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Show Page 4 OREM TIMES Thursday, September 28, 2006 Ftickefj W H 0 W H 0 A fJ f) WHAT HAPPENI N G Children's Miracle Music teaches work Ben Carter I parents could just press a button but-ton Id K't their kids to do what they're asked, they would prob ably all it a mirai le. An Oi cm based business is selling ju-.t sue h a mira le Christ me Mullins i realed Children's Mirac le Musk, a niiisi' .il pimi' designed to teai h children chil-dren nspniisibilitv and hard woik I he faille is ( entered around Cls ol miiimc that set time limits lor children chil-dren to do their chores Mullins said even though most parents set tune limits loi their kids, the music is the key (Childicn's) biains haven't clevel-o'd clevel-o'd lo Ik- able to understand time li.ime." Mullins said "'I hey don't know what you re talking alxiut when you say 10 minutes Kids do undei stand time frames through music." T be Childien's Miracle Music system sys-tem gives children certain amounts ol lime through songs, lo complete tasks like brushing their teeth, cleaning clean-ing their room or getting dressed. Kids are awarded xmits lor every task they complete lor a total of 12 xiinls a day The (joints have a pui ose as well. ( )n e a child readies 1 M l (Hiints they gel to go on a private "date'' with one of their parents Mullins researched the principle behind her product for alxuit 15 years She tested its principles out on her ow n seven children and got feed-bai feed-bai k from friends and i datives who tried it ( )ne of the main ideas Ix-hind the system is making work fun. She compaied her product to football foot-ball ' "( iuys, on their only day off, would not go run around in the mud while it 's raining and jump on each other to the oinl ol breaking I Mines if they didn't have oints and goals and strategics to make it a game," she said "When you throw those things in there, they call it football." One of the other main principles of Miracle Music is teaching children chil-dren to serve out ol love instead of just following orders. This goal is accomplished by a daily "act of kindness." "It's ( ailed an act of kindness U'cause we're not doing it because somebody is forcing us as a taskmaster task-master to do it," Mullins said. "We're doing it I h -cause we love each other in the family " Miracle Music's (-fleets are not limited lo children though. Mullins said she intended the whole family to complete tasks while the music is playing I'arents accumulate points so that I hey can have a private date with each other. The goal of her product, which can Ik- purchased for S ilt at the Children's Miracle Music Web site. www.diildrensiniraclemusic.coni. she said, is to bring families ( loser by teaching them lo woik together and by getting chores out of the way so the family can focus on each other "Il creates tins overall closeness between the parents and children, which is being lost these days," Mullins Mul-lins said. ' , ' ' ; jit' n f ;i V 1 h '- x J ' f t .' ' ' X I V . -. ims V' I ' mm0 I '"' i ; . 1 A I f i j i i i I ? i i I i ! i I I ! 1 I ! - l l ! i I ' j 1 i ' ' i i ! ! ! I ! ; ; ! : j . I . ; ( t I ' MELISSA FARGODaily Herald Christine Mullins with her Children's Miracle Music game in Cedar Hills. With seven children, Mullins invented the game out of u need to p;et household chores done and make time for other family activities. The game gets families to clean house together and to get prepared for the day in "41 minutes and .58 seconds". Points are earned each day when goals are reached and rewards include private "dales" vi(i a parent. Free seminar offered Good Earth Natural Foods presents a free seminar by Nature's Way. Karleen Karst will be speaking on essential fatty acids on Oct. 10 at its Orem store, 500 S. State St. and Oct. 1 1 at its Provo store, 1045 S. University Ave., both at 7 p.m. Walton Group names new executive assistants The Walton Group, Inc., a public relations and advertising advertis-ing agency in Utah Valley, has hired Adam Torkildson and Lilia Velbovets as executive execu-tive assistants. In their positions, Torkildson Torkild-son and Velbovets will perform strategic communication commu-nication duties and manage daily administrative and organizational objectives. Additional duties will include news release composition, media pitching and relations, Web-based and traditional research campaign planning, new business development and event planning for clients cli-ents of The Walton Group. Torkildson, a senior at Utah Valley State College, is majoring in integrated studies. stud-ies. Velbovets, a senior at Brigham Young University, is majoring in Communications Communica-tions with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in business management. Wedding line preview Allyse's Bridal, Utah's largest bridal store, will host a preview of its 2007 wedding line in a fashion extravaganza at the Utah Wedding Show in the Utah Valley State College MacKay Events Center on Oct. 7. The fashion show will run at noon and again at 3 p.m. As part of the event, approximately ap-proximately 20 fashion team members selected from more than 60 different Utah high schools will model approximately ap-proximately 30 of the new wedding gowns. The event will also feature modest prom, bridesmaid and the exclusively designed mother-of-the bride and special event gowns. Allyse's Bridal is in the University Mall. For more information, visit www. beautifullymodest.com or call 226-4706. 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