EDITOR'SNOTE
A couple of weeks ago at Applefest, my daughter was waiting to tour a Northborough fire truck. She tried to get up into the driver's seat and needed help. Full Story
LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR
Dear Bay State Parent, Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Full Story
WHO IS THE BOSS IN YOUR HOME?
5 Ways to Lay the Groundwork for Struggle-Free Discipline
We all know that bosses seem to be getting younger and younger in corporate America. But how old is the boss in your house?
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ASKTHETEACHER
Who is Who in Your Child's School?
As parents of school-age children, many of you know the role of a classroom teacher. You understand that he or she teaches curricula geared to district guidelines and state frameworks, assigns homework, and issues grades. Full Story
Special Report
Protecting Our Children
Just weeks ago, a custodian was arrested for stealing pennies collected by students at a Groton middle school. It was appalling to students that a man they trusted would steal $1,200 from a school project recognizing Holocaust victims. It was shocking to Full Story
The THREAT Next Door?
Study: Close to 85% of Victims Know Their Abuser & 80% Of Abuse Is Never Reported
You've heard the names - Molly Bish, Elizabeth Smart, JonBenet Ramsey, Jessica Full Story
Advocates Seek Tougher Laws
Massachusetts is in the bottom 10 states when it comes to protecting children from sex offenders
Last year, residents of a quiet Shrewsbury neighborhood discovered a man living and working amongst them, just steps from a school bus stop, was a convicted sex offender. Full Story
Don't Make Our Town Your Home
Marlborough Proposal Bars Sex Offenders From About 95% Of Its Streets
No parent wants to have a sex offender living in their neighborhood, but one community as gone so far as to propose a plan that literally bars sex offenders from about 95 percent of its streets.
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Police & Schools Spreading The News
In April 2005, Southborough Police visited two day care facilities in town to let them know a man living just doors down from them had been arrested for exposing himself to children at a bus stop in Marlborough. Carol Willoughby, who runs Child Dynamics Family Day Care out of her home, was shocked. Full Story
Strangers In Your Family Room:
Realities of the Virtual World
Just yesterday you were baby-proofing your house for a toddler: covering electrical outlets, locking away cleansers and medicine, installing safety gates. It took a couple of shopping trips, a bit of money, an hour or two. And then, you were done. Your house was safe for the baby. Full Story
What Your Kids Are Not Telling You: Kids' Internet Use Facts
34% of kids surveyed said they communicated online with people they did not know.
After surveying 1,500 youth between the ages of 10 and 17 during 2005, researchers at the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire have good and bad news to report.
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A Virtual Playground
Who Is Hanging Out With Your Child On MySpace.com?
It's no secret that many kids' lives are scheduled down to the minute. Full Story
Will Your Child's MySpace.com Page Attract a Predator?
While it may be impossible to monitor everything a child does on the Internet, parents may be able to identify signs that a child may be the victim of an online predator. Full Story
"Who Are The Kids Really IMing?" Is Topic Of Oct. 10 Conference
The Internet has brought many new issues to the traditional concept of child safety. And for people who work with - or live with - kids, it can be hard to keep up. Full Story
Managing Minefields
Teaching Your Child How To Avoid Trouble Online
When Marilee Gleason's first child started showing interest in the Internet, she took precautions. Full Story
DISCOVERY&DEVELOPMENT
1 in 10 Bay State Kids Diagnosed With Asthma
Earlier this summer, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released a study indicating that nearly 10 percent of the state's children in kindergarten through eighth grade had been diagnosed with asthma. In several Boston schools, more than 30 percent of the student population had the chronic disease. Full Story
Studying the Air Your Child Breathes
Physicians at Fallon Clinic, the largest multi-specialty group practice in Central Massachusetts, will examine the association between traffic-related air pollution and changes in respiratory symptoms in children. Full Story
ADOPTIONINSIGHTS
Mending Hearts Through Attachment Therapy
As parents, we open our hearts as we grow in understanding, empathy, respect, and love for our children. When our children have special needs, we need to do all that and more. This article is about children with early trauma who have been diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder. Full Story
OCTOBER'SCHILD
Every child deserves a place to call home and the outpouring of love that is the foundation of a healthy parent-child relationship. However, there are nearly 10,000 Massachusetts children and teens in foster or other substitute care who have suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment, and betrayal at a ti Full Story
Circle of Friends
OCTOBER CALENDAR OF ADOPTION-RELATED EVENTS
Adoption Choices of Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Full Story
PEDIAMEDIA
Halloween Books and DVDs
VIDEOS 40-year Old Classic It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This is one of my favorite Halloween specials. I can't believe, it is as old as me - celebrating 40 years.
