Clarksville Family Magazine — April 2011

The April 2011 issue of Clarksville Family Magazine scales the rock at Kings Bluff, confronts bullying as a social epidemic, and considers end-of-life care.

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The cover feature, “Kings Bluff: Local Mecca of Rock Climbing,” takes readers to the area's premier climbing destination, celebrating the sport and the community of climbers drawn to the bluff — an adventurous, of-the-outdoors story for spring.

“Bullying: A Social Epidemic” brings a serious, substantive look at a problem affecting children across the community, helping parents and educators understand and confront it — the kind of service journalism that matters to families.

“Spirituality and End-of-Life Care” approaches a profound and difficult subject with sensitivity, offering comfort and perspective to readers facing loss.

The health pages offer cavity-prevention tips for preschoolers, a “Older Than Dirt” feature and safety coverage round out the issue, and the recurring departments complete an April number balancing outdoor adventure, a hard social issue and matters of the spirit.

The recurring departments and photo pages round out an April issue that balances outdoor adventure, a hard social issue and matters of the spirit. The rock climbers of Kings Bluff, an unflinching look at bullying, and a sensitive meditation on end-of-life care all share the same pages — the exhilarating, the difficult and the profound together. It is the range that has always defined a Clarksville Family number, able to send readers to a climbing crag, confront a problem harming local children, and offer comfort in the face of loss all in a single issue. It meets its readers' full lives, joys and hardships alike.

Table of Contents

  • Kings Bluff: Local Mecca of Rock Climbing (p. 6)
  • Cavity Prevention Tips for Preschoolers (p. 12)
  • Bullying: A Social Epidemic (p. 14)
  • Older Than Dirt (p. 18)
  • Safety (p. 20)
  • Spirituality and End-of-Life Care (p. 26)
  • Poetry Out Loud (p. 28)
  • Financial (p. 32)
  • Advances in Wound Care (p. 34)
  • Autism Awareness Month (p. 36)
  • Dealing with ADHD (p. 40)
  • Ask the Cosmetic Expert (p. 44)
  • A Family Farm Tradition (p. 46)
  • Great Cloth Diaper Change (p. 50)
  • Spring...a Season on Change! (p. 52)
  • Fort (p. 57)
  • We Have a Mystery to Solve (p. 58)

Regular departments

  • Giving Back (p. 10)
  • Faith & family (p. 24)
  • Candid Clarksville (p. 56)
  • The Fridge (p. 60)
  • Calendar (p. 62)
  • Family (p. 66)
  • Coloring Contest (p. 71)