European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be a Good sport if child has trouble with athletics i a by the new York times p Arents should pay close attention and take some Steps if their children Are not enjoying athletics 1 show some sympathy. If a child says he is no Good at sports and has Tro Taie hitting a Ball let him know How upsetting that can be. If you argue or say it in t important the child is less Likely to listen. A Good next step is to help the child realize that he is not a total failure by focusing on an activity in which he is More successful. A child Quot May be Good at catching the Ball Quot even if he Quot is not Good at hitting the Ball out of the Park Quot said or. Jerry r. May of the olympic sports psychology committee. Done to impose your past upon your children whether you were a Good athlete or not. Quot parents who Are unconsciously trying to live vicariously through their children take All the nourishment out of these activities Quot said or. Bruce c. Ogilvie keep peace professor at san Jose state University in California who has studied children s emotional involvement in sports. Provide a Safe environment for your child to build skills. Some one on one coaching either by you a coach a teacher or an older child can help an awkward child catch up with Peers.  some informal family games that allow you not Only to give some discreet pointers but also to Praise Progress. Expect the child to test How you will react to failure. Will you get angry or give up a Quot help your child practice the fundamentals Quot said Alan Saltz of the 92nd Street y in Manhattan. Quot Don t do it for three hours a Day. Do it for 20  investigate the attitudes of the coaches and other parents in Community sports programs before signing up your child. Young children Are More interested in having fun and improving their skills than in winning. Many sports programs acknowledge this and have restructured Early childhood programs to concentrate on mastering the fundamental skills needed to play various sports. Others pay Only lip service to it. Done to let children become inactive. Children who believe that they cannot keep up with their Peers or perform Well enough May respond in ways that make the problem worse. They May avoid All athletic games and become More sedentary. Quot you May have to do some unpopular things like unplug the Nintendo and shut off the to to encourage your children to play Quot said a child psychologist. Inca Cox news service Here Are some ways to help keep the peace during family Road trips. The following Highway tested suggestions come Courtesy of parents who have been there. A pair the oldest kids with the youngest separate rivals. Books on audio tape especially water ship Down and Robinson Crusoe Are hits. A pack soccer balls and baseball gear for Active play at rest stops. Wear the kids out. A construction toys such As Zaks and construe keep Small hands Busy As do hand held video games and Waldo books. Don t expect children to share if you have two kids better bring two Waldo books a the Magna Doodle magnetic drawing toy is a Lifesaver. A a if kids Are rewarded with sweets avoid chocolate which can make some children hyperactive. A make your own audio tapes compiling favorite songs from your record or cd collections. A collect Mcdonald s Happy meal toys and pack a Bagful for each child. Richard Scarry a picture books also get High Marks. A a leave Early a As Early As-3am a and drive while the children sleep. Readers action Lin housing situation in Wurzburg of a 1 would like some information concerning the housing situation in the Wurzburg area from october to february. There was a freeze on housing because a battalion from the states was supposed to be coming. Mid month february the freeze was lifted. It was said the unit was t coming. Now the unit is in fact coming and they Are going to put another freeze on housing. I feel it is unfair for the soldiers who have been on the list for Over a year to get bumped because a unit from the states which has had their families All along comes in and goes to the head of the housing list. I understand the whole battalion is coming but i would think that they should be treated like the rest of us. I Haven t seen my family in a year. I just done to think it s fair. Yes i tried to find suitable housing on the Economy but i need a three bedroom place. I m Only an e-4 and everything i found housing says is not on my budget. Spec. Sandra Starks Wurzburg Germany Elt. Col. Samuel a. Wood director engineering and housing area support group Wurzburg replies this Community understands the anxieties that soldiers have experienced. We can Only assume that circumstances described were taken into consideration by higher Headquarters before issuing the directives from the commander in chief . Army Europe Cincu Sarteur. The concept to House the helicopter battalion within our communities and the policy provided were widely disseminated and briefed within the Community. The Cincu Sarteur guidelines to House 75 percent of the incoming families of the Apache battalion within 30 Days were strictly followed. Once our goal had been met All other upcoming available assets have been assigned to personnel from our waiting list. Waiting periods for government quarters Are projected averages and individual waiting times May vary. Recently waiting periods were drastically impacted by the Stop loss of european soldiers base closures troop reduction and desert storm. If we take the housing status of spec. Starks As an example a in Wurzburg soldiers Are briefed that the average waiting period for three bedroom quarters regardless of rank is one and a half years. As stated by the Soldier she has been on the waiting list for one year therefore her projected availability of quarters is still within the average waiting time. Documented data identifies that private rental housing within the housing allowances for soldiers in pay grades e-4 and below does exist in the Community. Due to the family Structure of the Apache battalion it turned out that no Wurzburg Junior enlisted three bedroom government controlled asset was used to House Apache soldiers and their families. This Soldier s projected waiting time May have been affected by above mentioned impacts but not by the Apache battalion move. The present changes within Usa eur do not always allow smooth transitions for All involved personnel and this May cause soldiers some family inconveniences. Since the lifting of Stop loss the availability of private rental housing has started eliminating some of these family  difference at shop Pette commissary a i live m government housing. We Are 10 Miles from the Robinson Barracks commissary. Located in the housing Community nestled among a Library video rental shop and a pizzeria is an cafes shop Pette. It is a Nice store and is loaded with items that one usually forgets while shopping or simply runs out of the Small Exchange extended its hours of operation Quot for the convenience of the customer Quot keeping in mind that the majority of the shoppers Are wives who do not have the resources to drive the 10 Miles to shop Trobinson Barracks the shop Pette is a godsend to those individuals. The Quot convenience Quot of the shop Pette seems Ideal. For me and my family it is a Wolf in sheep a clothing. We ran out of milk. My wife purchased two half gallon Cartons. One Carton Cost $1.70.1 was curious what the commissary was charging. At the time i figured the Price difference was 20 cents or so. We did our weekly Staple shopping a few Days later. The Cash Register showed $1.15. How can that be a 55 cents in total Price difference How can cafes warrant such outrageous Price hikes spec. Donald r. Gridley ludwigs Burg kor Westheim Germany a sgt. Maj. Michel j. Bolduc he cafes Europe a sergeant major replies the commissary operates on appropriated funds and charges Cost plus a 5 percent surcharge. Cafes is non appropriated and must pay its costs and generate earnings. I cannot answer How much the commissary pays for its milk but i can Tell you that our markup is 15 percent. Considering the convenience of our shop Pettes we think you re getting milk at a fair Price. 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