European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Special Mother with special children Story and photo by Tony Nauroth Nurnberg Bureau chief Carmen Castle is a special Mother with special her 12yearold son Shawn is hyperactive and her seven Earold Daugh has the lord gave me two Good kids and the patience of Castle despite the incredible demands of caring for her Chil Drens special Castle finds time to be actively involved in a variety of Community her Hus band Paul is the first sergeant of 16th engr 1st Arnid div in the was recently honoured for being the top Nairn Borg military Community family in Nancy Rea Gans great american family Campaign designed to Honor those who Excel in Community Carmens Volunteer Shawn involvement in and Laras empathy for Hurt Ani Mals were in his role As first Paul was cited for his work in counselling Young soldiers in his unit who Are having family Carmen castles Busy schedule includes going to the women fitness Center every and on Many involvement with the wives army Community service Welcome Pat Board the Thrift shop advisory scholarship Board family member helping hand cafes advisory homeroom youth activities parents Community action Council and theres last week she finished judging family housing for Best quarters of in she still manages to get to exceptional family member meetings once a get Shawn in for his twice weekly and go to the Library every weekend so she has something to read in her spare she said with a Castle is involved because she said she believes in showing her children a lifestyle entered on giving to life should be a Good she its an obligation which we must accept responsibility Castle has found that life with a hyperactive child has More than a Normal share of frustrations and when he was Shawn was doing he required two baby and after he was in kindergarten for one his teacher called and help he quickly wears out his she i i Carmen Castle with her son Shawn and daughter Lara the lord Good kids and the patience of when a doctor diagnosed Shawn As Hyp Erac i Felt so because i had always thought that his behaviour was she once she knew there was something she said it be came much easier to Deal Shawn Charles defined hyperactivity As an inability to control impulses characterized by very poor attention he said it is an insidious problem because it affects a Childs academic he cant sit still Long enough to concentrate on his Underwood a hyperactive child often acts before he thinks and needs lots of Shawn attention Span was 10 seconds and he had an extremely Low frustration through a pro Gram of biofeedback training and Hes doing but its still a Burden on his Mother who must keep up with although Laras epilepsy is kept under control with Castle has to maintain a vigilance Over her have to watch her in Case she has a she Castle spends time helping Lara go through the Steps she learns in her Ballet Lara wants to become a she brings Home wounded animals and Kittens mostly and her Mother helps nurse them Back to Castle has spent Many hours sprawled on the floor with countless Lego playing with both of her Shawn is gifted with mechanical science Intel and he constantly instructs his Mother in the Art of building Lego Shawn bought a for his Mother As an anniversary on mothers Castle can look Forward to getting a gift that keeps on giving a mate for in the past Paul Castle spent 280 Days in the in the mothers Are so much More important to their because fathers Are usually there not nurturing there just not around he to All the moms Ive loved Dianne Roberts with daughter Meg and son Rees believes mothers must be flexible the Reward in imparting values Story and photo by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief for Dianne Roberts of Ger the Reward of being a Mother lies in the values she has Given her whether they appreciate it or and often they i think part of being a Mother is raising children to a certain Roberts they finally reach a Point where they realize that what youve done for them is its Good to see them mature and see them Strong in their values and what they know they should in the Roberts values come from the to Auto no Nave a one s inv Iva Wun Umie when you know what you when you know studies and Church staying at Home fits whats really you can face your children or anyone her philosophy of being there for her else with Roberts weve always been Verv involved Roberts and her air Force David have four Meg and their 15yearold attend Patch american High lives with my advice to anybody would be just spend time with but that not something you can Start when they get to High you cry with them and Pray with you work with 5 Roberts takes working with her kids to the Point of taking some of the same High school exams they she took a social studies test her daughter had his parents and takes University of Maryland courses at attends College in the As a Dianne Roberts has Learned that flexibility is a i was raised that you go to High school and you go to College and this is How life she although there is a Basic set of morals and guid Ance that remain the Roberts has found that How the four kids Are going to react within that set of values is differ you have to go with each one As an Roberts does not have a Shes