Clarksville Family Magazine — January 2012
The January 2012 Clarksville Family Magazine improves readers' oral health, breaks the smoking habit, and celebrates the mother-daughter bond.
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The issue opened the year with resolution-minded health coverage. “Improve Your Oral Health” encouraged readers to start the year with a healthier smile, while “Breathe Easy — Breaking the Smoking Habit” offered encouragement and strategy for one of the most common and most difficult New Year's goals.
“Like Mother, Like Daughter” celebrated the special bond between mothers and daughters, complemented by the return of the Purity Ball, one of the community's cherished father-daughter traditions. “It's Your Body — Be Selective” encouraged thoughtful, informed choices about health, and “Maximize Your Health Through the Holidays” helped readers carry good habits through the season's temptations.
The recurring departments round out a January number that meets the new year with encouragement rather than pressure — a healthier smile, a plan to quit smoking, and a celebration of the mother-daughter bond, pairing practical self-improvement with genuine family warmth and a gentle, hopeful push into the year ahead.
“Improve Your Oral Health” drew its resolutions from the Academy of General Dentistry, a professional association of more than 35,000 dentists, framing them as small habits a reader could work into an everyday routine and actually keep past January. “Oral health means more than just an attractive smile,” AGD spokesperson Raymond Martin noted — a reminder that the mouth is a window on the rest of the body's health.
Table of Contents
- Ties that Bind (p. 6)
- Improve Your Oral Health (p. 20)
- Hour Nursing Care (p. 24)
- Like Mother Like Daughter (p. 28)
- Purity Ball (p. 30)
- Breathe Easy—Breaking the Smoking Habit (p. 34)
- It’s Your Body—Be Selective (p. 36)
- Maximize Your Health Through the Holidays (p. 42)
- A New Year—A New Adventure! (p. 45)
Regular Departments
- Advice (p. 14)
- Faith & Family (p. 22)
- Giving Back (p. 38)
- Campbell Families (p. 44)
- The Fridge (p. 48)
- Family (p. 50)
- Coloring Contest (p. 63)

