Warm Springs, Oregon
September 9, 1988 PAGE 5
Every child needs someone to believe they are special
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Catch your child being good.
Praise Rood behavior youll
start seeing more of it.
Make being good easy. Putting
your favorite vase out of site for a
few years isn't giving in. It's sav
ing your sanity. And the vase!
Help your child let off steam.
Your kid doesn't have an energy
crisis. Running, yelling, acting
silly outdoors and in the
daytime will prevent frayed
nerves at night.
Don't keep your child guessing
about rules. Be clear. Be firm. Be
reasonable.
Set a good example. Anger is
for words, not fists.
Give yourself a break. That's
why God made babysitters. A
happy parent is a good one.
Hug. Who doesnt improve
with hearing a genuine "I love
you"?
Children must
An important part of growing
up is learning to make choices.
Sometimes parents create problems
by giving a choice but are not wil
ling to accept a chiild's answer. If
you are not going to let John out
side without a coat, you are in
trouble if you say: "Do you want to
wear your coat?" Chances are that
John will say "no." Then, you will
demand that he wear his coat and
an argument is likely to follow.
Make food appealing,
offer variety, too
Keep your meals "eye-appealing"
and "feel-appealing" with a rain
bow of colors and a variety of food
textures and shapes. Raw carrots
and celery sticks, green pepper and
red pepper strips, raw broccoli and
cauliflower flowerettes are all "kid
pleasers." Make them even more
interesting with a cheese, yogurt,
or peanut butter dip.
Give your children a good var
iety of foods, selecting one item
from each food group. Include
such high protein foods as eggs,
peanut butter, meat, poultry, fish
and cheese; a whole grain bread or
bomplex carbohydrate such as pasta
rice; milk or other dairy products
for calcium; a raw or cooked vege
tale and a raw fruit for dessert.
High calcium recipes for children
Nutted Cheese Sandwich
Mix a three-ounce package of
cream cheese with V cup chopped
walnuts and one tablespoon rai
sins. Spread on two slices of whole
wheat bread. Cover each with a
second slice of bread. Yield: two
sandwiches.
Per portion: 97 mg calcium; 371
calories
With one cup milk: 388 mg cal
cium, 521 calories
Tuna Pillows
Spread one cup of your favorite
tuna salad on four slices whole
wheat toast. Top each with one
slice (one ounce) cheddar cheese.
Arrange on a baking pan. Place
under a preheated hot broiler until
cheese melts, two to three minutes.
Yield: four portions
Per portion: 237 mg calcium;
256 calories
With one cup milk: 528 mg cal
cium, 406 calories
Rise and Shine Breakfast
Cookies
Easily prepared for baking in
less than 20 minutes, these cookies
feature bran cereal and chopped
walnuts for a healthy helping of
fiber. Serve them with milk for a
nutritious breakfast on the run.
XA cup marmalade junior preserve
14 cup butter or margarine, softened
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Parents and children often have
a favorite use for a hoped-for sunny
weekend day. It's called the family
outing.
Two-worker families, in particu
lar, may yearn to share and enjoy
new and different activities with
their children on those precious
and seemingly rare, sunny week
ends. But after a week of work, many
parents may find it too strenuous
to think about venturing forth for a
day at play with small children or
preschoolers. The problem is how
to achieve that refreshing change
of pace, essential for both parents
and children, without making the
family outing a major undertaking.
Think in terms of mini-vacations
that are close to home lasting only
an hour or two. Children have nat
urally short attention spans. Use
this clue for planning memorable
make choices
If you want to give a choice that
you can accept, say: "Do you want
to wear your red coat or your ski
jacket?" Either answer is accepta
ble and you will both be satisfied.
If there is no choice, you can
simply say: "You need to wear your
coat before you go outside." "It's
time for dinner" works better than
"Do you want to come in for
dinner?" "Mary, you need to go to
the bathroom" gets better results
than "Do you have to go to the
bathroom?"
Children need to learn to make
decisions. lit is important to give
desirable choices whenever possi
ble and to accept their choices.
