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4 Hudson Valley Parent ■ June 2015 ON OUR COVER This month's cover kid is Raymonda, 15, from Mohegan Lake. Raymonda cannot wait to travel around the Hudson Valley with her family this summer. Photo by Michael Bloom 8 I am a Hudson Valley parent Traci Suppa: Have kids, will travel BY BRIAN PJ CRONIN 10 Your 2015 Cover Kid Finalists Vote for your favorites now 12 Summer staycations 15 of the region's best family day trips BY ELORA TOCCI 16 Ticked o How to protect your family from this Hudson Valley pest BY KELLY AURIEMMO 20 Berry best! The Hudson Valley's best farms to go berry picking 22 When father knows best 6 things dads do better than moms BY HEIDI SMITH LUEDTKE 26 A Day at the Walkway Your guide to the world's longest pedestrian bridge BY KATHY NG 28 Hudson Valley Parent's 2015 Travel Guide The best annual events and places to go in the Hudson Valley and Capital District. In this issue COLUMNS FEATURES 6 Editor's Journal: Let the summer fun begin! BY KATY WEBER 46 Calendar: Great places to go and things to do 50 Marketplace: Hudson Valley products and services HV PARENT READER FEEDBACK Moms: When it comes to parenting, what do your kids' dads do better than you? "Discipline. I'm defi nitely the 'good cop.' I would let my son get away with everything (very bad news). It's the pouty face, I swear!" — Meghann Quick, Rosendale "He has the man voice to get them to listen the fi rst time." — Pamela Roe, Hyde Park "Do pancakes equal parenting? If so, then my spouse is awesome at whipping up some Saturday morning fl apjacks, while I sleep in for 'just 5 more minutes.' He's defi nitely more a morning person than I." — Elke Rittger, Central Valley "My husband is a stay-at-home dad mainly because he has much more patience than I. He can sit and play with the kids for hours doing the same thing over and over. He is happy with just being home with them for days in a row where I would be on the go all the time." — Kirstene Redding, Kerhonkson "Play indoors and outdoors. He is able to focus and play with them. I try to do a million other things while 'playing' with them!" — Brianna O'Reilly, Marbletown "Homework! I have no patience. Besides my husband is better with math." — Silvana Kamakaloy, Newburgh For more reader feedback on what dads do better than moms, head to page 23! 16 20