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Show t I poor c;opys 'yw v'ipw News, March 27, 980, Page 4 1 Hamid vsV Hamid Dim ..KlfctefL CroS B v . By Suzanne Hansen i t Quality Time Important to y4 I ... As your children grow you can add many things to the special box, things that may be interesting and help your child to learn many skills As the children get older you can put the box on a lower shelf where they can reach it It can hold things such as paper books, sewing puzzles, dot boards, plus a plastic pocketed shoe holder at childrens height for crayons, happening and reasonably 1 occupied pipe cleaners, blunt scissors, glue, tape, clothespins, and paperclips We also keep shopping bags handy to collect empty egg encourage our little children have Quality Time children, enjoy mother can. come and work with us or by us so that we can chat with them while Im cooking or other projects that I have to do in the kitchen Usually we make up our own projects Frequently what they do is messy, involving spilled food coloring stains on small hands, and glue inadvertently rubbed into the hair But I take a big breathe and an them, with her as only a So I began watching parents with children. One evening on the bus I spotted two women each with a tired and whiney two year-olplus a babe in arms. One of the mothers was gently bouncing the baby on her lap, lulling her with a nonsense rhyme Her toddler m the next seat was intent on switching positions from on his knees to looking out the window to sitting and banging his heels on the seat. d reminding myself that children are washable and also that I always can have a spotless kitchen when they are all married and have their own little messes Xi Z Or &p e a; 3 ante Va. b !t? s pc CrejtiMj. SoPWt 6 4, Mi. io other mother she tdeJ yeasf will -- fJ in Id ska Arj i;r , v c nt in 'u "I, 'o ( - : 4 t , oUtcx, 'Pi dvwreJ S- - AiU &UX&LC& PIctdJL irl Y IMnrW p 10 u, m, ,U 'ta'tb ta r ,vw -- . 6kii, 2 tups Ho-- si-Pt- 4 Mil Liip A(jL bruh i., c to r,s c;.:l st n U'eiL i -- , 1 ttabfc cud ; c - fol ; i pcwsrrj s ( c CWi-cn- oxy Artie nd s uyAMr' u in)rierfs OvBr mm rslis - FirstBI v v bOT aJ f ' : - , u : " A -- Kx e a. i " - And s4ir in oA't ; , And jWicx-- orainaLC peel dtutfn. Ud .stand 0 xU- - s self-wort- nneir q luot bsct4rt Z d with a friend and how she told her to fa) tSZC,r I she jiggled him m exasperation. The two year-olshifted to her knees and the woman reprimanded her for getting her dirty feet on the coat of a lady next to her. The child began to cry. The baby picked up the chorus, The mother rolled her eyes heavenward, and I presume, shut out the whole scene and indulged in a fantasy of two weeks in the south of France I got off at my bus stop, knowing I had witnessed the difference between making a bus ride into quality time and wasting those minutes together. I really liked this story. It helped me see the difference between just doing and enjoying doing or being with our children. While we are all busy in our life our children can see grown-u- p right through us. They can tell whether or not we enjoy being witn and doing with them They read all h Share a these feelings into little of yourself with your children. Do something that you like to do with them. Forsyth Enos in the article Moments That Matter, she talks about her experience to tup slvr'yi-i- y$. out of perhaps a misguided sense of duty, only scolded the baby for crying and Ah, but the As written by Sondra cartons, toiletpaper rolls, yogurt cups, and berry baskets We the Like '.Is tup CcsJopu v.!U H tuj o pata-cake- them keeping v uiAcr tuXirm tup y r- - bored and tired. Would you help me ? You do it so teach her well Jonathan brightened He took the compliment, as well as the responsibility, to heart and the rest of the ride the three of them presented such an idyllic harmonious family picture that the other riders began to wear silly expressions as they gazed at them exemplary mother on the bus, an example that I found in an article in Mothers magazine, who turned what might have been an exhausting trip home into a cozy moment of togetherness You can find ways to enjoy the presence of your children and still get something done on your level. to-d- markers, She looked at him fondly and said, Jonathan, your sister Heather is In a study done on the whole, they found that no more than 10 percent of the time during the average day parents were actively interacting with their children. Most of the time parents were busy with other things such as housework. When you can help your children you acknowledge them by letting them in on whats y BlXAS q.ciiliL- - My own alternative to the TV trap has been what we call the kitchen Or the rainy day box. It Craft Kit can be something different for every age. I remember when my children were small it was filled with things like measuring cups and spoons to bang and fabric scraps of all differet textures 3 Vv r ? " 'X I 1 . w I an ? r, With us, people count. . . r p-- w T 1 I. i ! vju I i . Hildreth i ceai field, UT Hnna Miller 1 NAME. Michelle Robinson BORN. Aprd 14, 1979 it all in your. . . V 1345 City .State. .Zip. LAmt. k Lyle and Erlmda Robmson Sego Lily Drive Sandy, Utah N r I K Year $6 00 2 Years $10 00 New Subscription -- Alice Hall Boise, Idaho Renewal Paid jN ' 9870 -- Telephone. Vi Kearns, Utah - Frank and Carolynn Wilbur Salt Lake City, Utah 1 Address. ' 5220 S. 5160 W 6 Name. ' ; GRANDPARENTS. Robert and Barbara Hall Magna, Utah 84044 250-565- E. 2nd S. 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