Infants' needs the greatest during first
Babies grow most quickly dur
ing their first year and need high
levels of nutrients in relation to
their body weight. Most experts
agree that breast feeding provides
the best food for infants. Human
milk contians all of the necessry
nutrients and its the right tempera
ture, easy to digest and economi
cal. Formula recommended by a
physician or dietician is another
choice. It is usually made of modi
fied cow's milk with added carbo
hydrates, vitamins and minerals.
Solid foods may be introduced
1 egg
1 4 cups buttermilk baking mix
1 A cups fortified whole bran cereal
34 cup chopped walnuts
'4 cup raisins
In large bowl, beat marmalade,
butter and egg to blend thoroughly.
Mix in baking mix, then bran,
walnuts and raisins. Drop heaping
tablespoons onto greased baking
sheets. Bake in 350 degree oven 15
to 20 minutes just until lightly
browned. Remove to racks. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
Makes 18, 2!4-inch cookies.
Buckwheat Huckleberry
Muffins
2 cups wholewheat flour
3 cups buckwheat flour
3 tablespoons baking powder
I cup date sugar
3 eggs
2V2 cups milk
'4 cup peanut oil
1 XA teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon all spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups huckleberries
Mix all dry ingredients in a mix
ing bowl. Combine all liquid in
gredients in a bowl. Stir liquids
into dry ingredients and stir well.
Gently stir in huckleberries. Pour
into greased or lined muffin pans
and put into oven and bake at 400
degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
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outings right in your own town,
Beautiful scenery, nature trails,
parks, playgrounds or a sandwich
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in the park duiio cnerisnca
memories. Many newspapers list
local events of special interest to
children. Local sites of interest are
suggested by county or city tourist
information services if you're out
of ideas.
Become active in preventing
child abuse, neglect
The incidence and prevalence of
child abuse and neglect have
reached alarming proportions in
the state of Oregon. The state faces
a continuing need to support inno
vative programs to prevent child
abuse and assist parents and family
members in which child abuse
occurs. The following guidelines
will assure the success of the child
abuse prevention program.
Educate all children in the pre
cepts of personal safety and indi
vidual rights, including saying no,
resisting unwanted touching and
telling adults what happens.
Prepare children for their future
roles as possible parents.
Report child abuse problems
Youth obesity attributed
Roughly speaking, one child in
four is overweight. For teens, the
incidence of obesity is up some 39
percent.
Why?
Could television be the culprit?
The amount of time children spend
plugged into their favorite show,
at the doctor's recommendation
during the fourth to sixth month
and should be spoon fed. The first
solid foods are usually baby cereals
enriched with iron and B-vitamins.
Next, the doctor may suggest
strained fruit, vegetables, egg yolks
Some important notes
"TIf a child pa'rticipatesln physical
activities daily, he or she will be a
better student. Many educators feel
there is a direct correlation between
physical fitness and academic per
formance. Whether a child is running,
throwing a ball, skipping, or any
other age-appropriate physical
activity, he or she is learning coor
dination, agility, flexibility, speed,
balance, endurance, body aware
ness, control and teamwork.
Children, who are physically fit,
learn faster, are more stable emo
tionally and are more willing to try
new areas of learning.
It is important that the child
develop large and small muscle
control early in his or her life.
Activities, such as drawing, paint
ing, and coloring with large crayons,
are necessary for developing hand
eye coordination.
Movement is an important skill.
Lifting the head, crawling, creep
ing, standing and walking are nor
mal steps in motion motor devel
opment. Being mobile changes the
child's way of looking at things.
Now the child experiences space
and depth as he or she is able to see
under, over and behind objects
that were once seen as llat.
As a child moves, he or she
becomes aware of body parts and
how they function. Body move
ment and learning are interrelated.
Language is another skill used
for learning. It is primarily used as
a mean of communication. Lan
guage provides a way to express
thoughts and feelings. It begins at
infancy and locks a world of ideas
for the rest of the child's life. It
allows a child to express intellec
tual discoveries, wants and feelings.
Crying is the first communica
tion and is a way to express a need
for food and comfort. Cooing and
babbling follow and are the begin
ning of speech development.
