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April 11, 1986 I'a
Employed
When asked, "Do you work?"
the usual reply from most mothers
lis, "Of course, don't all mothers
work?"
If you are one of the 52
percent of American mothers
employed outside the home you
know what double doses of work
are all about.
Most employed women go
through times when they feel
overwhelmed by theircontinuous
juggling of the responsibilities
of mother, wife, and worker.
They know out-of-home employ
ment affects their own lives and
the lives of children and hus
bands. In spite of rough times and
worries, researchers report that
most working women enjoy the
challenges of their jobs.
Research says. . .Because each
working mother's situation is
different, it is not possible to
predict how a mother's employ
ment affects a family. However,
Two-year-old
The following brief descrip
tions present some ideas about
what you will enjoy and worry
about as a parent of a two year
old. For more information read
child behavior, a paperback book
by Francis L. Ilg and Louise
Bates Ames.
Dramatic changes take place
as toddlers approach their third
year. Their original interest in
parents, exploring the world,
and practicing motor skills conti
nues but the use of their time is
more directed toward accom
plishing goals.
Greater physical strength and
muscular control produces grace
ful sitting and standing postures.
Arms and legs move together
more efficiently for the usual
running and jumping while walk
ing on tiptoes and galloping are
added skills. With all parts work
ing together toddler pedals a
tricycle expertly and throws and
kicks balls purposively. Large
pencils or crayons are controlled
enough to produce drawings. A
big achievement is their control
or urination. Strengthened mus
cles allow children this age to
wait to urinate. However, heavy
sleep, cold,, or excitement may
result in temporary loss of blad
der control.
The changes in thinking and
Family photography
workshop set for April 25-27
Any 4-H memDer wno is in
4th through 12th grades and
who is interested in learning
some of the following about
photography:
An introduction to the use of
a darkroom (both beginning
and advanced work).
How to take black white pic
tures of selected subjects such
as buildings, scenes, and people.
4-H leaders who want to gain
additional skills.
Parents of 4-H members who
want an opportunity to gain an
insight into what their child is
doing in photography.
4-H leaders and parents: If
you have a family, bring them
along for the weekend. (We
would like to have one adult
with every four to five 4-H
members).
April 25-27, 1986. It starts
Wasco Bull tour April 16
The 37th annual Wasco County
Bull Grading Tour will be
Wednesday, April 16.
The 8 a.m. tour will leave
from the Mid-Columbia
Livestock Auction for Klickitat
County, Washington. Stops will
be at Bob Lee's Bull Test Station,
Jim Schuster's Gelbvieth cattle
operation, Art and Craig
Schuster's Horned Hereford, the
C-3 Angus ranch and Neil Kayser
Horned Herefords. These sche
duled stops in Klickitat County
feature operations with good
bulls, good managers and excel
lent records.
Lunch will be served by the
Klickitat County Cowbelles at
a minimal charge. There will be
a bull weight guessing contest
with valuable prizes and a western
mothers have double dose of work
research indicates that a working
mother's absence from the home
is not necessarily detrimental to
children.
Here arc the major conclusions
that have emerged from research.
A mother's full-time employ
ment is not, by itself likely to
harm a child.
There is no difference in
school achievement and social
adjustment between children of
employed mothers and at-home
mothers.
Children of employed mothers
have as much attachment to
their mothers as children of at
home mothers.
The fact that mother is
employed does not have dire
consequences for children. What
is important, however, is what
mother is like when she's home
with children. The worry and
guilt of many working mothers
causes problems if it makes family
time less enjoyable.
What you can do!. . .Here are
ready to
problems-solving skills are both
interesting and challenging for
parents. An important part of
being two is learning what can
be done with increased attention
and memory spans. As older
toddlers explore objects they
want to know how it works and
what can be done with it. The
30-month-old will repeat an acti
vity over and over to master it.
Between two and three toddlers
are eager to engage in conversa
tions. Their words and sentences
are more complete and they
want to exchange ideas with
adults. They use more action
words and show interest in des
criptive words with explorations
of textures, sizes, sounds, or
activities.
