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Show BOX Who elso can you tease, yell at . . .? Brigham City, Utah November 21, 1976 Sunday, ELDER NEWS, 15 r Family important? Students give views ffiSiHEa inunzzzn The emphasis across America in this Thanksgiving week is on the family. And there is a growing awareness nationally of the familys important role as the foundation of society. But how do young people feel about it? E325 vi To gain an indication of their attitude, locally at least, students at the Brigham City LDS semi- - , nttry were asked to respond; briefly to the question? "Is the family really important? 7 .Following is a sampling of those responses: We Love Each Other "To me, I couldnt live or be happy or enjoy life if my family werent there to help and love. They are all so interested in each other. For instance, each week we all eagerly await a letter from our missionary. My mother and I always have really special thoughts and talk to one another. I jog with my dad, sing with my sisters, etc. Yes, it is important because we love each other when ' no one else loves us. and some of the family not "where the love is. less there is hostility or some-thin- g lacking in it. Then the child will either go lode somewhere else or develop to the point that or want the they just dont need family. DC3 C3E ; Builds You Up , The1 wayTfedl Is that- - the Your family is the' thing that builds yob up when you are down, , family 'is the stepping Stone' to ' puts up with you when youre a what av person is going to be,, real grouch. I love my family and ' First, a person has to feel the warmth and love of a family and love them back before he can go out in the world and love other people. "0" FADOHY .. . i ' Feel Special "I feel that without a family," you miss the string' bonds of , togetherness, happiness and most important, love. With a ' ? family you feel , like you are important and needed. You always feel like someone special. 7 . " . V Need Someone to Love You "Where would you be without a family? You need someone to love you, someone you can love. A stray dog, skinny, sad eyes, sulky, soon dies without his family. Even a foster child is alive, not with parents hes born to, but with a family wo loves him more." ' - Learn to Get Along ' 1 In the family, the children and and JUANITA 7 ANDREA and JOSHUA. ROLLIN INSURE YOUR FAMILY WITH QUALITY DBS L. "" TORES 734-942- 9 390 M SO MAIN, BRIGHAM M M parents learn how to get along with each other and to work with by divorce is portrayed by Bill Elinor Donahue and Brad Savage in "Its Next Week The Farqily and Other Living Things" which will be seen in this area Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. others, which will be beneficial to us throughout our entire life. The family also teaches us as children the skills and lessons we will need in our later lives. Nothing More Important Because the world around us is not perfect and sometimes it will reject us, even for only a time, we will need love and support during that period. The place that you should be able t5 get the love needed is from within the f&mily. There is nothing in the world that is more important or has more priority or is as eternal as the family unit. Most Important Who else can you tease, yell at, beat upon and put off rudely and theyll still love you for being part of them? Yes, the family is the most important. Sad is the person who hasnt found this out yet. A FAMILY BROKEN Droahdovjn in family . a problem As the divorce rate continues to skyrocket, the United Way funded family counseling service promises to play a larger role in settling marial problems, a spokesman said recently. Brent Baddley, director of family counseling for the Ogden Bix-b- y, and Clearfield offices, said the service now spends about 65 percent of its working time with marriage troubles, about 25 perdifficulties cent with parent-chil- d and the remaining 10 percent on problems as single parent adjustments. According to a recent statistical report, the areas family counseling service worked with 298 families, made up from 1,363 persons, in 1975. Of these, 184 were marriage counseling problems and 74 parent-child problems. The rest dealt with combinations of all types of difficulties. They came to us from all economic walks of life, Baddley said. |