European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes Friday november 29, 1991holidays make kids aware of have not a Kermit the Frog sags after the balloon suffered a leak during the Macy a thanksgiving Day Parade in new York. Americans give thanks by Lena Williams the new York times there Are a a haves and a have no tsp in the world and while most adults understand Why some people have food clothing and shelter and others do not children done to always understand. As the nation prepares to celebrate the holidays a time of family feasts and sharing children become More aware of life a inequities. And Many parents find themselves struggling to answer their children a questions about issues like homelessness and hunger in an honest Way without frightening them or confusing them without discouraging their charitable instincts or endangering them. A the homeless Issue May come up now More than other times because there is a lot of discussion around the holidays of being charitable to other people a said William Damon a professor of psychology at Brown University in Providence . A when everyone is giving and families Are drawn together a Damon said a kids notice that some people Don a have families or Homes and Are living on the Street and they begin to ask questions about Why these people done to have families or Homes and what they can do to last week 7-year-old Morgan Gantt of Camden county n.j., asked her Mother Why she had to take thanksgiving dinner food to school to give to people she did not know. A i told her it was for those people who done to have enough Money to have a Nice thanksgiving dinner like we have when we go to grandmas House a said morgans Mother Karen. No More questions asked. Morgan headed to the Kitchen pantry and returned to her Mother with an armload of canned goods. Homelessness is of course not the Only Issue that May be thrust upon parents. Drug abuse child molestation and aids Are among the perplexing issues parents sometimes feel compelled to explain even to preschool children. Parents say they no longer have the luxury of waiting until their children Are a More appropriate age to discuss these types of issues because children see so Many inappropriate things on television. A report made Public last week on the status of the nations children and families said that because of the pervasive influence of popular culture and the considerable time working parents and children spend apart parents a should be More vigilant and aggressive guardians of their children a moral development monitoring the values to which their children Are exposed discussing conflicting messages with their children and if necessary limiting or precluding their children a exposure to images parents consider the report was prepared for the National commission on children a bipartisan group established by the White House and Congress. Parents might not want to discourage a child a desire to help others but they also recognize the dangers of being too open and trusting of strangers. Family Counselor and child psychologists encourage parents to be open and honest with their children and to avoid using such phrases As a those people Arentt like us or a a they re a a that a not helpful to kids because it leads to a panic reaction a Damon said. A parents should understand that children can sympathize with people in trouble without thinking a they re exactly like a by the associated press thanksgiving a that quintessential american Celebration a took on an out of this world flavor for 1991, with everyone from astronauts in space to people living on the nations streets getting in on the Holiday. While the six astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis were to feast on Turkey Terrazzini thursday the eight people sealed inside biosphere ii the space Colony prototype in the Arizona desert prepared a spread that included roast Chicken Sweet potatoes and baked Squash. In cities across the nation tens of thousands of poor people prepared to sit Down to lavish Charity dinners of roast Turkey and All the trimmings. In Evanston 111., a dozen formerly homeless people were the ones doing the cooking wednesday for those who had helped them get off the streets. A we want to show people that homeless people Are not necessarily Lazy unconcerned and inhumane a said Charles Nix who helped put together the feast at the Center for Public ministry shelter. Before the big meal Many people across the nation sat Down in front of the television set to watch the 65th annual Macy a thanksgiving Day Parade that got under Way thursday morning in new York City. And thousands More jammed sidewalks along the Parade route. A a in be seen it on to before and i wanted to see it in real life a said Erin Cooney who drove 12 hours to new York from new Castle ind., to catch the Parade featuring floats bands and 17 helium balloons of cartoon characters ranging from Babar to spi Hcrman. On wednesday millions of folks jammed airports and highways As they rushed to join friends and relatives around the country thursday for big meals Fol Lowed by the National pastime of snoozing and watching television. A watch some football and eat some Turkey. Its tradition a said Todd Hopper a Phoenix area police officer. One of those especially thankful to be Home for the Holiday was Thomas Sutherland who spent his six previous thanksgivings As a hostage in the Middle East. A we really do want to give thanks to everybody All of America for the reception we be had for a Homecoming like this beyond All possible expectations a Sutherland said wednesday from his daughters House in Berkeley calif., where he was to have thanksgiving dinner. President Bush and his wife Barbara who spent last thanksgiving with . Troops in saudi Arabia planned to have dinner with their daughter Dorothy Bush Leblond at the presidential Retreat in Camp David my. Astronaut Story Musgrave who was orbiting the Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis thursday said it did no to mind being in space for the Holiday. A a it a Nice to be in space on thanksgiving. Its Nice to be in space anytime a he said before the shuttles launch. Musgrave spent thanksgiving in orbit two years ago. In biosphere ii four men and four women Are living for two years in a Glass domed self contained environment to see what it would be like in a space Colony. Their thanksgiving dinner consisted Only of food they raised in the two months since the Experiment began. A we done to have turkeys unfortunately but we Are planning to do some stuffed roast chickens with Sweet potatoes with an Orange sauce a Crew member Sally Silverstone said in a Telephone hamper shuttle s would be space spies space Center Houston a Clouds and Haze hampered the efforts of two Atlantis Crew members trying to peek at several Sites on Earth in an Effort to determine if astronauts could one Day be space spies for the military. The two budding space scouts have been taking turns peering out of the shuttles flight deck window to see How much detail can be detected from 224 Miles above Earth. Although both have had some Success bad weather has caused each to miss several targets. �?o1 Hope the weather clears up a it. Col. James Mcleroy of the air Force space systems division said wednesday night. A the weather is notoriously uncooperative. The Clouds Are sitting right on top of some of the places we want to look at.�?�. The six astronauts were awakened late thursday morning by the sound of turkeys squawking and gobbling followed by Jimmy Buffetti a tune cheeseburger in per disc in which he sings a a trying to Amend my carnivorous a Good morning Houston. Happy thanksgiving a shuttle commander Frederick Gregory said. A we Hope you liked our Turkey music a Mission control said. Nasa said the Crews schedule on thanksgiving would be As Busy As any other Day in orbit. The Holiday itinerary included More military observations a i thursday s targets included Managua Nicaragua Macdill fab in Tampa Fla. And Turkey Creek in Australia a last minute addition. A astronaut Thomas Lennen an army imagery analyst is using a Telescope to locus on targets some of which Are secret. Fellow crewman Mario Runco jr., meanwhile uses a i1. Toot Long camera Assembly in his surveillance test. Both Are aiming for about 30 targets each during the 10-Day flight which ends wednesday. Mcleroy said Hennen has had a 77 percent Success rate in finding targets but he did not have a percentage for Runco. Mcleroy said it was too soon to say if Man can serve the military in space. A a it a a Pathfinder. We re not sure where the path is going to Lead us he said. The astronauts planned More Militto tests and other experiments before digging into their thanksgiving dinner
