42 TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY WITH KIDS Features 10 2022 Cover Kids Meet the winners of our annual search 20 Annual Education Guide Discover academic & enrichment opportunities in OKC 32 Teacher Burnout The realities facing educators and how the community can help 52 What is a Gap Year? Options for experiential learning before or after college 56 Talking to Kids About Sex
Departments 12 Family Mental Wellness
62 Last Look
Strategies to boost well-being in the new year
Students share statewide mental health needs for 2022
14 Real Dads of the Metro
Quintin Hughes on balancing work and family
On the Cover Creative Arts Opportunities page 38 Taking a Gap Year page 52 Tips for International Travel with Kids page 42 Teacher Burnout & How the Community Can Help page 32 Annual Education Guide page 20
16 Calendar of Events
Indoor and outdoor cold-weather family fun
38 New & Now
Arts education, diversity teacher pipelines benefit students 42 Exploring Beyond Oklahoma Top tips for traveling internationally with kids 48 Local Family Fun The best in metro STEAM programs
Resources and conversation starters for parents of tweens
58 Social Media Smarts
4 tips to keep kids safe & healthy online
4 METROFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM / JAN-FEB 2022
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