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Show LOOKING FOR SUCCESS on the volleyball courts are members of South Davis Junior High School's squad: front, Ginger Godwin, left, manager; Reagan Larson, Laurie Sinks, Shannon Cadena, Shelby Lawson, Noelle Goodrich, Angela Ratcliffe, Dawn Britton and Randi Rathman, manager; back, Marianne Seifert, left, Nichole World, Whitney Larson, Amy Turman, Allison Twede, Michelle Larson, Andfea Wilcox, Mindy Treaden, Cami Lawrence and Gustine Williams. Children's trust essential By BETTY CONDIE President Utah Education Association Even before Bob and Maureen brought their newborn son Kyle home from the hospital six years ago, they began to set the stage for his success in school. When the infant's first needs for food and comfort, contact and stimulation were gratified, he developed a sense of trust, the basis for future learning. his own and interact with more of his surroundings, his parents set limits on his behavior, and provided pro-vided learning experiences by encouraging en-couraging awareness of his environment. en-vironment. During nursery school and kindergarten, kin-dergarten, he took his first steps outside the home circle into friendships friend-ships with other children. He's now learning to read, write, think logically and solve problems. He came to believe that it is worthwhile to please others, including in-cluding his teacher, and he developed de-veloped self-control so that he does not act on impulse. This developmental de-velopmental process had made it possible for him to acquire appropriate approp-riate social behavior and intellectual intellectu-al skills. Kyle's in first grade this year. He will succeed because the groundwork ground-work laid in his early years will help him through all the school years to come. A child's development from birth to maturity goes through a series of stages. The ages vary, but the order is the same for everyone. At first, parents need to hold, hug, cuddle, play with, sing to, and talk to their child. They need to provide things for their child to look at, listen to, smell, touch, and taste. They need to come when their child cries. It is essential that the infant establish a positive and trusting relationship re-lationship with other human beings, so that he learns human contact is rewarding. Bob and Maureen helped Kyle meet the critical challenges of the first stage. That, in turn, will determine deter-mine how successfully he will meet the next stages. Sometime in the second year, when Kyle could move around on |