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Apr 2014 Family

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Stories from the Apr 2014 Family Issue

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Working it out

Apr 15, 2014

An unorthodox couple finds grace in the challenges of co-parenting

Family life now commonly comes with challenges that were exceptional a couple generations ago: divorced parents, joint custody, two-home arrangements. Diana England and Tammy Goodrich have all these, plus some other potentially complicating factors: They’re a same-sex former couple who adopted their children, Audrey and Logan, birth-siblings now 7 and 6 years old, respectively.

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Are we Candy Crushing our kids?

Apr 15, 2014

When it comes to kids and tech, no one knows how much is too much — but it’s clear all these screens are changing them

The iPotty — I’m not making this up — is a toilet training seat that looks like a small school desk, on which an iPad replaces the desktop. Or there’s Fisher Price’s Apptivity seat for newborns and toddlers — a baby bouncer with an iPad mount.

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The kid's got talent

Apr 15, 2014

These prodigies are off to a fast start thanks to their natural
gifts — and supportive parents

Annick Haczkiewicz

This queen of the greens might be future golf royalty

Thirteen-year-old Annick Haczkiewicz (hutch-kuh-veech) has a regular Friday night skins game that is anything but regular: “I play with a bunch of older guys that are like 80 years old and stuff, and we play for money,” she says, and often enough, Haczkiewicz wins. The older fellows like to give each other the gears about losing to a small girl, but really you can’t blame ’em — Haczkiewicz has a 2 handicap and a killer short game.

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Group hug

Apr 15, 2014

I wish I had the willpower to ignore that frequently flung stale crust of a question that we Las Vegans have confronted countless times, perhaps launched from the lips of visiting relatives, out-of-town friends or parachuting journalists — How can you raise a family here? — but, no, can’t do it. Besides, this inaugural Desert Companion Family issue calls for a rallying cry, no? I won’t sugar-coat the realities facing families in Southern Nevada — we need better schools, more parks, stronger communities, maybe a dozen or so fewer billboards featuring strippers spilling bulbously out of lace contraptions — but, come on, we’re hardly the monstrous child-gnashing neon family death machine the perpetrators of the stereotype seem to wish true.

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Get out!
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Goal-oriented: The Robson family

Apr 15, 2014

10-year-old Kieran Robson says his family owns at least 40 soccer balls.

Forty? “More like 100,” says his 13-year-old sister, Joey.

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Big little world out there

Apr 15, 2014

This city-savvy survey of 29 family activities from Summerlin to Boulder City will keep your kids’ minds and bodies plenty busy

 

Centennial Hills: Learning naturally

Despite rapid growth, this suburban community in northwest Las Vegas has managed to maintain its rural flavor. There are historic parks, orchards and more modern amenities, such as libraries and community centers.

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Let them play

Apr 15, 2014

12 places where kids with special needs can join sports, learn to dance and just have fun

Parenting a child with a disability can be very isolating, and the search for activities that cater to these children is often fruitless. But there are some fantastic local spots that welcome and serve children with special needs.

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Baby needs new chews!

Apr 15, 2014

Eleven restaurants where you can gently expand your child’s palate

While at a business dinner abroad, you order in your worst foreign tongue. The server delivers an ugly, scaly whole fish that locks its gooey eyeballs with yours.

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Eyes on the prize

Apr 15, 2014

A weekly meeting keeps this family strong (and the trophy motivates the kids)

Who will win the Boone Family Child of the Week trophy this Sunday? Will it be eldest son Anthony Jr. for continuing to balance his studies with his hectic volleyball schedule? Or maybe Laurel for working hard to make friends at her new middle school? Or maybe Logan or Nigel for keeping their room clean, handily passing the random inspections — heralded by the cry of “Room check!” — their mother springs on them throughout the week? Whoever does win gets more than just bragging rights and a weeklong warm fuzzy.

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Gather 'round

Apr 15, 2014

Families reflect on the special places where they come together to work, play and share their lives

The family that gardens together

Tiffany, John, Madison and Molly Whisenant

Tiffany: The backyard sold us on the house. Before we moved in, we came here several times and sat on the back porch swing.

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Cook up some fun!

Apr 15, 2014

Let these recipes draw the whole family into the kitchen — not just to eat, but to help prepare

Blueberry Lemon Pie Pops in Whole Wheat Crusts

Kids love any food on a stick! Inside these palate-pleasing pie pops, sweet blueberries serve as a perfect contrast to tart, lip-puckering lemons. Make them as a fun dessert for your next outdoor picnic or barbecue.

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Which school is for you?

Apr 15, 2014

Technically, public school is for everyone
 — in the sense that it’s free, open to all and provided by the state. But what if it’s not for your child — in the sense that he or she craves a nontraditional type of gray-matter stimulation? In such cases, parents can find navigating the alternatives a daunting and frustrating task.

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Learn grow play

Apr 15, 2014

AMUSEMENTS

King Putt Entertainment Center 27 S. Stephanie St.

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