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October 2015
ON OUR COVER
This month's cover kid is Kaylin, 3, from Highland, shown here at Frida's Bakery + Café in
Milton. Kaylin loves driving on golf carts and giving her Daddy hugs and kisses.
Photo by Michael Bloom
In this issue
COLUMNS
FEATURES
6 Editor's Journal: New editor, new path BY BRIAN PJ CRONIN
28 Calendar: Great places to go and things to do
34 Marketplace:
Hudson Valley products and services
HV PARENT
READER FEEDBACK
What was the rst moment
you really felt a special
connection with your child?
I think the fi rst time I felt that spe-
cial connection was when I heard their
heartbeats during ultrasounds, that is
a sound I will never, ever forget; that
most beautiful sound in the world!
— Michele Spalding
For me personally, I felt such a
special connection with both my
girls the fi rst time I held them. I
knew that love and bond was so
precious and there would never be
another feeling like it. To this day
I love to squeeze their cheeks, give
them a big hug and kiss (which at
ages 12 & 19 isn't so cool).
— Lori Gri ths-Starr
8 I am a Hudson Valley Parent
Erica Chase-Salerno: When to lead and when to listen
BY BRIAN PJ CRONIN
10 Eating out with kids
How not to be THAT family at the restaurant
BY LINDA FREEMAN
14 12 places children with special
needs will love
Camps, parks, indoor gyms, and more
BY PAM PERRY
18 Stuck in the middle with you
Local parents join the "sandwich generation"
BY DAWN GREEN
22 Scaring up some fun
The best Halloween happenings
24 Authentic Italian meatballs
A 19th century family secret
BY STEPHANIE SANDLER
25 Breastfeeding questions
You've got questions, we've got answers
26 A hand up
3D printing transforms the lives of local kids
BY JEFF SIMMS
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