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about families April 2009
 
Your Teen’s Quest for
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCEFITTING IN
Planning Your Child’s
BIRTHDAY PARTYON A BUDGET
Teens and Sleep:
TURN OFF YOUR iPOD…
 
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about families April 2009
COUNCIL
VERIFICATION
CIRCULATION
 Volume 13, No. 8 April 2009
FEATURESHOW TOREACH USCOLUMNSCULTUREVOICES
4
 Why Day Camp?
8
 What A Half-Million Teens Read Each Month
15
Cycle of Child Abuse
29
Fun Ways to Bond With Your Child
32
Is the Economy Triggering Potential Eating Disorders?
33
Prenatal Learning…When Does It Begin?
2
From the Editor’s Desk
12
Teacher of the Month
2
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Creative Crafts
28
Buy The Book
3
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Reel Life With Jane
32
 April It Figures
ON THE COVER
18
Fitting In: Your Teen’s Quest for Social Acceptance
19
Birthday Party on a Budget 
34
Teens and Sleep: Turn Off Your iPodand Go To Bed
DEPARTMENTS
6
 April Event Planning Guide
7
Party Directory
1
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Camp Directory
11
Health News: Kids ShouldKnow About Lyme Disease
1
3
 Virtuous Consumer
14
Classified Directory
16
Party Page
2
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Recall Roll Call
25
Marketplace Directory
31
Recipe Page: Playing with Food
5
Dear Teacher
9
 Wesley Wonders:Books for Babies
12
The Tot-Secret to Hitting
28
Immunization Clinics
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About Families
bringing families together since 1995
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almost feel like breaking out in song. As Isit here writing this column, I am thinkingabout the weekend weather forecast, sunnyand 50s. That my friends, is a most hopeful sign of things to come…
Planning a Party?
If you are one of our many parent readers whois planning a party this year, you will be delightedwith this month’s edition. The editorial on plan-ning a child’s birthday party on a budget shouldprove most helpful in pointing to ways you cancut costs without cutting fun. Utilize the partyguide to locate those businesses who specialize inchildren’s parties. Many of them offer a variety of package prices to help you plan a party that fitsyour family’s budget.
Child Abuse Prevention
Have you ever considered how many timesparents are pushed to the point of nearly “losingit” with their children? Sadly, it happens morethan we know: Good families, next door neigh-bors, even friends from work or church, whosebehavior with their children turn them into peo-ple we would no longer recognize. Maybe it haseven happened to you. In order to bring aware-ness to this problem, and hopefully to stem thetide, April has been designated as Child AbusePrevention Month. We can all help by educatingourselves about the signs and symptoms of childabuse. You owe it to the abused child to recognizetheir silent plea for help. None of us would con-sider walking away from a child in a burningbuilding. I urge you, if you know of a child whoneeds help or an adult who you suspect might beabusive – even if it is yourself – reach out, gethelp. You can do so anonymously. We can all helpto stop the abuse cycle.
Have something to share?
We are always excited to hear from our read-ers. So if you have something to share, or com-ments to make, please email me at: maric@about-familiespa.com. I’d love to hear from you.
Mari Conners 
From the Editor’s Desk 
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About Families is published twelvetimes a year by Kapp Advertising Service,Inc.All rights are reserved.Reproduction inwhole or part without written permission isprohibited.We welcome correspondenceand editorial submissions but are notresponsible for the return of any unsolicitedmaterials.About Families does not necessarilyendorse the products,services or view-points offered.All material in this publica-tion is provided for information only andmay not be construed as medical advice orinstruction.We reserve the right to reject anyadvertisement.
 
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JULY 6 TOJULY 10CELEBRATE SUMMER
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