e careful with
unpasteurized juice

THE provincial health
officers warns resi-
dents that unpasteur-
ized juice or cider
needs to be boiled to
avoid possible illness.

Dr. Perry Kendal! warned
recently that everyone
should boil unpasteurized
juice before drinking it to be
on the safe side. He said it
would be best if young chil-
dren, the elderly, and people
with weakened immune sys-
tems did not drink unpas-
teurized juice‘or cider at ali.

The warning comes in a
press release issued on Oct.

Boiling the beverages
invclves eating until they

_reach a full, rolling boil, then
taking them off the heat and
allowing them to cool before
refrigerating.

Unpasteurized fruit juices

and ciders can become cont-
aminated with harmful bac-
teria. They have been linked
to outbreaks of gastrointesti-
nal illness in Canada and the

_ United States. Most often,

. the cause is a strain of batre-
ria commonly called E. coli,

Symptoms can include stom-"

ach cramps, vomiting, fever,
and. bloody diarrhea. In a
small percentage of people,
the condition can lead to
. severe kidney damage or
death. .
Almost . ali

os juices and
_Ciders’ on - grocery

store

shelves are pasteurized.
However, some juices and
ciders sold) at roadside
stands, country fairs, juice
bars and refrigerated cases in
grocery stores are unpasteur-
ized.

Many of these juices are
produced at this time of year.

According to the provin-
cial health officer, Health
Canada has developed a pol-
icy that encourages produc-
ers of unpasteurized juice
and cider to follow a defined
code of practice for hygienic
production and distribution
of unpasteurized juices and
ciders and to label their
products as unpasteurized.

The policy also includes a
consumer educational cam-
paign to raise awareness
about the potential risks
associated with these prod-
ucts. But none of the recom-
mendations and guidelines
can guarantee a pathogen-
free product.

Kendall said if’ it is uncer-
tain whether a juice has been
pasteurized, boil it to make
sure it won’t make you sick.

Anyone becoming ill with
gastrointestinal symptoms
like diarrhea and vomiting
after drinking unpasteurized
juice should report it imme-
diately to their local public
health unit, listed under
health authorities in the Blue
Pages of the phone book.
People with severe or persis-
tent symptoms should also
consult their doctor.

HEALTH

Looking for a better husband

The following has been pravid-
ed by the B.C. Psychological
Association, a non-profit mssa-
ciation with 500 registered psv-
chologists. The association pro-
vides a referral service at 730-
0522:

Dear ask your psychologist:
I'm not sure what to do.
I've been married four years
and have a beautiful nvo-year
oid daughter with my hus-
band. My marriage hasn’t
turned out to be what I
thought it would. I know my
husband wasn’t much of a
caretaker when we got mar-
tied, but 1 thought that once
we had kids he'd develop a
natural fatherly instinct. He is
an OK dad, but he’s not what
I'd hoped he'd be. I want a
fantastic father for my daugh-
ter. I'm actually thinking of
divorcing and looking for a
more caring father for my lit-
tle girl. Would I be making a
mistake?
From a very loving mom.

Dear Loving Mom,

Please take a second
thought before you take the
drastic step of looking for a
new father for your child.
Here’s why:

@ you were unreasonable to
expect that your husband
would somehow change after
having children;

@ children need safety, love,
appropriate limits, etc., to
grow up healthy and happy,
but do not require perfectly
perfect fathers and mothers.
@ divorcing and replacing
your husband is very likely to

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be endlessly more upsetting to
your daughter than her cur-
rent OK dad situation.

I urge you te look at the
state of your marriage and to
work very hard on strengthen-
ing it. A discussion about par-
enting styles, practice and
expectations also needs cto
occur. You owe it to yourself,
your husband, and your

augher to think about your
conunitments te your mar-
riage and about being parents.
You may make a better par-
enting team than you think.

Please give it a try.
—answer provided by Dr.
Carla Fry

The Selfish Parent?

How do you know when
satisfying your own needs and
parting you child’s needs on

old will better serve their
needs ultimately?

Answer: The key word is
“when.” Part of the “when” is
about the age of the child.
Childhood is made for learn-
ing and play; play is the child’s
special way of trying out new
ways of being.

‘It's wrong to make a child
work aff the time just because
we need help, and deny them
the studying and playing time
they need.

T met an eight-year old the

other day who had to sweep’

the floors every day instead of
playing with her friends. Her
mother is very busy, but that’s
unfair to the child. Chores
should be assigned for the
purpose of teaching children

jow to do things and how to
take responsibility, not to

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SAT & SUN ‘SAM TO.7PM..

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thadiigpes slau sah euguledoveiear pons maar Seon an
Oe cea nek’

Sunday, October 29, 2000 — North Shore News - 23

relieve an adult’s overload.

But at the same time, we
need to teach children to rake
responsibility and respect the
needs of others. So we gradu-
ally make them aware of our
own needs as they grow older.

Litde children aren’t able
to delay their needs for very
long. They need us to be
there for them most of the
time, so they can know they
are loved and taken care of.
But as they grow older, we
have to set limits on their
behaviour and make our
needs known to them.

When your new baby cries
at night, you get up, perhaps
take her into vour bedroom,
and feed her without hesita-
tion.

When she’s two years old
and just wants to play, it’s a
different story, and you let her

know you want her back in
her own bed as soon as possi-
ble so you can sleep.

When your four-year-old
interrupts all your telephone
calls, you’re entitled to tell her
firmly to wait until you've fin-
ished, but then finish within
her attention span, which is
about five minutes, not an
hour. An older child should
be expected to wait longer,
but not all evening.

It’s a matter of balancing
your child’s needs, your own
needs, and your child’s devel-
opmental stage, and making
moment-by-moment — deci-
sions about whose needs
should come first.

If you both live and teach
the Golden Rule, you can’t go
too far wrong.

—answer provided by Dr.
Alison Miller

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