daugh- bring unique content to help par- are also Smartphone savvy and both thinking about CAMP ter was having vaca- ents in their task of raising healthy print and electronic are important and summer vacations tions from school that and vital kids. tools for disseminating information and Fall Registration for next year. I wasn’t getting in my office. The Before we began printing there and for creating dialogue. We are Where does the time go? Are they juggling act of being a full time Mom was no resource specifically for fully committed to both in our aim to speeding up the clock? and a full time worker presents a parents in The Bronx and Riverdale reach our target audience. So since it’s March already, this host of complications. With more and we’re pleased at how many We’re wishing everyone a happy issue presents a number of options and more mothers in the work force distribution points have welcomed March. Enjoy the month and as al- for your child in SUMMER 2012. the need grows for more and more this magazine. In addition to read- ways thanks for reading. It’s certainly not too early to be programs that keep our children ing the magazine, many families registering and signing your child safe and that additionally expand are also using our website www. or children up for programs that their minds and horizons. Our task NYParenting.com and are taking suit your needs and we urge you to is to help you discover what the op- advantage of our fine online edito- begin the process of looking and tions are. rial or signing on for FREE TICKETS. discovering. 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I felt guilty and I knew that my hus- band was right. If he knew that some- times I even give her bottled baby food, he’d die. Growing up in Slovakia, he was used to home-cooked meals made with vegetables picked from the garden. Eating out was unheard of or, “for people who don’t want to cook,” according to him, and he and his sis- ter only drank soda at Christmas, as a special treat. It wasn’t until he came to the U.S. that he had his first fast-food meal and he wasn’t impressed. Fast food, for him, is just a convenience, and he would never actually crave McDon- ald’s.