European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 12, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 19 consumer to Foch of Mary Sineln . Foo picture Cost definitely up Louise Cook associated press trip to the grocery Stor is All it takes to remind you that food prices Are going up. But unless you keep old Cash Register re i seipts you May not realize How much has changed in How Little time. Consider some government figures 1. In 1970, you could comfortably feed a family of four Mother father and two elementary school children for $39.60 a week. 2. In 1975, the same kind of diet which the government Calls a moderate Cost food plan would have Cost $60.30. 3. Today it will Cost $82.60 a Witk More than twice As much As it did a decade ago. The figures come from the . Department of agriculture which calculates the Cost of feeding families of differ ent sizes on different budgets Thrifty. Tow Cost moderate and Liberal. The latest statistics for May 1980, show that the Thrifty plan the one that is used in setting the Coupon allotment in the food stamp program costs j5i.20 a week for a family of four with elementary school children. That s $11.50 More than the moderate plan Cost in 1970, despite the fact that the Thrifty plan is s Bare Bones one with less milk meat vegetables and fruit than the other budgets and More Low Price legumes Cereal flour and bread. Note incomes have been rising along with prices of course. From 1970 to 1979, for example per capita per Sonal income More than doubled from just under $4,000 to $8,706. The us a also Issue statistics for individuals so families who Don t tit the four person Mold can gel to idea of Bow of Czar spending compares to the Arenge. Here ire some examples of May prices for the weekly moderate Cost plan 1. Females 12 to 19 years old $19.90 20 to 54 years old $19.80 55 Yean and Over $17.70.2. Males 12 to 14 years old. $22.50 is to 19 years old $24.90 20 to 54 years old $24.70 55 years and Over $21.50.3. Children 1 to 2 years old. $10.70 3 to 5 years old $12.90 6.to 8 years old $16.90 9 to 11 years old. The statistics Are based on the family that eats All its meals at Home. For each meal you eat out you have to subtract 5 percent. A 25-year-old Man who eats out twice a week should for example figure on an Al Bome food Cost of about $22.23 $24.70 minus 10 percent Betty Peterkin of the us a s consumer nutrition Center said the government has been keeping Trade of food budgets since the 1930s. Checking her files Peter Kin Foufa report from december 1935 when it Cost Only $12.50 a week to feed two moderately Active adults an 8 year of girl and a 10-year-old boy. The bask dec of the Price Zajc Nubuo i Tai re rat to the same of tie Yean but tie food i eroded Hare chanted to reflect coca Igig tastes u a Tutsi i jars a buy patter., n. Recast update. Peter Vasali Mala 1974-75aaotk or revision is currently Urfer Way. The revision will be based in part on consumption surveys that show How much americans Are eating of different foods. The latest Survey covering 1979, Indi Cates that people arc eating less beef More pork fewer eggs More fresh vegetables less sugar and More cheese than they used to. Some of the changes in National diet arc caused by concern about Kcf the. Worries Over the still unclear role of cholesterol for example have caused Many people to Cut Back consumption of eggs. Other changes Are the result of economic conditions. The us a notes for example that beef production was High from 1975 to 1978 As ranchers faced with High costs and Low cattle prices sold off Many of their Ani Mals. In 1979, the ranchers started to rebuild their herds however. Beef production dropped. Consequently says the us a per capita consumption of beef dropped 10.5 percent irom 88.9 pounds in 1978 to 79.6 pounds in 1979." help Lor the child on the move a by Louise Cook associated press writer in Banks grew up in a military family. She moved 11 times before she was 14 years old. And each move brought new fears Ana new worries. Banks is now an adult but she has t forgotten what it s like to be a child on the move. In an Effort to make things easier for today s youngsters Banks and Nancy Evans Nave prepared a Book just for kids. It is called goodbye House Crown publishersinc., $4.95 and will be carried in stars and stripes bookstores. It includes sections where children can write Down their feelings about leaving one Home for another places for pictures of new and old friends and suggestions for coping with a new House a new school and a new neigh boyhood. In the Book children Are encouraged to include All their observations listing the bad along with the Good. As the child fills in the Book he or she will gain a sense of Mastery Over the. New environment and the feeling of overwhelming newness will diminish the authors say. Banks said most parents recognize that moving can be traumatic for youngsters. Bat it Bard for them to Nagum the kinds of things kids Woald worry about she Laid. Moving Day 6 Abo a time when parents hate their own problems. You hate so Mack of your  Banks Sam the Book cries to Deal with the kind of things that War Troi to. Would she forget her old friends and would they forget her would she have the right kind of clothes for her new neighbourhood would she fit in the most important thing. Banks said is to give kids it sense of  help them understand that while some things like an address Are changing others like parental love Are  does not have any children herself but she said she Drew on her vast personal experience including stints in Germany Oklahoma Florida North Carolina Virginia and Pennsylvania in writing the Book. She and Evans also talked to friends children. Goodbye House is designed for children 7 or 8 Yean old and up depending on How sophisticated the  the first Page has space for the youngster to draw a picture of himself or herself. This is me and my Book reads the opening line. Everybody else keep Oatt the but two pages of the bask Are designed for grownups. Readers Are advised Cut this out and give it to your Mother or  Here Are some of the suggestions for parents 1. Tell your children about the move As soon As Possi ble. Children can usually sense when something s going on the authors say. You Don t  child to hear about the move inadvertently from neighbors or  2. Don t hide your own doubts about the move. Point out the advantages of moving but help your children understand that it is Normal to be sad about leaving a familiar environment. 3. Tell your children s teachers about the move As soon As you Tell the children. That Way the teachers will understand if your children s behaviour changes or if they Are unusually unruly. 4. Try to ease childrens fears about leaving friends. Remind them they can keep in touch. Plan a going away party. 5. Help your children learn about their new City. Give them an extra map if you have one. Contact the Cham Ber of Commerce for information about climate Popula Tion and local attractions. Let your children help clean Ami pack. Don throw away any of their possessions without explaining Why. 6. Consider the children s interests when loading the Van. It May be a Good idea for example to Load the youngsters furniture last. That Way it can be unloaded first giving Hern something familiar in their new Home As soon As possible and also keeping them occupied while you take care of the rest of your Possession. 7. Prepare your children for the first Day of classes at a new school. If possible Contact the school in Advance to find out about the curriculum and about special supplies or health documents that May be required