More activity outside the home
now lessens toddler's focus on
the family, especially on mother.
Although the use of "No" has
faded, it still used frequently as
toddler attempts to make choices.
They want to attract and hold
your attention, not in the same
"clingy" fashion of babies but
as individuals.
Greater emotional control is
noticeable as they begin to express
normal feelings of affection and
annoyance with adults or other
children. When your toddler
wants to show affection to relax
Friday, April 25 with registration
at 4:00 p.m. and concludes at
1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.
It will be held at the Oregon 4-H
Center, just outside of Salem.
The weekend will feature:
skilled amateur photographers
sharing their experience and know
ledge in the following areas:
Camera handling; lighting,
people in photos, technical and
action photography, story telling
with photos, composition and
impact, printing mounting and
display, darkroom techniques
(both beginning and advanced).
Cost, registration, supplies,
room and board $40.00 to be
included with your pre-registra-tion
form.
How to apply: Contact Joni
David at the Warm Springs
Extension Office as soon as
possible. 553-1161, ext. 238 or
239.
dance to follow the steak feed.
Cost of the steak dinner will be
$6.
The Warm Springs Extension
Office plans to take a van. Inte
rested individuals should call
the office 'to reserve a seat (553
1161, ext. 238). The van will
leave at 6:30 a.m.
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some suggestions for becoming
a happier employed mother:
1 ) Choose what is most impor
tant. When managing two jobs,
the least important expectations
and standards have to go. Attend
ing to your own and your family's
well-being will be high on your
list. Elaborate meals, regularly
scrubbed floors, and picture
perfect rooms may not make
your list at all. Avoid increasing
your stress by feeling guilty about
things you cannot do.
2) Take care of yourself. When
you feel frazzled, go to a quiet
part of the house to read, listen
to music, or finish some mindless
tasks that needs to be done. Try
to schedule an evening for your
self or train your family to allow
you a half-hour of re-entry time
when you come home. Taking
time to shift gears into the home
world is a real attitude adjuster.
If you don't make your personal
care a priority, you will burn
out very quickly.
explore the
and enjoy it. It tney express
displeasure with you or others
pause to consider if the feeling
is justified. It's hard for parents
to handle feeling of dislike such
as "I hate you" but deal with it
as a grown-up. Sometimes neither
friends nor parents are pleasing.
A thinking, reasoning toddler
sets a new tone for your relation
ship. By age three toddlers begin
to size up situations and think
them through before taking action.
For example, younger children
Cutting own meat can
If you're looking for ways to
cut your food budget, sharpen
your knife and your carving
skills. . .
You can save money by cutting
up your own chicken, slicing
your own lunch meat, and stret
ching large cuts of meat into
more than one meal.
The whole chicken is not equal
to the sum of it's parts cost
wise. Chicken sold whole always
costs a few cents less per pound
than chicken parts. The price
difference will vary among stores.
To reduce your meat budget,
consider slicing your own cold
Lush grass
Grass Tetany or Grass Staggers
is a metabolic disease of cattle,
sheep and goats caused by low
blood levels of magnesium, thus
its scientific name, Hypomagne
sium. Grass Tetany occurs when
animals graze fast growing grass
or very lush grass early in the
growing season. The grass is
low in magnesium and high in
nitrogen and potassium. High
soil levels of nitrogen and potas
sium cause a decreased uptake
of magnesium by the grass and
therefore the low levels of magne
sium in a ruminants blood sy
stem. The most common symptoms
are dullness, unthriftness, tossing
of the head, bellowing, unsteady
walk, exaggerated leg move
Calcium helpful to muscles
There is more calcium in the
body than any other mineral,
about four and one-half pounds
of it in the average adult. Most
of it is found in combination
with phosphorus in the bones
and teeth. Its major function,
therefore, is to provide structure.
