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Children
Father
soft
touch
By DR. WILLARD
ABRAHAM
Copley News Service
Q. So far I’ve been pretty
lucky in keeping my young
sters from getting the be
tween-meals sweets-and-soft
drinks snack habit. But I’m
rapidly losing ground.
It’s all because my husband
is an easy touch for both can
dy and drinks, and it’s easy to
see why he should be. He’s one
of those 250-pounders who de
votes the evening to television
and stuffing himself.
“Exhibit A” for why my
own kids shouldn’t get into the
habit is glued right there in
front of the TV every night —
fat and getting fatter.
I can’t do much about his
eating, and I certainly don’t
want the children to get a neg
ative feeling about their fa
ther, but it’s difficult to keep
them from following his ex
ample. Any suggestions?
A. Reason with them if
they’re old enough, don’t buy
the stuff yourself, set a good
example, and get them into
other evening activities (per
haps even away from the
house).
And then there’s always the
substitute route of fruit, sim
ple cookies, milk, cheese and
enriched breads.
Three full meals a day may
also help cut down on their de
sire for between- or after
meal snacks.
Limiting their allowance for
“treats” during the week
might help reduce the desire
for them.
But the best method of all to
hold them down would be to
reduce the old man’s intake. A
serious talk with your doctor
may pave the way, perhaps
leading to your husband’s un
derstanding of what he’s do
ing to his own health and
length of life.
Q. Our daughter’s teacher
says she has a “behavior dis
order,” and the explanation
that followed was just gobble
dygook to me. What did she
mean?
A. I don’t know! What did
she say?
Seriously, why not go back,
ask her what the behavior dis
order is that she discerned in
your girl, and as soon as she
gets to a word or idea that’s
unclear to you, cut in politely
and ask what she means by it?
“Behavior disorders” usu
ally refer to emotional prob
lems that are somewhat away
from the normal. Your objec
tive should be to find out what
the specific disorder is that
she referred to, get a recom
mended way of handling it,
and with the school’s help find
out who can perhaps get your
daughter back into the normal
range.
It’s sad that some school
people think it’s necessary to
use language that mystifies
instead of communicates.
Most of them don’t, of course,
but you apparently pulled one
that lets words get in the way
of understanding.
Letters may be sent to Our
Children, Copley News Ser
vice, in care of this newspa
per. Questions of general in
terest will be answered in the
column as space permits.
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