European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 9. 1985 the stars and stripes Pat says parents need More info on children s tapes records up Patciria by Patricia Mccormack United press International p Arents can easily learn what s going into their kids dummies by checking out the required ingredient listings on the boxes of everything irom Cereal to cookies. But National Pat president Ann Kahn says parents Are buying in the dark when it comes to purchasing records and tapes Lor their children. Kahn thinks children parents and others who buy sealed Rock records and cassettes Are entitled to the same full disclosure of contents already required of foods and other consumer goods. In an interview spanning the expanding role of the Pat. Kahn said parents who buy records and cassettes As gifts for their children need More information about the nature of the lyrics. Kahn. Of Fairfax va., says the Pat wants the recording Industry on a voluntary basis to Label cassettes and records containing lyrics that include profanity of explicit sex language or violence or glorify drugs alcohol or the occult. With full disclosure about these five areas Consumers will be Able to make Mote knowledgeable she said the Pat with 56 million members thinks there is a deluge of poor taste in the Rock recording Industry according to Kahn. We think this is a consumer Issue she said and we want to prevail on the Good sense of the Industry to indicate something about contents on the Kahn. Who served 12 years on the Fairfax school Board three As chairman says parents need t wait until their children Are in school to link up with one of the 25,000 local units of the Pat. There is a trend in tact for Young parents to get in touch with ptas for guidance about parenting the Young child according to Kahn. We Welcome it she said. We want to strengthen parenting skills and family to help out the National Pat has produced a new free pamphlet with tips on How parents can help the Young child learn at Home. Reading is the no. 1 activity. You should Start Reading to your child when he is born she said. Most physicians say mothers and lathers should do this As a first step in becoming More effective the pea s discipline a Parent s guide another free flyer includes Many tips. A Sample 1. Set a Good example children learn More by How parents act than by what they say. 2. Set limits on behaviour but be careful not to impose Loo Many rules. Before making a Rule ask yourself if it s necessary. Generally Young children need More rules than older children. 3. Involve children As much As possible in making family rules and decisions. Children Are less Likely to break rules that they have helped establish. 4. Be consistent. Consistency reinforces the importance of a Rule and a child can always predict the results if he or she does t follow the Rule. 5. Act quickly when a child misbehaves. Don t let n problem or worry build up Over a period of time. For copies of free Pat pamphlets write to the National Pat 700 North Rush st., Chicago Iii. 60611 2571. Ask for help your Young child learn at Home and discipline a Parent s guide. When to keep sick kids Home from school by Brenda c. associated press m an washing is the Best Way schoolchildren can protect themselves against contagious aliments of their Peers says theauthor of new guidelines on when to Send Orke 5 ill children Home from school. The school is frequently Between a Rock and a hard place in sorting out whether the child is sick enough to be sent Homo and secondly whether he is sick enough to pose some kind of health risk to other said or. Michael Donlan. The author of the guidelines. Developed by the school health committee of the american Academy of paediatrics of which Donlan is a member the guidelines Are aimed at educating grown ups in basics about common ailments that Fleri cause children to be sent Home unnecessarily. Head lice impetigo and Oral herpes often can be treated without keeping children Home and without endangering other children the committee said. Sending a child Home with fever is valid As Long As everyone is in agreement about the definition of fever a temperature of More than 100," said or. Joseph Zanga. The panel s president. A child should stay Home when any ailment makes him so uncomfortable that he can t learn. Zanga said. The most effective Means of preventing the spread of disease in school is careful Donlan said. That is particularly True Lor upper respiratory tract infections. Increasing data indicates that you Don t get the common cold irom person to person spread As in being coughed or sneezed on but from hand to hand to mucous membrane spread As in touching a contaminated object and then one s nose or lips. A virus can live on a door Knob Lor a period of time t2 to 24 the doctors said conditions that do not warrant sending a child Home include a single episode of vomiting or a single Loose Bowel movement presence of nits the tiny eggs of lice that sometimes remain in a child s Scalp alter proper treatment for lice rashes rom irritants allergy or impetigo a skin infection usually around the nose or Mouth cold sores or fever blisters and the common cold. The doctors emphasized that children should be sent Home if they have severe conditions such As repeated vomiting chronic diarrhoea uncontrollable coughing or sneezing or the red watery and itchy eyes of conjunctivitis it it prevents a child from seeing. Erma Bombeck p Arents feel their Job of child raising i never done until they can domesticate when children move away fro Home parents refuse to let them off the umbilical Leash until they have a sweeper in their closet an air purifier in their bathroom and a smoke alarm in Ihler Kitchen. Hey Man that s our Oil Don t ask me Why. But it has always been so. Parents get All Bent out of shape when kids let their dishes dry in the Drainer so the sooner they Start putting them in the cupboards before a visit the sooner parents lighten up on them. You have to know that every Mother since the be Al inning of time has Given her apartment dwelling son or daughter a Cookbook. It s always one of those Pri Mero Basic step by step beginning Uno simple easy introductory volumes that has Ever thing but training wheels on it. It does t matter. It will never replace the phone number pencilled on the Wall Over the phone for Palermo s we also feel obliged to share with our children 80 years of experience and research on How to gel their laundry to sparkle. This is not a priority among Young people. They Don t have the patience for sparkling. Wet is Good enough. I once lectured one of my kids for two hours on bleach. You d have thought i was giving him instructions on How to fuel a nuclear reactor. He was against it and said he did t want to bring his children into a world with bleach. The reason this is on my mind is that every Christmas we listen to their list of dire needs and question them. They Are desperate for a Telephone answering machine tape deck for the car. Hair dryer ski sweater car insurance portable audio for jogging records. Var and membership in a health club. I thought this might have been the year he requested an ironing Board i said. Well i Don t care said my husband. He needs a Toolbox and that s what he s going to get. How can someone go through adult life without a Toolbox i bet he won t use i said. Remember last year you bought him a Jack for his car and he stored it under his bed because he did t have room Lor it in the trunk that s no worse than what you bought a Crock pot is a necessity Tor anyone who i said. He stored his unpaid Bills in it said my husband. I Don t know How Long it lakes other parents to domesticate their children but we re not doing too Well. One of them asked to borrow a Sharp knife the other night. When i asked Why he said his door was sticking. I reminded him it was also Good for cutting up vegetables. He thought a minute and said i never thought about someday. I d like to see them go through an Arch of Orange blossoms and hear the sound of Little Teet. The reality is Mcdonald s Golden Arches and the sound of Little feet Are those headed for Little traps under the sink c Sci an a i Tom by Waicule
