Show CHILDREN HIL D REN SEND SENI S EN D PARENTS AR I TO JAIL JM Ji L. L I f. f By Oye Dye Akin Staff Writer Utah is one of th the states states' that holds a spot in the top twenty of the high nigh birth rate population in inthis inthis inthis this country This means we tend to have on an average about four kids per family Spanking your kid in America is consi considered ered physical abuse feeding your child too much is abuse your kid r not doing homework is also alsot t being debated as abuse Very w you soon-you get to serve jail time tim for this so called neglect Most families families families fam fam- are fortunate if both parents are involved in their lives livesa a throughout their childhood Getting involved in your children's childrens childrens children's chil chil- drens dren's life is hard for those who have teenagers especially It is during this time they tend to try to discover who they are Now by helping our kids before they become angry teenagers is so touchy that some parents consider consid consid- er it stupid for a conversation In Petaluma California a mandatory school high-school course ourse called Human Interaction or HI has provoked an angry reaction from some parents They resent take-home take assignments that tell them how to be parents True no one ne has the key to perfect par par- enting As yo you become a parent you learn along the way and and try your best to be the perfect father or mother The Utah Legislature is most likely not to consider this important tant until the rest of the United States has found a solution As we all know Utah is one of the states with the lowest spending on education per child President Clinton's Goals 2000 enacted last year includes an entire section on parental assistance assistance assistance assis assis- tance also called parent train train- ing Some schools even require parents to sign a pledge that they will perform assigned pseudo- pseudo educational tasks which could include playing Simon Says or rolling cookie dough with their third But the parent education movement seeks to blame all parents parents parents par par- for academic failure blaming blaming blaming blam blam- ing parents isn't going to solve this issue it will actually make it worse A kid whose mom or dad got sent to jail because of his or her homework will feel guilty and more confused California is beginning to consider consider consider con con- sider practicing this philosophy With you asking your child Have you done your homework homework homework home home- work Child answer Yes you dont don't want to underestimate them or not trust so you take their word vord for it and besides you have work school Also you probably probably probably proba proba- bly didn't want to deal with it due to tiredness laziness or neg neg- lect You feel that if they didn't understand something they would ask for your help It looks like we have to reconsider and start making time to be more involved or else jail time awaits us Controversies of what what what-it it feels like to be a single parent and being that they had no future telling of being single prior to the current status of the relationship can be a difficult task There is only 24 hours in a day which isn't enough for all that is sug sug- Instead of getting tough with parents who dont don't provide their children with basic needs tion shelter education stability ty the ty-the the schools have turned their attention where it is needed least They target parents who provide for their children and are well well- meaning and gullible enough to tobe tobe tobe be taken in by faddish curricula Many hardworking parents believe the government and the schools should focus on the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare families due to the fact that most truants come from welfare homes Advantages to spending more time with your childrens children's mathematics mathematics mathematics mathe mathe- matics English and social studies homework can also improve yours you will tend not to forget all those simple arithmetic tables and also have a say in the textbooks textbooks textbooks text text- books used in their curriculum Its It's very hard to do all these things but you always have a choice and I urge everyone to reconsider which is important Quality time with your kids can also improve the social trends self esteem issues and morals of your children Remember charity charity chari chari- ty begins at home let love and care also commence from there 0 |