However, small amounts of it
are needed (along with other
nutrients) to help blood coagulate
normally, maintain a steady
heartbeat, regulate the normal
Evaluate microcomputer in your selection
Managers can use a microcom- for a microcomputer system while
puter for information retriev al, giving general information about
data storage and calculations, how to select a system that fits
"but a computer can be of less 'he needs,
use than a lead pencil unless you The first page of the new
properly ev aluate its use in your publication deals w ith under
operation," Cross points out. standing and selecting microcom-
The w rong microcomputer sy- nuters and software. The second
stem can frustrate, confuse and
create mistakes at a record pace.
That's why the publication was
developed in an effort to help
operators evaluate their need
3) Spend quality time with
your family. Quality time is
time to share feelings with your
children and spouse, listen fully,
hug and hold, and plan fun
experiences together. Mothers
tend to burden themselves so
heavily with home tasks that
family,companionship and enjoy
ment are almost forgotten.
4) Link work and parenthood.
Develop connections between
your work world and your child's
world. Children will understand
vour wnrk-life hptter if vnn talk
about it. Take them to visit your
workplace and meet your co
workers. Many working parents
find ways children can help with
the job on special projects or
errands.
An employed mother's peace
of mind is assured if children
are well-cared for during working
hours and there is a balance in
time and enjoyment shared with
family members.
world
will try to life an impossible
heavy log; a toddler will ask for
help. Sometimes parents mista
kenly take the request for help
as a returning dependency. It's
actually a new level of more
mature reasoning and is an op
portunity for you to teach decision-making.
Plan together how
to lift the log, arrange their
room, or prepare a picnic. Plan
ning helps children learn the
important basics of problem
solving skills.
cuts rather than selecting the
packaged meats. Next time you
see unsliced bologna or salami
on sale, compare its price with
that of presliced meats.
You can also prepare lunch
meats at home such as turkey
and roast beef. Compare the
cost per pound (less the bone)
of these meats with the price of
purchased luncheon meat. You
may decide it would pay to
prepare luncheon meats at home.
A pound of roast beef or
turkey breast will yield about 1 2
ounces of cooked meat after
removal from the bone.
can cause grass tetany
ments, staggering and convul
sions. During the convulsion
stage the eyes twitch, the legs
paddle or are stiffly extended,
and frothing and champing of
the jaws are common. Animals
showing these signs must be
treated as an emergency and
treated immediately with I.V.
solutions containing magnesium
and calcium.
Prevention of grass tetany is
rather inexpensive. Several ways
are possible but the most common
is feeding magnesium oxide as a
feed additive in a salt-mineral
supplement or by supplying
"mag-blocks."Other ways which
are used include top-dressing
pastures with dolomite limestone
or magnesium oxide (more expen
behavior of nerves and keep
tiny blood vessels open. It is
also important in the normal
functioning of muscles and
nerves. It helps keep the brain
and muscles stable.
Good sources of calcium are
green leafy vegetables (with the
exception of spinach and chard),
citrus fruits, dried peas and beans,
cabbage, onions, oranges, sunflo
wer seeds, limes and tofu.
part deals with the kinds ot
software available for programs
on such subjects as data base
management, accounting and
marketing.
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Mollie
4-H Summer Week
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I W I I I wt I I S II
Warm Springs 4-H members
in grades 8 through 12 received
information and registration
forms last week for the 1986 4
H Summer Week at Oregon
State University.
Those planning to attend the
June 16-21 event must return
their registration forms to the
Extension office by Friday, April
18. Scholarships are available
to help cover costs.
Those attending the 1 986 Sum
mer Week will choose from
among 90 different classes, inclu
ding a group of classes called
"Project Discovery," which focus
on specific 4-H projects. Project
Breakfast can be any food
Creative or not, ready-to-eat
cereal is still the most popular
breakfast item. And, that's not
all bad, since ready-to-eat cereal
with milk provides a nourishing
base for a quick morning meal.
Cereal makes getting breakfast
easy. It is available almost any-
save money
Money can also be saved by
buying a larger-than-usual cut
of meat on sale and cutting it
into smaller portions suitable
for'several meals. For example,
you can have three entirely diffe
rent meals from a chuck roast.
