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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-12-12, Page 37Page 20--Crossroads—Dec. 12, lytta hittington Nowa// / isalittle di etion A certain amount of my mind. The more I pon- selective secrecy is a hall- dered, th&more reasonable mark of the new conserva- it seemed. tism, and we may be moving Clearly, what is sauce for from a society that simply the goslings is also sauce for won't shut up about its inner- the goose and gander. Maybe most angst to one whose it's time to restrain the gen- collective lips are, if not eration gap with a little sealed, at least lightly gum- cruise control. There are, in med. fact, Ten Things You Should I view this with a sense of Never Tell Your Children. vast relief ..For the past And here they are. sharing decade, enough Don't ever tell a child deep -browned emotional exactly what you are planning to cook for supper. Sprogs under eleven will im- mediately say, "Argh-h-h. I hate that." Older children will sniff, and tell you they never really could stand chicken livers till they had them at Barbara's house. But of course, Barbara's mother always uses real cream, real butter and freshly ground pepper when she cooks, so no wonder her stuff tastes so good. Don't bother informing your little whiners how far you had to walk to school when you were a kid, or how many lawns you had to cut in order to get that new bike or how much you got in Grade 13 physics. If you want to es- tablish as reputation as a boring parent, that's how to Lady Di, Joan Collins and a do it. Just start a non -con - terminally 111 Doberman who versation'with "When I was needs your prayers and get- your age.. , ." well cards is a story called Don't ever ask your kids if Ten Things You Should they think you're made of Never Tell Your Mother. money. They do. What a heard of psycho- Don't ever tell your kids trendy sacred cows are exactly what happened in gored in that headline! your life before you met their Motherhood, sharing and the father, mother. In my case, I family are discredited with a grew up, went to school, stroke. married and worked until I I didn't buy that particular got pregnant. ' Nothing else gorcery gossip sheet, having beans have been spilled to make H. J. Heinz edgy. For a while there, discretion was as old-fashioned as a pointy brassiere as we dropped all emotional barriers and levelled earnestly with each other and got in touchwith our feelings. Well now, thank Brian, restraint has returned and the barriers are creeping up again.. In Ottawa, politicians and cabinet ministers are suddenly Sphinx -like and press gallery reports search in vain for the old reliable leaks. On the domestic front, I refer you to a recent head- line in one of those voyeuristic supermarket newspapers. Right there, beside the latest scoops on already squandered the - frivolous end of my food bud- get on a head of lettuce. But the title of the story — Ten Things You Should Never. Tell Your Mother — stuck in. AGE CAKE Fruit cakes should be aged at least three weeks before sefi g to improve the cake's. vor and texture, says Monica Beaumont, foods and nutrition specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's rural organizations and services branch. To age the cake, wrap. in foil or a liquid soaked cloth. (The, cloth should be soaked with the same liquid used to soak the fruits). Place in an airtight container and store in a very cool place. After aging, fruit cakes can be frozen for up to 12 months. Wrap in• a moisture -vapor -proof. paper or plastic and, freeze. To serve, remove from freezer and thaw at room tem- perature for several hours. happened. But when 1 tell them the story of my life, I always, leave significant gaps which hint strongly that 1 may have been arrested once for something pretty grotty in Marrakesh. Don't ever tell your kids what you're definitely going to do, starting tomorrow. So you want to diet, stop smok- ing or master the Columbian nose -flute? Keep it to your- self. If the kids catch you back -sliding, you'll never hear the end of it. They react to your lack of self-discipline the same way you do to theirs. (Nag, nag, nag.) Don't tell your kids things are good for them. It never works, Why do you think most kids hate fish, walking places and drinking six glasses of water a day? Somewhere, someone has told them those things were good for them. (It is just possible that if all the parents in the West- ern world declared in a united voice that dope, un- trammelled promiscuity and stealing cars were good for you, many social ills would vanish instantly.) Don't tell your kids you are going to buy them a water bed or that they can have a puppy when you get a bigger yard unless you really really mean it. Kids are tike little parents. They never forget a carelessly uttered promise. It goes without saying that you never snitch on family members, even when serious issues are at stake, like who kicked the soccer ball through the cellar window. Snitchip$ is dangerous. Some da', they'll do it. to you, if you establish the pre- cedent. Don't tell your kids they are growing like weeds. They know how you feel about weeds. You dump poison on them, don't you? Anyway, it's not their fault that last year's dress pants which they have only worn twice are now above their ankle bones. Finally, don't tell your kids anything really personal like why Daddy is going in for minor surgery or what color your hair used to be. Such secrets travel in chubby KRAFTS BY US tit AND crmaf 15 and 19 Church St. W. 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