Spectator Children Need Busy Work
Narrator argues children become spectators from birth and assigns chores to fill the void. The piece contrasts parental approaches and suggests keeping a list of chores to keep kids engaged and productive rather than passive observers.
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Blue Cross
Older Parents Need New Roots Soon
Dear Abby advises against moving widowed parents into single apartments near children. She urges placing older parents in communities with many seniors and activities to ease starting over in a new environment. A reader laments the idea of reusing a late wife’s diamonds for a new marriage. Abby’s guidance on rings is referenced.
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Abby
Mama
Papa
Water-Proof Children Learn to Swim By Safe Methods
The piece outlines gentle water education for children, led by Ginny Hughes of Aiken. It covers early face immersion, use of toys in a pool, the water babies program, and teacher praise to build confidence while teaching breathing and underwater skills with safe edge practices.
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James W. Ratliff
University of South Carolina College of Health
Ginny
Dave) Hughes
Aiken
College Acres
Ginny Hughes
Jeanie Seamster
Government Seminar Boosts Teacher Confidence in Class
Marian Davignon of North Augusta describes the eighth annual Taft Seminar in Government at Clemson University as life changing. She says the program deepened her understanding of legislative processes, gave her three graduate credits, and made her unafraid to teach government.
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Marian
Joseph M.) Davignon
North Augusta
Robert A. Taft
Clemson University
Davignon
Augusta College
Butler Derrick
Daniel McLeod
Ike McLeash
Carroll Campbell
South Carolina
Kate Palmer
Charles Dunn
Albert
Dunn
Marian Davignon
Gov
Richard Riley
Albert Gay
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