Abby column sparks debate over babysitter safety
Dear Abby readers clash over whether a 13 year old sitter could be left alone with a 24 year old houseguest. The letters question trust, risk, and the balance between paranoia and protection as they recount experiences and call for Abby’s view. Catherine Hunter makes history in New York as the first woman admitted to the Canadian Men's Club.
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Cosmetic World News Magazine
Toronto
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Ontario
Too Much Criticism Can Hurt Kids
Purdue professor Donald Felker warns constant parental criticism of children’s faults harms self image and social adjustment. He notes a negative self concept links to academic trouble and unhappiness, and in Building Positive Self Concept offers strategies to foster self regard.
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Purdue University
Donald Felker
Department of Child Development and
Purdue
School of Home Economics
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Felker urges parents to praise themselves to teach self criticism
Felker says people fear praise as prideful but parents should model self praise to children. He notes children often misjudge themselves and judge themselves harsher than adults, so parents must teach the art of constructive self critique.
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Mini Meatballs and Meaningful Self Concepts
A Southern Living recipe for Mini Meatballs uses pork sausage beef egg breadcrumbs water chestnuts and barbecue sauce to yield about 36 bites then shifts to parenting guidance urging realistic goals for children and individual evaluation to curb negative self concepts.
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Marian Reeder
Southern Living
Retirement sleep tips for the elderly avoid sedatives
Doctors caution seniors about non-prescription sleep aids due to risks of sedation and glaucoma. They advise personalized sleep needs, simple lifestyle changes, light activity, small snacks, milk or light wine, and avoiding alcohol as a crutch. Sex, warmth, and gentle routines are suggested to improve rest.
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Robert N. Butler
National Institute On Aging
Butler
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Joseph Fermaglich
Georgetown University Medical School
Fermaglich
Butler and
Fermaglish
Myrna Lewis
Gentrys Observe Golden Anniversary in Ohio
Dr. and Mrs. John Gentry marked their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Cuyahoga Falls. The couple, married August 16, 1916 in Pendleton, South Carolina, have nine grandchildren and one great grandchild and reside in Cuyahoga Falls since 1960.
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John Gentry
Cuyahoga Falls
Athens
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Ruth Thompson
Gentry
Ohio University
Princess Anne
Pendleton
S.C
Musical Instrument Classifieds Point to 61
Music lovers are guided to classification 61 for a wide assortment of instruments. The note invites readers to browse the listings for the instrument they have always wanted to learn to play.
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