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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 25.1985 Byline.. By Peter Parrott '4èpé. iij Strong Performance by Royal LePage When governments wish to defuse a potentially potentially explosive issue, they often call for public public hearings. When governments wish to drag their feet and delay proceedings, they call for a public hearing. And when governments governments want to appear to do something even though there's not much that can be done, they bring out the lecterns, lecterns, water pitchers, and long tables with chairs. Presto! Before you can say Royal Commission, Commission, another public hearing is underway. It seems to me that the last thing anyone does at a hearing is listen. listen. That's one of the ironies of politics. Everybody attending one of these meetings has his or her mind totally totally made tip and his or her ideas cast in concrete. concrete. The above observations observations have applied to most of the hearings, committees, and other public meetings I have attended in which opinions opinions were solicited from interested citizens. citizens. The Ontario Legislature's Legislature's select committee on energy lived up to these low expectations when it met last week in Bowmanville. There were the ubiquitous water pitchers, pitchers, microphones, lecterns, lecterns, long tables and stacking chairs. There were the members of the media taking pictures pictures of politicians talking. Since the main focus of the hearing is the future of the Darlington Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, there were the pro and anti nuclear forces who gave their standard pro and anti nuclear speeches. Most of this had been heard before. Somebody should decide decide that all of this has ceased to be news and ignore it. Because, so far as I am concerned, the question of the Darlington Darlington Nuclear Generating Station was settled perhaps 10 years ago and certainly five years ago. That was when land was purchased, purchased, plans were prepared, prepared, contracts awarded, etc. The government of the day opted to build the plant. And, unless one wishes to waste a hideously large amount of money, the plant will go ahead. Opponents of nuclear energy may have some valid points. But they should be thinking in terms of halting the next generating plant and not this one. Or they should be pursu- Family Counselling by Lloyd Scott, M.A. Children say "No" to their parents in many different ways and many parents find this behavior a source of great frustration. Parents argue that "children should say 'Yes' more often and they should be more obedient. Saying 'No' is disrespectful." In this general way, "discipline "discipline problems" arise, problems problems that parents often don't know how to cope with. One of the most common responses that we parents make to "discipline problems" problems" in children and adolescents adolescents is to make the disciplinary disciplinary measures more severe. Corporal punishment becomes harsher and more frequent, children are grounded for longer periods of time, more and more privileges are withdrawn. withdrawn. In some families this style of parenting works well. In other families, however, this "more of the same" approach only appears to work. Out of fear perhaps or out of a desire to keep the peace teenagers, for example, will often agree to parents' terms and conditions that they basically disagree with - household rules, curfews, restrictions on dating and so forth. This response may satisfy some parents but usually only temporarily. Before Before long, the battle is joined again. And a battle it often is, with, each side seemingly determined to escalate the struggle yet a little more. Out of something we still call "pride" both sides stick to their guns - parents rapidly exhausting themselves and their repertoire of responses, and children (of whatever age) resisting even harder and saying "No" in new and sometime dangerous ways, Is there any solution to this widespread, painful problem? Will our family tensions subside along with all the other tensions - community, national, global - if the arms race ends? If we outlaw pornography? pornography? If we end alcoholism? alcoholism? If the economy improves? improves? Enniskillen Mr. Stanley Taylor, Blackstock was a Sunday noon luncheon guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Avery and Jim. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Or- miston, Miss Marguerite Wright, Oshawa were Sun. visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wright and Betty. Mrs. Merle Avery, Mrs. Debbie Avery and Nicole, Mrs. Diane Rckkerand Lisa attended a bridal shower for Miss Leslie Chambers on Sun. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Avery, Bowmanville. On Sun. a beautiful day brought forth our worshippers worshippers to Church, Pastor Joe had a very special time with the children as usual. Alter learning a new chorus the children and teachers retired retired to the lower level for their Sunday School class Perhaps. But most of us look for short-term answers, solutions solutions that can be tried now, at home with our own families. As parents, perhaps we^need to remind ourselves that when our children say "No" it's not necessarily disrespectful, that saying "No" to family, school or other institutional orthodoxy orthodoxy may be their only way of asserting and affirming themselves themselves as individuals in their struggle for independence. Furthermore, the "No" may be little more than an expression expression of their confusion. After all, "orthodoxy" is merely of things that are sanctioned