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Eagle Highway Magazine
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Volume 1, Issue 10 • May 1, 2014
Newberry Eagle - La Pine, Oregon
The New Senior
Motherhood is Important! - More than you know…
La Pine’s Ya Ya Sisterhood gives Kitchen Shower to LPRD Community School By T. Myers, Eagle Reporter
By T. Myers
On May 11th we give a nod to our Mothers, Grandmothers and other splendid maternal figures in our lives. It is an important day that, if taken lightly by those family members who would rather sleep in on that Sunday Morning, can cause no end of damage to the family relationship with the matriarch! Don’t forget to thank your moms. Don’t forget to make her feel special. Don’t forget! The real reason I am bringing it up is that times are changing- again. How? With all of the technology and the busy-ness in most of our lives, we are losing something important. We are losing the business of being a mom (Parent)! Yes, I say Business- not to be confused with Busy-ness because there are no do-overs in motherhood! Even if you don’t know how, you have not got an option to do a half-baked job when you are raising your children! Look around at what we are seeing with parents today. Where are the longterm consequences for the following? Lots of parents that are in dual income families (where both parents work) use all of their free time in the evenings (when they don’t shut down completely) and the weekends dragging their children with them everywhere. They are taken to parties, out to restaurants, to playdate activities, to sports, to enrichment lessons, to the neighbor’s for any occasion that pops up. Kids are offered a cell phone or I Pad to keep them busy at theses outings. Granted, it is difficult for parents and children to meet the required number of ‘expected hours to be together as a family’, but how does it affect the children? They are constantly doing things. Constantly stimulated. There is no quiet time. There is usually some kind of activity with an over-stimulating toy or hand-held communication device. Finally, when do the children learn that they should not be everywhere, experiencing everything that their parents experience? In a single parent or a single income family, there are also some differences. Without the support of a partner or a second income, life is more difficult. There might not be extra dollars for enrichment activities. Sports are usually a good option, but it gets really hard to bring children to the activities and pick them up in a timely manner because of work. So these children often have more alone time or time with after school at home or at childcare and when a parent has all of the responsibility and is worn out in the evenings, the family stays in. When do the mother and/or the parents teach the children in the family the basics about chores to keep a household running, proper meal planning or manners? When do the kids learn how to take care of personal hygiene, clean their own rooms, or help with the housekeeping and meal preparations? I see that in the busy families, mealtime is often sketchy after a long day of school and work, and then after school activities and a fast trip home. The mother and/ or father are buzzing around the kitchen if they actually cook dinner and eat together, while the kids are parked in front of the TV or computer to be “Watched” safely while the folks get dinner on the table. Lots of times, the parents are so tired that they don’t shop for ingredients for a family meal and they decide to make that quick trip to a local restaurant, hoping it will be the answer. The entire family schlepps there together and the children eat what they want. No plan. Just pacifying, placating and satiating the meal time needs. Problem? No one learns to eat a common meal (Part of family bonding). Children learn to expect that they will be able to eat exactly what they want. Children and parents expect others to clean up after them as part of the restaurant service (“We will tip them for it!”) and nobody has to sit and behave, either! “It won’t hurt to let the kids walk around a bit after their meal”. And for those who wait until the children are too hungry or too tired to act like small humans instead of snarly animals in the restaurant, well, I say shame on you!
Cathy Gilmore, YA YA President and her hardworking members have been raising dollars for local charities since they formed several years ago. Recently, they met at the PRD Community Center and gave a shower for the Community School Cooking classes in order to supply basic utensils, machinery and other needed items so that the class has the tools they need to succeed. They also joined up for a picture with their newly sponsored and decorated table from the Community school Leadership class and then they went in to be treated to a wonderful lunch provided by the ten member class and their teacher Kim Hafermalz (Kim is also the new ED at the Community Kitchen). The tables are a fundraiser for the Community School Leadership class at the LPRD after school! The young ladies made a beautiful table spread with ingredients for sandwiches and salads and desserts for the group of Ya Yas that came to check out the facility. Right before the lunch was served, the students unveiled the large display of Kitchen tools that will now stock the new kitchen. LPRD holds Community School
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Motherhood:
1. No Do-overs. 2. Large, life-long responsibility that is rewarding and challenging. 3. Teaching children about life and life skills and nurturing your children so they learn about family relationships and responsibilities of family members to help each other. Friends, too. 4. Allowing your children to grow in their roles inside the family. 5. Teaching them about their jobs at home and at school. 6. Letting them figure out things for themselves if they are old enough to understand the safety and societal expectations for doing so. You are growing adults when you are raising children. When you celebrate your mother on May 11th, think about how we all can support the mothers around us.
Monday-Thursday after school at the LPCC. Students pay a minimal fee and can come every day after school lets out for tutoring, and enrichment classes that include archery, Spanish Language and of course, the cooking classes. You can register your middle school child now for classes until the end of the year and next fall there will be elementary classes on top of the program that exists today. Summer Camp registration starts now for full day classes and activities for your students at the LPCC this summer. The Ya Ya Sisterhood is a woman’s organization, located in La Pine and it offers a variety of activities for all likes. You can find out more about the organization by contacting local members at P O Box 3222, La Pine, OR 97739 for information. The ladies meet on the second Wednesday of every month at the Newberry Best Western Motel on Reed Road and invite you to visit a meeting to see them in action. They also have weekly hiking and outdoor activities. Together the ladies raise and give thousands of dollars every year to local charities in the La Pine area!
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