For one meal, cut a boneless
piece from the end of the roast
and split it into steaks for swiss
ing. A piece from the center
makes a small, one-meal pot
roast. The balance can be cubed
for stews.
Slice away small amounts from
your meat budget by cutting
meat products at home.
sive), placing one or more magne
sium "bullets" in the animal's
stomach with a balling gun, or
by feeding some dry hay to
provide fill so that animals do
not constantly eat the low magne
sium grass.
Clean dryer
Make it a habit to clean the
lint screen of a dryer after each
use. Lint left on the screen builds
up and increases drying time.
Don't forget to clean a war' er
lint screen after each use as well.
Plastic bags from bread, fruits
and vegetables are handy for so
many other uses. Recycle them
over and over again by turning
the bags inside out before washing
in detergent suds. Rinse in clean
water and dry.
Start children off on good
Welcome back
Mollie
and
Frank
Selection of both hardware
and software is important if
microcomputers are to make
their greatest contributions to
their operation of a farm or
ranch.
A new Extension publication
called "Using Microcomputers
in Farm and Ranch Manage
ment," EM 8311. The 80-page
booklet is available at $3.75 by
mail from the Bulletin Clerk,
OSU, Corvallis 97331.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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The Oregon State University Extension Service
offers educational programs, activities and
materials without regard to race, color, sex,
age, religion, national origin or disability.
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Joan David
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Discovery will allow an in-depth
look at a 4-H area of interest,
including career possibilities, sub
ject matter and decision-making.
Afternoons will find the young
people involved in a variety of
leisure education activities.
"The Challenge of Change"is
the theme of the 71st annual 4
H event on the OSU campus in
Corvallis.
8th through 1 2th graders who
did not receive information about
Summer Week are asked to
contact the Extension office at
553-1161 ext. 238 or 239 for
more information.
where, requires no advance pre
paration, appeals to all appetites,
and is easy for anyone, big or
little, to fix.
Breakfast, however, need not
be cereal, or even bacon and
fried eggs (pretty heavy on the
calories from fat). It can be
yesterday's leftovers. Consider
these: leftover spaghetti; a nice,
hearty, homemade soup; your
favorite sandwich; hot cereal
(yum) made with milk for added
nutrition; fresh, canned, or juiced
fruit; yogurt, cheese, custard,
even tuna casserole whatever
sounds good. The important
thing is to eat breakfast.
Fast break Set out the break
fast items place settings, cups,
bowls, even non-perishables like
cereal the night before.
Keep whole wheat, bran and
other whole grain muffins, even
whole grain waffles you've made
ahead, in the freezer and warm
them up in the microwave or
regular oven.
Remember to take your frozen
fruit juice out of the freezer
before you go to bed, it will be
ready to mix in the morning.
If you're single or only two,
you might want to use instant
milk for the times you need
milk less spoilage. If so, mix it
the night before. You might
also consider buying pints and
opening them as you need them.
To be really breakfast ready,
keep a supply of the breakfast
to go items in the refrigerator so
you can grab as you leave.
lint screen
cleaniness habits by teaching
them the importance of washing
their hands with soap and water
several times a day and always
before eating and after using the
toilet.
Coffee and tea stains can be
removed from cups by soaking
them in a solution of liquid
cholorine bleach and water. Use
three tablespoons of bleach for
each quart of hot water and let
the cups soak for 5 to 10 minutes.
This methods applies to glass,
china or plastic cups, not alumi
num or metal.
You can make a mattress
cover for a baby's crib using two
fitted sheets. Sew the sheets
together on three sides and slip
the cover over the mattress like
a pillow case. When it's time to
launder the rover, simply add it
to a load oft .ier bedding items
for a trip through the washer
and dryer.
Washing a brush and comb
with suds and water should be a
part of any shampooing routine.
Only clean utensils should be
used on clean hair.
An electric can opener is
used constantly for a variety of
foods. Keep bacteria from grow
ing by keeping the cutting wheel
of the opener clean. Some car
be removed for washing, other!
need to be scrubbed with i
sudsy sponge or a small brush
dripped in a detergent solution.'