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Wear Eye Protection When Doing Everyday Chores, Yard Work at Home By Sharon L. Mason, CHAU Most people do not think about wearing eye protection while cleaning, cooking, doing yard work or working in the garage. Half of all eye injuries, however, occur when doing these everyday chores, according to the American Academy of Ophthal mology (AAO). Although 90 percent of all eye injuries are preventable by wearing the proper eye protection, the AAO reports that 78 percent of those injured were not wearing any protective eyewear. Almost 40 percent of home eye injuries are in the yard or garden. Debris from lawn movers or power trimmers can unexpectedly enter the eye at a high rate of speed. Prevent Blindness America offers these tips on how to protect your eyes while doing work in the yard: • • • • • • • When mowing, wear safety glasses with side protection or goggles. Check your yard and remove rocks, sticks and debris before mowing. Always wear safety glasses or goggles before using a weed eater. Wear goggles for trimming and power saw uses. If bystanders or helpers come around while you are using a power tool, turn it off immediately and ask them to please not come by or wait for them to move to a safe distance. When mowing a lawn, have the grass shoot toward the middle of the lawn to prevent an object from flying out and hitting anyone and causing an injury. Wear goggles to protect your eyes from fertilizers, pesticides and other gardening/ yard chemicals, including lime dust. Read and follow all product instructions. Obey all warnings on yard chemicals and equipment. Photos by Diane Rodriquez With the hope of reducing fuel prices in the area, Siletz Gas and Mini-Mart receives a new gas storage tank and card-lock system for government and The use of household chemicals, including bleach and other cleansers, causes 125,000 eye injuries every year. Don’t become a statistic. Always wear eye protection when using any kind of chemical. Remember to wash your hands before touching your face or eyes. For questions or recommendations, call Prevent Blindness America at 800-331-2020 or visit www.preventblindness.org. June Notes from the Healthy Family Healthy Child Project hv r:mkn11 ■ ..... by Mark Kimball, HFHCP Project Specialist Love - The world works best in bal ance. To every action there is an opposite and equal reaction, a dynamic truth dem onstrated by up and down, back and forth, night and day, cold and hot, take and give. After the buffalo hunter has taken the life of the buffalo, the Buffalo Dancer dons a buffalo skull cap to dance and to give praise and thanksgiving for the sustenance given by the buffalo; an understanding and a love for the balance and symmetry of an ancient relationship. ' * ideas their own parents used. Others get advice from friends. Some read books about parenting. Others take classes of fered in the community. No one has all the answers. Psycholo gists and other social scientists, however, now know what parenting practices are most effective and are more likely to lead to positive outcomes for children. Ideas about child rearing can be grouped into three or four styles, for this article at least. These are different ways of deciding who is responsible for what in a family. Authoritarian selves and understand why the parent is requiring certain behaviors. Permissive Permissive parents give up most con trol to their children. Parents make few, if any, rules and the rules they make are usually not consistently enforced. They don't want to be tied down to routines. They want their children to feel free. They do not set clear boundaries or expectations for their children’s behavior and tend to accept in a warm and loving way however the child behaves. Permissive parents give children as many choices as possible, even when the child is not capable of making good choices. They tend to accept a child’s behavior, good or bad, and make no comment about whether it’s beneficial or not. They may feel unable to change misbehavior or they choose not to get involved. Authoritarian parents always try to Last month, as I discussed the pos be in control and exert their control on sible effect of birth order on our children, the children. They set strict rules to try I began thinking of other things I had to keep order and they usually do this learned from my mentor at the University without much expression of warmth of Oregon. and affection. They attempt to set strict standards One thing that came to mind and the of conduct and usually are very criti Democratic or Authoritative subject of this month’s article concerns cal of children for not meeting those parenting styles. Looking back on things, Democratic parents help children standards. They tell children what to do, I suppose I did the best I could with the learn to be responsible for themselves they try to make them obey and they usu tools I had, but the truth is, I was not a very and think about the consequences of their ally do not provide children with choices good father to my first three children. behavior. Parents do this by providing or options. clear, reasonable expectations for their Then I got a second chance with a Authoritarian parents don’t explain children and explanations for why they very late arrival and determined I would why they want their children to do things. expect their children to behave in a par somehow do things differently. I went to If a child questions a rule or command, ticular manner. school and opened my mind to new ideas the parent might answer, “Because I said They monitor their children’s behav and concepts and eventually the light bulb so.” Parents tend to focus on bad behavior ior to make sure they follow through on went on and I got it right this time. It all rather than positive behavior and children rules and expectations. They do this in a came down to the style of parenting that are scolded or punished, often harshly, for warm and loving manner. They often, “try I would use. not following the rules. to catch their children being good” and There are many ideas about how to Children with authoritarian parents reinforce the good behavior rather than rear children. Some parents adopt the frequently do not learn to think for them focusing on the bad. For example, a child who leaves her toys on a staircase may be told not to do this because, “Someone could trip on them and get hurt and the toy might be damaged." As children mature, parents in volve children in making rules and doing chores: “Who will mop the kitchen floor and who will carry out the trash?” Parents who have a democratic style give choices based on a child’s ability. For a toddler, the choice may be “red shirt or striped shirt?” For an older child, the choice might be “apple, orange or banana?” Parents guide children’s behavior by teaching, not punishing. “You threw your truck at Mindy. That hurt her. We’re put ting your truck away until you can play with it safely.” Which is Your Style? Maybe you are somewhere in be tween. Think about what you want your children to learn. Research on children's development shows that the most positive outcomes for children occur when parents use demo cratic styles. Children with permissive parents tend to be aggressive and act out, while children with authoritarian parents tend to be compliant and submissive and have low self-esteem. No parenting style will work unless you build a loving bond with your child. Are you curious as to your particular style or do you recognize yourself in the above? If you are curious, there is an inter esting quiz you can take on your computer by visiting www.parentstoolshop.com/ HTML/quiz. June 2010 • Siletz News • 9
