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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-06-19, Page 14GQ ERI! HSIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE. I9,1r969 1O:�AYI..CHItD BY•HELEN ALLEN %awetelegram 8yndicata This' sturdy baby is Michael, seven months old, of Anglo-Saxon and Indian descent. He is a healthy boy and very strong'. Anything he holds is gripped tight and though he is big for his age he can pu11 himself up to stand. He gets around on the floor by rolling and is quite skilled in manipulating bis walker. Michael is a bright, responsive happy baby, full of laughter and endearing little chuckles.' He is accustomed to children and nothing delights him more than to be in the midst of a crowd of youngsters. The picture suggests that one of Michael's eyes is slightly turned in, but his `soeial worker says this is an illusion — he has no eye problem at all. This baby needs to be adopted so he will 'grow up in the love and security of a family of his own. To inquire about adopting Michael please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia- ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general information about adoption ask your local Children's Aid Society. James. Richardson & Sons Ltd. Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario PHONE 5244388, GODERICH ANN LANDERS Stumped by own problems DEAR ANN LANDERS: I'm an attorney who can deal with other people's problems• successfully, but when it comes to my own I'm stumped. The trouble is between my wife and our children. Is it possible that a woman can be too good a mother? If it Is, that's my, wife's . problem. Mealtime is always a battle in our house. My wife insists on spoon-feeding the five-year-old and screaming at the seven-year-old. When I tell her to cut it out she says, "They'd starve to death if I didn't force them to eat something." It's the same story when they get dressed. My wife is either bickering with the girl about what she should wear car they are arguing about her hair: The boy, Abe says, is so slow, if she didn't dress him, his clothes, would go out of style before he got them on. My wife is always picking up after the kids because it's easier than nagging. At night she's exhausted from "doing for the kids." Our neighbors have five children and they don'tseem to have these problems. What's wrong? — GLENCOE. DEAR GLEN: Show me a family where Mama 'knocks .'herself out "doing for the kids" and I'll show you emotional crl'pples in the making. . Dependency breeds hostility. The -more `kids can do for themselves the happier they are. And the better they feel about their parents. The wise mother teaches her children to be self reliant. A five-year-old should not be spoon-fed. A seven-year-old should not need help in dressing. Every embattled and exhausted mother should take inventory. How many things is she doing for her children that they should be doing for themselves? Is she really "helping" them or is she keeling them dependent because e needs to be needed? It's something to think about. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Please tell me hew a mother can exp)ain to her children (ages six and nine) that Grandma and Grandpa are getting a divorce? 4 f t e r 4 2 years together, G'andpa has found a much younger woman Whom he likes better. We are not only shocked but embarrassed. What do we say to. the children about this? — DI•STRAUGHT AND PERPLEXED DEAR D AND P: Very little. Simply tell them that Grandma and . Grandpa have, decided to live apart. The dirt will probably come later, but it should not come from you. Dear Ann Landers' I am girl • 13 years old and already I have a problem for Ann Landers.. It'sthis friend who is very nice. Gretchen has been. in my class since third grade, I don't know how to put it but she makes me nervous. Whenever she sees me she .either pulls up my. knee socks, or twists- my beads - so the "clasp is straight, or pushes a bobby pin in place, or she'll wipe a smudge of soot off my cheek or pick a piece of lint off me. Once she pulled . a thread and my whole collar came off. I'm not a prissy person and I don't know 'of anyone else who makes me feel so uncomfortable. Is there anything I can do about this pesty girl's annoying habit? — handled With Care Dear Han: You could say, "Please keep your hands off me," but you'd hurt the poor girl's feelings and I'm sure you don't want to do' that. So, the next time Gretchen reaches for your socks, beat her to it. When her hands come toward your face ask, "Is something wrong? I'll fix it." After a while she'll catch the message. DEARANN LANDERS: My heart.aches for the parents of 'that screwy daughter wIr1ise fiance insists. on having -his dog serve as best man at his wedding. Kids like that -can put their folks in an early grave. If she were my daughter I'd say — "Fine, get married in a kennel.. And • don't insult a minister by, asking " him to perform the ceremony. Asx a vet." —Furthermore, I'd withdraw the honeymoon trip as a wedding gift. Let 'em- spend d week at, the city pound. — BACK TO SANITY DEAR BACK: Ditto, and I hope you'll write more often. You write like