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Show Fcrchfrca Infants crave nourishment and attention LGSutsncdlG oSarcdo a flam Csocsm dd By RANA LEHR tin Daily "I By MIKE MURRAY A nurse working in a neonatal unit at a Salt Lake hospital made an interesting discovery. As she and other nurses cared for the tiny, pre-- '. mature babies, she noticed that the infants spent a lot of time spitting up what little nourishment they had been given. The nurses, trying to give these tiny infants an ' extra dose of attention, loving' ly held them while they talked to them and washed them up. The nurse noted that the preemies seemed to be spitting up more and more. She decided that they ought to try something differ' ent. The nurses began to be more matter-of-fac- t about washing up the babies after they had spit up. They didn't talk to them or smile at them or even make eye contact with them. At other times when they weren't spitting up, the nurses gave them extra care and nurturing. The nurse noted that spitting up decreased. Children are greatly affected by when and how they receive attention and at a very young age begin to learn how to go about getting it from their parents. In order of preference, children think positive attention is number one, negative attention is number two and no attention or being ignored is the least preferred option. Consequently, children receiving no attention will work very hard to receive some attention, positive or negative. UNFORTUNATELY, if children have reached the point where they feel the See PARENTING, FJip side ducssk HmM PKOVO Lemonade, lemonade! So ring the words of young ice-col- d entrepreneurs across Utah Valley. On a recent hot Saturday altera sew, nw youngsters - , were drumming up business on Iroquois Drive at the corner of Rock Canyon Park across from 2620 North. The children had obviously thought the money-makin- g project through. They had set up a small plastic picnic table and ' brought folding chairs, an ice chest, ice, mall and large plastic glasses, sunscreen, a money box and a notebook to keep a tally of sales. They made a small , sign and staked out their territory. The children went after the traditional tastes with plain, lemonade while not forgetting the gastronomical tendencies of the younger generation toward exotic flavors. For them, the kids prepared strawberry-guav- a juice. All this from children 5 to 6 s. V 11. "Lemonade is worth selling because it's fun and you get paid," said Katie TidwelL an 11 year-old from Provo. "The only thing that's bad is that we have to pay my mom for what we use (fruit drink mixes)." "They like making money," Katie's mom, Colleen, said. "They have to pay me for the lemonade. They make it themselves. They're in charge of the whole thing. It's a good learning experience." -- ? -- V. Katie, the leader of the NANA LfcHHTTw Daily HmM Young frtfpranur; Matthew Tidwell, 7, tries to drum up Canyon Park and Iroquois Drive recently. business for a lemonade stand near Rock pack, estimated that about one in 20 cars stop. She under- stands that many don't stop Sec LEMONADE, C4 i |