As the child hears adults putting
words to objects and talking, he or
she begins to imitate and copy the
pitch. Infants begin speech with an
assortment of sounds. Sounds are
the basic component of the spoken
word. When adults talk to infants,
they stimulate the need to respond
with sounds.
Parents are a child's first teachers.
They are very important models
because the child is copying them.
Learning takes place as parents
talk, play, work and do everyday
tasks. Parents, who listen to their
child and allow him or her to ask
questions, to be curious and to
explore are providing intellectual
stimulation needed for growth.
Mini-vacationsarean opportun
ity to do things you never have time
to do ordinarily. Relax and share
new ideas with family members.
It's very easy for busy families to
overlook the most important com
ponent of their life together com
pansionship. In active families, companion
ship must be planned or it will not
happen.
-nd help stop the hurting.
Practice latchkey safety for
children at home alone.
Recognize a parent under stress;
reach out and help.
When the frustrations of being
a parent become too great, remem
ber to take time out and not take it
out on the children.
If a child you know is endan
gered or mistreated, call the au
thorities. Support efforts in your com
munity that promote and provide
prevention programs.
Support the Children's Trust
Fund, a special prevention fund
helping to prevent chid abuse
throughout the state.
video, computer program or elec
tronic game seems to be directly
related to inactivity and weight. A
child who watches television five
hours a day has twice the risk of
being obese as a child who watches
less. Most children spend as much
time watching T.V. than sitting
and meats.
At about 12 months, when the
baby can chew, chopped foods
such as fruits, vegetables, meat,
fish, poultry, eggs, chesse and maca
roni, may be added to the diet.
Between 18 months and two years
""Parents, who provide a stimulating
and varied environment, who sur
round their child with books, music,
crayons, etc., will generally have a
child who exhibits an interest in
learning. Parents who love learn
ing will, generally, produce a child
who loves learning.
Perhaps the most significant sense
is that of touch. It is the earliest
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sensory system to oecome iunc
tional and maintains its importance
throughout life. It has been said
that, next to the brain, the skin is
the most important of all our organ
systems. The child's direct physical
interaction with everything safe in
his or her environment is critical
for intellectual development for
the next several years.
The surfce area of the skin has an
enormous number of sensory recep
tors receiving stimuli of heat, cold,
touch, pressure and pain. A piece
of skin the size of a quarter con
tains more than three million cells,
10 sweat glands, 50 nerve endings
and three feet of blood vessels.
In the first few months of life,
good touching experiences are crit
ical for continued growth and
development of the brain and ner
vous system.
Baby packs or carriers are excel
lent. They allow the parent to han
dle, caress, cuddle and talk to the
baby with ease. The infant can feel
the body warmth and can hear the
heartbeat of the caretaker. Touch
is the beginning of social develop
ment. Hearing is the process of identi
fying sounds, the source of sounds,
pitch and volume. One of the first
steps toward contacting the world
is to allow sounds to enter one's
awareness. This is the beginning of
communication and language skills.
It is the beginning of communica
tion and language skills. It is the
continual auditory, touch and vis
ual understanding of what is hap
pening in the infant's body, in rela
tionship to his or her surroundings,
that will make language and talk
ing meaningful and necessary.
Hearing experiences play a great
role in the development of the
brain experiences such as sing
ing, talking, humming and listen
ing to music. Talking to your child,
asking questions and even answer
ing the questions, contribute to the
development of the child's brain.
A child's senses are natural teach
ing tools. They teach the child
everything he or she needs to know
about the world that surrounds
them.
Taste is another way the infant
becomes acquainted with his or her
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to inactivity,
behind a desk at school.
There is a whole lot of sitting
going on. Watching television re
quires little more energy than what
is required for sleeping and, it takes
time away from higher energy
activities. The lifestyle of many
year of life
of age. babies are usually ready to
eat the same balanced diet the fam
ily enjoys. Servings should be small
since overweight babies tend to
become overweight children and
adults.
on a child's development
surroundings. The tongue has taste
buds which allow identification and
detection to occur when chemicals
are disolved. The total flavor of
food and objects placed in the
infant's mouth comes from the
combination of taste, smell, touch,
texture and temperature sensation.