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Striving to Balance Work & Family
Free Working Mothers Symposium Even Provides Free Childcare
A Working Mothers Symposium will take place on Tuesday, October 17 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. Full Story
Trick-or-Treating with Food Allergies
Halloween is a much-anticipated holiday for children. Full Story
Boo-tiful Costumes
For the third year in a row, Bay State Parent magazine collaborated with iParty stores to showcase some of the hottest Halloween costumes.
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Carve a Jack-O-Lantern & Help Smash a World Record!
Carved Pumpkins Wanted for the Life is good Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21
On Saturday, October 21, Boston Common will once again be transformed into a pumpkin patch at the 2006 Life is good Pumpkin Festival to benefit Camp Sunshine, a national retreat for children with Full Story
Stroll Through 3,000 Jack-O-Lanterns at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick
Great Gourd! More than 3,000 pumpkins will light up Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick as part of the farm's Great Pumpkin Express, the only family-friendly show of its kind in New England. Full Story
Halloween Happenings 2006
Editor's Note: Events are accurate at press time. Please call ahead before attending an event. Thursday, 5 Grand Parade. Downtown Salem. 6 p.m. Costumed children will march in Massachusetts' largest night-time parade to ring in the Halloween season.
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Digging Up Fun for Families
Massachusetts Declares October Archaeology Month
Every October the Commonwealth of Massachusetts declares "Archaeology Month" to celebrate the wealth of current research and diversity of archaeological materials in the state. Full Story
SPECIALNEEDSPARENTING
Kindergarten Teacher Honored for Autistic Work
"If it takes a village to raise a child, we need a metropolis...," said Sue Loring, Director of Family Programs at the Autism Resource Center of Central Massachusetts. Loring, whose son has Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a strong believer in honoring the "skilled and caring people" who make up this me Full Story
ABOUT HONOREE MARY BETH HAMEL
Mary Beth Hamel is a special education kindergarten teacher at Page Hilltop Elementary School in Ayer
Education: Bachelor of Science in Education - Fitchburg State College Certification in Elementary Education Full Story
BAYSTATEBOUTIQUES
Farm-tastic Finds
Isabella Binici, of Westboro, Megan and Brooke Agricola, of Holden and Nelson Creed, of Ayer Full Story
Sweet Dreams Decor
Three years ago Pottery Barn's parent company created PBteen to balance a teen's need for self-expression with a parents' desire for furnishings that complement the rest of the home. PBteen offers an exclusive line of furniture and accessories for the bedroom, study, and entertainment lounge for middle schoolers, through college-age young adults. Pictured is the Beadboard Super Set, which lets families customize a spacious, stylish, and efficient bedroom with the four perfect pieces - a bed, an over-bed hutch and two towers ($2,699-$3,199). Complete the bedroom with the pictured Punchy Patchwork Quilt & Sham, Fringe Tassel bedding, and printed canvas storage bins. To order or to see more bedroom décor visit www.pbkids.com or www. pbteen.com. Full Story
calendar of october events
Sunday, October 1 Annual "Hub on Wheels" Bike Ride & Festival. Full Story
EDITORS'PICKS
Celebrate Our 10th Birthday on the Farm and Spend Some Time Getting Lost, Too!
#1) Saturday, Oct. 14: Bay State Parent's 10th Birthday at Davis' Farmland & Full Story
Worth A Sitter
"It is hard to imagine a child not having the opportunity to open a present on his or her birthday," says Smiling Kids Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to anonymously providing birthday presents to children and teens in Massachusetts.
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AMAZINGANIMALS
VARIOUS & WONDERFUL "W" ANIMALS
Vervet Monkeys are small blackfaced monkeys that are common to East Africa. These monkeys range in size from 18 to 26 inches and weigh between 7 to 17 pounds. Vervet Monkeys are a greenisholive or a silver-gray in color with a black face, hands, feet and tip of the tail. They also have white bands o Full Story
Abracadabra, Watch A Mouse Appear!
It's no illusion but Mickey Mouse and his friends will conjure up fun and excitement in a new show at the Wang Center in Boston this November. Full Story
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