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Mother/Daughter Duo Makes Wishes Come True By Dru Murray, Contributing Writer
Tragic circumstances may be viewed as untimely endings to normal everyday living. To Manu Shahi of Flower Mound, however, they may be seen as opportunities to grow. Her positive perception about tragic circumstances stems from her daughter, Janvi, having to fight cancer twice in her 18-years. In 2002, then two-and-a-half-yearold Janvi was diagnosed with leukemia, which went into remission after treatments. During that first bout with the disease, Janvi was granted a wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Unfortunately, the disease returned in 2004. When she was told the cancer was back, the four-year-old asked her mother: “Will Make-A-Wish give me another grant?” To which Shahi replied: “How about we grant a wish?” Although she could not answer Janvi’s
follow-up question: “What does that mean?” she later pegged that exchange as the beginning of her family’s journey with Make-A-Wish. The Make-A-Wish Foundation began in Phoenix in 1980 with the aim of granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. The organization now operates in countries throughout the world. Shahi became a Wish Granter, while Janvi created art to help raise funds for the organization’s good deeds. At the first Wish Night at which Janvi offered an art piece, it sold for $40. Three years ago, Janvi sold one of her artworks for $14,000. This year’s event took place on May 20 at the Hilton Anatole and one of Janvi’s paintings raised a whopping See WISH on Page A19
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After Make-A-Wish helped her family, Manu Shahi of Flower Mound and her daughter, Janvi, continue to pay it forward.
Struggle Over Summer Screen Time is Real By Mark Miller, Contributing Writer
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Does this look familiar? It may be time for your family to stage a digital detox.
As if children don’t spend enough hours on their electronic devices during the school year, summer provides them with even more opportunities. Fortunately, experts in the field like Kim Muench and Dr. Kay Trotter have some sound advice on how to limit their screen time. Both agree everything starts with parents; sometimes so attached to their jobs and/or technology they might not pay attention. “We are the example,” said Muench, a Flower Mound certified parenting coach, with five of her own children ages 12 to 30. “We have to engage in the real world. We need to be the role models our children want us to be,”
The key is keeping children occupied with something fun that doesn’t involve a screen. “One of the most important things that we have to do as parents, whether at school or not at school, is being involved in our kids’ lives,” Muench said. “For our family, it means actively engaging our kids on a regular basis in See SCREEN on Page A9
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