and accepted now, the view that is always under attack and continually subject to change. Einstein is reported to have said something like, "Common "Common sense is merely the name we give to the prejudices we've learned and accumulated accumulated throughout our lives," Maybe, what's called for is uncommon sense. If increased parental discipline discipline contributes to the escalation escalation of the war^with children, then clearly that solution to the problem isn't working. And it may be that in many families, that solution is rapidly becoming the problem itself. In the process, many parents are becoming paper- tigers - threatening, demanding, demanding, angry but frustrated and ineffectual, Their attempts to hold the line and their determination determination to impose their wills on their children appear to be failing. All of this can be understood only in terms of degree and of course each family has its unique ways of adapting to difficulties. Nevertheless, finding ways to de-escalate family strife is top priority for many of us these days. Do we know what our children children are saying "No" about? Arc they angry at some of the same things at which their parents are angry? Can we invent ways to support them in thtir struggle for emotional Independence? How much of our well-intentioned disciplining disciplining is for our children's good and how much is for our good, our convenience, our need to control? How much are we ventilating our own internalized internalized anger? The buttles between parents and children raise the ancient questions: how can one he a different Individual and still belong to Ills or her family or group? How does one strike a balance between "Independence" and the desire to live together with shared values? How do parents learn to hear and understand and accept their children's rebellious "No?" They arc, after all our children. children. To a very large extent we made them what they are. We even taught them, In one way or another, the Importance of being able to say "No," Like us they're confused too, often bitterly unhappy, frequently Isolated and alone. Va renia I support and love may be their only answer - parental "Yes" io their "No." ing their goals of achieving alternatives to nuclear energy. Nevertheless, judging from past experience, I expect to find that a hearing into the desirability desirability of Darlington will be underway the same day that the first electricity electricity is produced there. This process of trying to turn back the clock, on the Darlington station station is an exercise in futility--something akin to dogs chasing cars. If governments keep reviewing decisions of yesteryear, they will soon bog down in so many meetings and so much paperwork that they will be unable to do anything for the future. future. The energy debate will continue and it should do so, of course. But let's put Darlington behind us. Gross revenues generated in the first half of 1985 provide a strong indication that Royal LePage will have an excellent first year of operation, reports Company President William A. Dimma. According to Dimma, gross revenues for the first half stood at a "highly respectable" respectable" $186,206,000, 14 percent ahead of the comparable period last year. In addition, revenues generated in the second quarter of 1985, at $106,244,000, represented an "impressive" 33 percent increase over first' quarter 1985 results. (Royal LePage was created on December 21, 1984, following following the merger of the residen tial and various commercial real estate brokerage and fee businesses of A.E. LePage Limited with Royal Trustco's residential real estate brokerage brokerage business. Therefore, 1984 results are based on pro forma combined operating results of the two companies. It is pointed out that net earnings are not made public, as Royal LePage is privately-owned.) Dimma relates Royal LePage's ongoing revenue increases largely to improving improving business and consumer confidence and low and relatively relatively stable interest rate levels throughout the year. He adds that improving revenue also can be attributed to the growing strength of the new merged Company, resulting from a number of cost savings, plus marketing factors factors such as the recently introduced introduced Royal LePage Mortgage. Mortgage. "Judging from 1985 financial financial performance to date, which toppled all previous mid-year records, Royal LePage is off to a very healthy start," says Dimma. "With the second half of 1985 promising promising to be as strong as the first half, I expect that Royal LePage will have an excellent excellent first year of operation." Looking more closely at first half results, residential operations contibuted $145,855,000, representing 78 Jr0ftf/i/// : " // ./ W percent of total gross revenue and approximately a 22 percent increase over the Division's sales performance in the first half of 1984. Commercial Commercial brokerage and fee operations in Canada reported gross revenues of $19,728,000, while gross revenues from Royal LePage's remaining operations (Capital Management Management Services, International and Real Estate Management Services) totalled $20,623,000. Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Canada's largest largest diversified real estate services organization, employs employs almost 10,000 people in approximately 370 locations in Canada, the United States and Europe. a -HV. \ t(_X . a / \ ëmïty/Wèh if if > ) "V- f //Anh- / i ■! /A • (. ./ /'V /; A y " a X-.-' --//if:" / , 7 // -■/ 1 ■ y- y A mm mm. 77777 ' ■ 7, ! FRED OWEN - Pres. BOB OWEN - Asst. Gen. 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