The human brain develops lar
gely through stimulating experien
ces form the outside world, usually
from the caring adult.
As you feed the child, talk! Name
the food that is being offered, des
cribe the color, form and the tex
ture. Get as mamy of the senses
involved as you can. Example:
"Open your mouth. Here comes a
big spoonful of soft, round green
peas."
Adolescents continue to need
the same sort of support they
required when they were children.
They still consider it support when
a parent attends a play, a game or
concert in which they are partici
pating. And adolescents, despite
their size and physical maturity,
still need a hug, a pat, a compli
ment and words of encouragement.
We never grow too old or too big
for this kind of support.
The development of a child's
ability to learn new concepts, solve
new problems and master new skills
is largely determined by what
happens in his or her first five years
of life. So, letting your child learn,
by interacting with his or her world
through observation and
play, is a natural, normal process
and must be encouraged. Children
should be challenged intellectually,
but the challenge should be con
structive. A child should be allowed to
erow at his or her own pace and use
Awards night Sept. 13
The annual 4-H Awards Night
dinner will be held Tuesday, Sep
tember 13 from 6-9 p.m. at the
Community Center.
4 h leaders, 4-H members and
their families are ask to particiapte
in the annual event.
Agenda for the evening is
6 p.m. games for 4-Hers; 7 p.m
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Be sincere with children
Good discipline includes treat- and mental health professionals is
ing an atmosphere of quiet firm
ness, clarity, and conscientiousness,
while using reasoning. Bad disci
pline involves punishment hich is
unduly harsh and inappropriate,
and it is often associated with ver
bal ridicule and attacks on the
child's integrity.
One of the most important goals
we strive for as parents, educators
food choices
young people includes drawbacks:
A love affair with the television, an
aversion to perspiration and a
favorite food list that goes far
beyond the four food groups.
Is it food?
Food choices, for many children,
are the crux of the obesity problem.
For some, it may be choosing foods
high in calories and low in nutrients.
Calorie-rich foods are easily over
eaten and they are not physically
filling.
Consider how easy it is to eat a
half a bag of chips: four ounces
equals 500 calories; as compared to
eating 500 calories worth of
oranges 10 oranges.
his or her own learning style most
of the time. Each one of us has a
unique rhythm system and learn
ing style. It is our internal pace that
sets the speed with which we can
proceed in comfort.
Do you know that a child's self
concept is first formed by absorb
ing the attitudes and feelings of his
or her parents or caretaker?
The child's feelings of belonging
and security lead to significant
learning and growth. The things
said to a child and the way they are
said determine the child's self
image. The child looks at the par
ents or caretakers and sees himself
or herself in their reflected atti
tudes. If a child is repeatedly called
negative names, he or she will
begin to feel inferior and unworthy.
Thus, a negative self-concept is
formed.
Children need many opportuni
ties to be accepted for who and
what they are. Good emotional
health means a child:
Is happy most of the time;
Wants to learn most of the time;
Wants to make friends most of
the time; and
Is free from health complaints
(aches and pains) most of the time.
So, help your child. Give him or
her:
A warm accepting home;
Firm, but fair, consistent disci
pline and rules;
Independence within safe limits;
and
Good adult examples.
You know, adults need the same
opportunities, too, so taking care
of yourself is going to help your
child!
pledge and prayer. 7:15 p.m. pot
luck dinner, 7:30 p.m. guest speak
ers, 7:45 p.m. awards and 8:30 p.m.
closing ceremonies.
If you have any questions, sug
gestions or ideas contact the Warm
Springs Oregon State Extension
office at 553-1 161. ext. 238 or stop
by the office.
to help children develop respect for
themselves and others. W hile arriv
ing at this goal takes years of
patient practice, it is a vital process
in w hich parents, teachers and all
caring adults can play a crucial and
exciting role. In order to
accomplish this, we must see child
ren as w orthy human beings and be
sincere in dealing with them.
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