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ALLOW CHILDREN TO
BE MOTHER’S
LITTLE HELPERS
Mothers who work outside the
home (57% of mothers with pre
schoolers are employed) find their
time stretched to the limit by their
responsibilities at work and at
home. The full-time Homemaker
also docs many things that take
time away from her children.
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Turnkey solutions built on a 50 year foundation of farm leadership
and over 35 years of quality construction experience
For storage and livestock including custom designed ventilation
and materials handling systems
For more information contact
Western Pa.
Robert Smola
412-942-0125
i AG WAY BUILDINGS
■ Penn-Atlantic Region
* P.O. Box 43
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 367-1178
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
How can mothers do all they
need to do and still find time for
teaching their children?
A mother’s best helper is her
own children. Sometimes
mother’s little helper gets in the
way, makes a mess or takes extra
time. It is often easier just to do a
job yourself, especially for the
mother working outside the home.
She may spend her limited time in
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Southeast Pa
Florlan Geider
215-266-7328
Northeast Pa
John Hoover
717-278-2770
(abway|
play with the child and do house
work after the child is in bed.
If you are guilty of doing your
housework after your child is in
bed, ask yourself if you are just
trying to get the job done rather
than prepare your child for suc
cessful life roles.
Start your children doing little
jobs, like holding the baby cor
rectly. Slowly work them up to
more difficult jobs. You will be
surprised at how this will help
bring your children closer to you
and how it will build their sense of
self-worth.
You may be thinking, that
sounds good, but isn’t it hard to
get children to work around the
house or farm?
Kids have a natural desire to
help. However, sometimes in our
desire for our children to leant to
do things well, we are overly criti
cal of the efforts they make at
first. Try to point to the good work
children do and keep criticism to a
minimum. Reward their efforts
even if lie results were not up to
Harry Bamar
Box 265 Lamar PA 16848
(717) 726-3275
Zlmmarman Lime A Fartlllcar
325 W Burkholder Rd, Lratz PA 17543
(7171 733-7674
Randy Bottalchar
RD #2 Box 8 Belleville PA 17004
(717)935-5406
Christ B. Millar
Box 164 Bird-in-Hand PA 17505
Tri Our Organic
RD #2 Box 113. McAllisteiville PA 17049
(717)463-2551
your adult standards at first. Too
much criticism may kill the natur
al desire your children have tc
leant and help. Praise and appreci
ation for their efforts will encour
age their interest in working.
The attitude you have toward
work will significantly influence
the attitude your children develop.
In recent years we’ve heard a lot
about the “workaholic.” But we
probably have many more loafers
than “workaholics” in our society.
Parents should be more con
cerned about teaching children
how to work and take pride in
their accomplishments than about
how to relax. Obviously, balance
is important.
In many ways, school is a
child’s first job. Parents who fos
ter attendance, responsibility for
assignments and the expectation
to do one’s best are developing
attitudes in their children that will
prepare them to be productive,
successful, happy workers.
In addition to school-age work
experiences appropriate for a
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion is sponsoring a “Textile
Techniques” Seminar on October
12. It will be held at the Academic
Center on the Pennsylvania Col
lege of Technology Campus in
Williamsport. Fourteen work
shops will be conducted relating
to clothing construction, window
Contact the representative nearest you
2039 Dark Shade Dr Wmdbar PA 15963
Box 245 Pine St Cochranton PA 16314
PO Box 43 McEwensville PA 17949
RD #3 Box 470 Lewisburg PA 17837
(717) 568-0530
Textile Techniques
Ed on
(814) 467-5909
Cochranton Co-op
(814)425-7401
Frad Clarfc
(717) 323-0962
Bob Ellis
child’s age, hobbies can help a
child learn to enjoy work and con
structive activity
Children usu develop inter
est in hobbies during middle
childhood: ages 6-11. These inter
ests may blossom into careers.
Also, children with hobbies are
less likely to be chronically bored
and uninvolved.
Hobbies developed as young
sters may stick with us as adults.
They can be a stimulating alterna
tive outlet for adults who might
otherwise become narrowly
focussed in their work.
Of course, it is important that
children be encouraged in their
own interests, not those of the
parents. Children will either rebel
or become apathetic about hobbies
that are forced on them.
Every parent has heard a frus
trated young child say, “I want to
do it myself!” The child is really
saying, “I want to feel capable and
important.” If we repeatedly tell
the child “You cannot” or “You
did it wrong” eventually the child
will not do anything.
treatments, serger sewing
machines, accessories, knitting
machines, customizing your war
drobe, plus many more.
For information about registra
tion and cost, contact the Lycom
ing County Cooperative Exten
sion Office. 327-2350.
-Elwood Winter
RD #4 Box 86 Muncy PA 17756
(717) 546-6361 '
Max Reapsoma
RD tt\ Loysville PA 17047
(717)789-3223
fitnmt Tlirhlil
RD #3EnrSerton PA 16373
(4)2) 867-2468
Farm Basin
2409 Marsh Pike Hagerstown MD 21740
(301) 733-0796
William Barr
PO Box 309 Saegertown PA 16433
1814)333-8118