I think. DEAR ANN LANDERS:"" Every time a doctor in this town buys a new Cadillac I get mad all over again: Have you noticed . that the highest livers, no matter where you go, are the croakers? Our closest friend is a cardiologist — a nice guy Who gives generously to charity, is concerned about his patients and puts in long hours. He also lives in an $50,000 home, his kids go to a private school, and they vacationin-Europe. I know — -movie stars and ballplayers make a mint' of money, too, but people don't need to go to mAvies .. or ballgames' unless they. want to. When it comes to calling a doctor you have no choice. (And consider yourself lucky if he'll come when you call him. Some won't.) Their fees are astronomical, but you pay and shut up. After all, who is there to complain to? — STUCK DEAR STUCK: There's the County or State Medical Society grievance committees to whom a patient can address himself if he feels he's been overcharged.. Most people have medical insurance. If they 'don't they should have. If a patient wants a top-notch specialist, however, he must pay for one. Anyone who provides services is rewarded in proportion to his ability and the demand for his services — physicians included. This is the free enterprise system, Bub, sand if you can think of a better one let me know. _-_ We • all know what happens to good Samaritans, don't we?. They end up holding the bag. Receently we acquired a kit- ten: It was practically over my wife's dead body, but Kim in- sisted she . was going to crack up psychologically if she didn't have, a little brother for com- pany. As usual, Dad was the catalyst, No pun. It turne�,i out to be a little.. . sister, as 'I've mentioned, but that, was to be expected. She was a little beauty and immedi- ately took over the house with that mixtureof charm and .ut- ter arrogance that only a fe- male kitten can muster. Eves} the Old Rattle Aire be- came fond of the thing, despite the usual clawing of furniture and drapes. Kim was ecstatic. I'm the only one in the family who can barely be civil to cats. I'd as scop -have a baby gorilla, or a pet anaconda, as a cat. Pip, the kitten, had been re- t -rained; -after a traumatic lapse when the painters were here. All was serene: She had run of,` the house, slept with Kini, and began spending some time playing in the back yard !flak- ing like. a tigress with insects and worms. Tragedy struck Sunday afternoon, I was sitting outside, reading, when I heard the unearthly but unmistake- able scream of an animal in its death -throes. I couldn't believe our kitten - could make such a noise. But it was definitely feline, and she'd been playing around in the yard only a little while before. Leaping, up, I spotted the di- rection of the wails, 'and ran out to the road. There was Pip, head down, wailing wildly, crouched in the middle of the road, as the cars sped by. I picked her up as "gently as possible, certain she'd been run over, or at least hit by a car. She squealed piteously and clutched my sweater. She was shuddering with terror and pain. I carried her in like a wounded bird and called my wife. Whe wa's horrified, --The kitten was obviously in shock, eyes glazed, head shaking. Her hind legs seemed paralyzed and I thought her back must be broken. Her face was bloody and half het nose seemed to be missing. We put her in her box -bed and stood about, . wringing our hands. My wife shrieked, "She's shrinking!", and I agreed. Creatures seem to do that, when they're dying. My wife wailed,. "Her eyes are funny, and her ears are tuning inside out." -- I - -ageed. The kitten shivered uncontrol- lably. The death rattle was im- minent. "Better tell Kim," quavered the boss. "She'll never forgive us if •Pip just dies and she. isn't here." Once again I agreed, and raced upstairs, where Kim was watching 'Hamlet on TV. My,. ,face as long as a, foot, I in- toned, "Kim,- you'd "better come_ quick. I think Pip's been run over, and she's in bad shape. She looked up, startled, and said, "Dad, what have you been into? Here she is, right here." And sure enough, there was Pip ' lying snoozing on the couch, as elegant • as Cleopatra waiting for Mark Antony. Well, you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes, do you? I'd rescued the wrong blasted cat. There was some excuse. 'My tender heart. The thing was screaming: And it was exactly the same coloring as Pip. ., Good neighbor Bill The reason my wife thought the beast was shrinking was thatit's about a month young- er than Pip. The reason its eyes were /dull is that it's re- tarded, I'm sure. Kim promptly produced . a saucer • of make The cat ith the broken back and paralyzed legs just as promptly walked over to it and drank it, though still shivering, then curled up and slept for two hours. Its bloody nose- was probably fl om gravel spattering under a car's wheels. Well, what do you ' do? Throw it back on the road? Pip and my wife are furious, one at having an interloper, the other at having two cats when she didn't want one. Kim is de- lighted and determined to'keep. the ugly, stupid little mutt, who eats like a lion. 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