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Ladies Have
You Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Home Economist
COMMUNICATION
KATWO
SIDED EFFORT
If you’re ezperjpcing the
heartache of family
breakdown or parent-child
conflicts, chances are there
is a lack of good
communication.
Communication is more
than just the exchange of
words between people. It is
what we say, how we say it,
and when we say it. It can
also be what we do not say.
Communication is facial
ezpression-the smile, the
frown, the raised eyebrow. It
is our body action-the
clenched fist, the finger
the shrugged
shoulders.
We communicate to ex
change ideas, gain
knowledge, understand
others, reduce tensions,
make friends, solcr
problems, and express our
feelings.
Communication only
exists when a message is '
sent and is received.
Therefore, we must leam to
be a sender as well as a
receiver in order to
communicate effectively.
Often there are reasons we
don’t communicate
effectively:
If we listen only with our
ears, we may miss the
emotion behind the words. It
is not only the words but how
they are said that determine
the message.
Jumping to conclusions
lets us hear what we want to
hear. This is usually what is
agreeable to us.
Reasoning and facts can’t
penetrate a closed mind. Is
your mind already made up?
“You” is as important
as“I”. Self-centeredness
blocks our interest in others
Snap judgments result
from looking only at outward
appearances. If we put
people in categories, we may
not hear what they say.
The message may not get
through to us because we’re
not concentrating or we don’t
understand it. We can also be
so busy thinking of a
response that we don’t hear
the message.
With patience, concern,
and practice we can leam to
improve our skills in
communicating with others.
First, we must realize that
people are different but have
similar needs for affection,
safety, respect, and self
esteem.
We need to remember that
communication is the total
message of our words and
our body actions.
Negative feelings such as
anger, fear, and jealousy
must be dealt with as well as
positive feelings of joy, love,
and happiness.
Giving of ourselves allows
us to better understand the
feelings of others and get to
the real problem.
Finally, let the sender
know his or her message is
being received.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9,1977
) Vit
SELECTING
CHILDREN’S
BOOKS
Have you taken a good look
at the books your children
are reading? Are they what
you want them to read?
Children and books belong
together, but many people
try to make money writing
for children and give little
thought to helping a child
develop through good
literature.
Stereotyping of
characters, racial
sensitivity, vulgarity, and
occasional nudity are
common reasons parents
cite for keeping certain
books from their children
while they are young.
I would like to suggest
studying the books you select
to be used by or with your
children. Believe in what you
select and be prepared to
deal with questions they may
ask.
It is difficult to write good
literature when the
vocabulary is limited to the
range of a beginning reader.
Controlled vocabulary books
are designed as teaching
aids for those children who
are unable to read
successfully.
They are acceptable, but
should be. used along with
good literature that may
may have to be read to the
child.
The feel and appearance of
a book is important to a
child. Opponents of
paperbacks fear the benefit
Soil tests
set record
UNIVERSITY park, Pa. -
A new record was
established March 21 when
Penn State University’s soil
testing laboratory processed
2,300 soil samples, sur
passing the previous record
of 1,900 set on March 19,1976.
“The testing service, now
26 years old, normally
processes 70,000 soil samples
each year,” said Dr. W.
Wayne Hinish, professor of
agronomy Extension. “A
standard test consists of pH,
lime requirement,
phosphorus, potassium,
calcium, and magnesium."
Robert J. Thomas,
laboratory supervisor,
points out that during this
psst March, 19.00 samples
were processed, or a sample
every two minutes.
Only 1,500 samples were
tested in February,
primarily due to the ex
tremely cold weather and
frozen soil.
of their reduced cost is
overridden by their lack of
aesthetic qualities.
Paperbacks also are easily
damaged and children may
develop a careless attitude
about die care of their books
as a result. However, if the
style and spirit of good
literature is found in
paperbacks and they are
more affordable for your
child than hardcovers, then
their purchase is acceptable.
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