involved with Bible i weve always been very involved with the weve gone to every every every she and our kids want us struggled with and got an she i have to know these Kominicki staff writer Molly Thompson int getting a bouquet from me this sunday and in not very proud of she was my mothers Best Friend in the they were postwar housewives in budding their Little government loaned tract houses surrounded by Little lawns and Little and Little while the husbands put their i educations to the wives put babies into the dark haired and a bit i remember forever Clad in one of those Cotton dresses that have finally gone out of she used to do Jack Lalane exercises in front of their an i with a round she could fix paint kitchens and knit she raised patched pants and could whip up enough Macaroni to feed anyone who could find a seat at her Chrome and red linoleum Dinette she was the Best maker of Koolard on the Block and produced a Spaghetti sauce that remains a remarkable she bandaged my first Cut a slash above the Eye i got on the Day her son and i decided to dig our Way to the scar has but the memory Molly had four children of her but she handled extras with Bunches of children simply did not bother i can remember summer evenings when 20 kids or More would mass there for a game of kick the the Thompson driveway taking on the look of a used bicycle Molly would assume her station on the dispensing Patching consoling the making sure the toilet got or Winter afternoons children from Miles around would show up to slide on the big Hill near the Thompson shed whip into buckling tightening scarves and handing out mugs of Cocoa afloat with mini1 she lost her Best Friend my Mother to cancer in 1962 and spent the next decade trying to make up the loss to As if it were somehow her my father got a better moved to a better part of and joined the country the have in not sure i like to think that if i knew the address id Send a bouquet and maybe a Little card saying Happy Moth ers i think shed know what i Walters As we used to Call though i never knew Why persuaded Heit husband to take me in one year when i was acting in summer i looked a Little she id been looking for a room to but i got the Chumpitaz Charm school i needed she announced shortly after i moved into the room behind their i was in danger of going through life with minimal values and Little but i had she Walters was a sales representative who had Good he drank martinis and fancied himself a gentleman their colonial House was set on 150 wooded acres and on weekends hed jump on his Little tractor and head off into the Thicket with a Chain saw and a Carton of hed been a colonel during world War hed graduated from Mit in he played the but this is about i mention Walters the old gentleman she always called him Only to explain the sort of life she the things she App re being married to Walters gave her the Freedom for her passion Volunteer and helping others she had three All in various stages of one wanted to be a another a symphony and one wanted to work with Handi capped Chumpitaz was handicapped herself an incredibly painful variety of arthritis was destroying her she took codeine and suffered the Walters had a cocktail daily at 5 somewhere in the world the Sun is Over the Chumpitaz would say each Day at the appointed and we would sit Down with our the old gentleman with his his wife with a Rye and the younger people with the conversation would turn invariably to politics Walters would snort Chumpitaz would bemoan the appalling watergate behaviour of my the progeny and i would smile those told you so Chumpitaz was an old Friend of songwriter Tom she had been a nurse in the last world she made the finest poached eggs Ive Ever she believed in snacking Between meals As a Way to help keep body and soul and she was an avid Catholic who practice what she heard priests were frequent a sur prise to often Lively dinner Chumpitaz taught me How to play when to drink Cognac and How to hold an adult More she taught me How to find the Good in whatever life weve been Given to for All Chumpitaz remains a High Point in with two children in College and two in High Roberts knows she will soon be relinquishing her Chil Dren to the that exciting and its she when you work with the children Day in and Day youre really preparing them to be on their its kind of a Relief to let go of part of that she the Meg and have made a firm Deci Sion about their Rees wants to go to the air Force Hes Roberts Hes working hard with his grades and Hes on the Drill Hes highly Meg is interested in missionary Shes a her Mother she has a heart for the two older children Are undecided on their i dont know Why the younger two have direction and the older two dont As she maybe we worked with them to see where their areas of interest but that one of those things where you can get a guilt Complex easily and say i wish id done this or but weve really tried to do the Best we could and we Haven fudged on she theres just no rules other than the Roberts nothing is you cant say this is How in going to be a its like any other youve got to you have to know when to you must Complete and when to stand Back and lets and its a big Roberts its 14 the stars and stripes May the stars and stripes Page 15
