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Thursday April IB Lifestyle Teach your child with discipline says child expert Ask any parent parenting can be exhausting Raising kids can be hazardous to your health not to men your peace of mind Something as simple as getting dressed for school can become a bat tie of wills between you and your fiveyearold Dinner time can make the kitchen into a disaster a and putting preschoolers to bed and keeping them there can try anyone patience All children no matter how perfect they or their parents might be create discipline problems Bar Coloroso Is an educational con sultan known internationally for her work in the area of discipline and positive behaviour The way teach your children says Ms Col that by the time they ore teenagers they are making most of the In their life and handling moat of the We have to been building for that from the time they are young In fact she says there arc three things we must gne our children to buffer them from sexual ly drug abuse and suicide in the teen years Dilute myself I can think for myself There is no problem so great it cannot be solved And the only way our children can realize these last two says Ms Col is if we give our children from the time they are very young the opportunity to think for themselves if we tench them not WHAT to think but HOW to think We do this by allowing the to make heir own choices and mon Importantly to experience the ctnw unless iliosc consequences arc morally threitming or it threatening We start by Riving our irin choices think they ran hnndlt do not says Ms a threeyearold if he wants lo go to bed now but docs he want to go to bed now with his blue jamas or his red pyjamas Similarly for flvcyearopld getting dressed for school in the morning we might offer her a choice of outfits wear When give children the sibility for their choices we make it their problem when a chore not done Ms also Job injury put him out of commission By Meg DEAR MEG I was so severely injured at my Job due to faulty wiring that I ve had back surgery four times Now I cant move without terrible pain I can t mow the lawn or teach my yearold son to play baseball I and I used to be very athletic Before the accident I was making a week Now I expected to support my family on a week from workers compensation I have been turned down for Social Security My doctors admit the surgery was unsuccessful but they re afraid to is through discipline She h- proven strategies parents to help r ihildri become lot it moons Over suggestion fighting i meultimra fighting how HOME POST SCRIPTS By Glendrf If you are nil reid l j I ger home it is sometimes worth I considering finishing space in the home own Creating an inviting warm basement room could help solve a space problem However before you carpet that lovely new basement room read the follow tag can be laid on a con floor only if it Is perfectly dry There are times however that a floor that seems to be dry may be slightly damp at certain times of the year either due to con on the cold concrete floor during hot but weather or because of poor drainage during the rainy season Damp floors can start mildew in carpet fibres To h ip tin- dampness or tilt before Hi is laid In Ceorgttown and area where we often arc hit with high during the hot summers a should always be us In the basement It is suggested to use a separate underlay of waffle- back sponge rubher or porous foam rather than buy a carpet with rubber sponge backing that tuts no ventilation underneath If wall towall carpeting is your choice of floor covering con be just as easily laid on concrete as on a wood floor Check with our local carpeting outlets to have the Job professionally done and looking Its ROYAL CITY limit HOMES SOLD CREATIVELY By Hughes Guolpti St crate again because the etiance crippling me Please tell me about a neurosurgeon who is one of the best around DESPERATE DEAR DESPERATE 1 wish I could help but I cannot recommend doctors to my readers For a referral to the best neurosurgeon in your 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spark that fans a fire into flame Pace it you re stuck with a burnt out candle But don let the ashes of your dead romance smother the chances of a new flame Tell Allan to get lost It II do wonders for your self respect and increase the chances of someone better lighting your fire Meg pamphlet Love Is It the Real Thing explains the difference between love and Infatuation For Write to care of this per Meg can only answer letters that contain a self addressed stamped en velope Questions of general interest will be discussed in future columns EXHIBITION AND SALE VALUE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON THIS FAMOUS CANADIAN ARTISTS DRAMATIC SCRAPERBOARD AND PENCIL WORK ROBERT POW SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS THE FRAMING CENTRE 348 Guelph St GEORGETOWN 8777491 ENTER AT BELL GLASS 877631 0