Beal family leads park with playful fainting goats
The Beal family runs a county park where Lindsay 16 Brett 14 and Cody help feed clean and run the gift shop. Fifteen Tennessee fainting goats fascinate visitors with their shelf life in the pen caused by myotonia. The family plans group tours and hands on learning for schoolchildren.
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Beal
Lindsay
Brett
Cody
Terry
Catawba County
Tennessee
Marshall County
Kim
Balancing life and family in the modern era
Bryan Greeson, a nationally certified school psychologist in Gastonia, argues that busy schedules erode family time and crucial interpersonal skills. He urges parents to find balance, evaluate their own roles, and adjust to nurture each child’s gifts rather than chase constant activities. He invites readers to reflect on their own family dynamics.
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Roef
Bryan Greeson
Gastonia
Parconn
Hotmail
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate Goes on the Road
A traveling workshop on passing down personal possessions tours Gaston County with sessions in Cherryville and Bessemer City. Sessions run Oct 20 27 in Cherryville and Oct 23 30 in Bessemer City starting at 945 am. Fee 15 covers workbook materials. Call Elaine Roux 922 2126 for details.
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Gaston County
Cherryville
Bessemer City
New Fear in Four Year Olds and Parental Guidance
A four year old may fear new information from TV or conversations, confusing fact with fantasy. An example from a preschool shows hysterics after a tonsil operation, when death was discussed by nurses. Evelyn Petersen, parenting educator, has a new book on e Parenting from Macmillan SAMS.
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Tal
Evelyn Petersen
SAMS
Macmillan USA
Askevelyn
Interlochen
Mich
Ghosts of divorce haunt children into adulthood
Psychologist Judith Wallerstein studied long term effects of parental divorce on 93 children now adults from white middle class California families. Compared with 44 adults from intact families they showed more adolescent substance use, trouble forming lasting relationships, and higher divorce rates, though some achieved successful careers. She advocates a realistic postdivorce family map and frank parental communication to ease long term impacts.
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Judith Wallerstein
Joan Berlin Kelly
America
Julia Lewis
Sandra Blakeslee
Wallerstein
California
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Free Spirit Publishing
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Carmel Road
Charlotte
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Carrie Mille
Gaston
Franklin Square
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