Cove kayakers

STUDENTS from Brazil take a paddle in Deep Cove. Our South American neighbors are on the North Shore
for 10 days, taking English lessons and enjoying the sights. Other activities on their agenda are hiking,
Staniey Park, shopping on Robson Street and dining at Planet Hollywood.

Adolescence times two

Preschoolers and young teens
display eerily similar behavior

IF parents feel better knowing
they’re all in the same boat, in the
absence of parental life jackets it’s
helpful to know when rough waters
can be predicted.

Predictable and almost identical patches of
rough seas in the parenting voyage generally
occur when kids hit preschool age and the
pre- to early-teen years.

These times are sometimes referred to as
the first and second adolescence.

It would be fairly easy to write a book on
what to expect of the teenage adolescent
stage — just review the goals of preschool behavior and apply
teen examples.

It goes the other way, too. Independence-seeking behavior
in teens is usually foreshadowed by examples taken straight
from the same kid's toddler years, only this time the child can-
not be removed physically into “time out.”

I have read that those personality traits you have a hard
time dealing with during your child's preschool years will be
the same ones that rear their ugly heads in adolescence.

In a recent teen’s parenting group a mom related her dis-
cussion of my last column with her fourteen-year-old. I
described parents as people who change overnight from people
who know everything to those whe know nothing when their

children hit fourteen. Her daughter replied: “Mom, I alw:
Ng. It just tuok me fourteen years tO ECL

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up the nerve to tell you.”

The mother continued by telling us how she
remembered this know-it-all attitude from an
incident when the daughter was three. The
daughter asked whether she had been a breast
fed or formula fed baby. When mom told her
she was breast fed the little girl replied indig-
nantly, “Well, | wanted formula.”

The personality of the nwo- to four-year-old is
often described as irrational and unpredictable,
a turbulent struggle for independence.
Behaviors include ranting, raving and the con-
tinuous testing of their parents’ tolerance.
Cross out “the two- to four-year-old” and sub-
stitute “early teens,” and the description
remains amazingly accurate.

In both cases our goal as parents is to get
through these times of difficult bur predictable
behavior and to help foster our children’
eventual independence without compromising their se

esteem.

There is a purpose for those stormy stages of emotional
growth and in most cases the end result is an autonomous,
emotionally healthy, responsible full-grown person. It's hard to
imagine when you're in the thick of it, but the experts agree
that these are temporary stages of typical development and
most parents and children usually make it through them suc-
cessfully. Remember what you were like as a teen?

Li Boesen is director of Clinical Programs for Family Services
of the North Share. For information on parenting groups or if
your situation needs the help of a family counsellor call 988-5281.
‘If von have questions regarding parenting issues please send them
mi care of the North Shure News

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Great tracks, but
Manx spins old tale

Manx TT Superbike on the Saturn
Plugging this puppy in was like
charting ad. En fact.
Manx feels so much Hike Daytona
USA, f was an instant master — on
mo wheels rather than four. Great
tracks, coul upgrades and tough
competition. I'm a maniac on a
Manx. However, once you catch up:
with an old frend, then what? This
vame becomes rather ordinary
rather quickly. Besides, I already own the coo! fore
T really need another ra Hmmm. Ef it was my first Sarurn
race, f might say otherwise, but... Good renal. OK purchase.

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire on the Nintendo 64,

1 dug out this mouldy oldie in an effort to compare it twith

a few more recent flight sims. Instead, } found m
antly stunned al} over again. This is a great game! It's not vers
often that Nintendo impresses me but when thev do, they're
i ive (hanks, in no small way, to LucasArts). You
. you bought the limited edition videos, now

be part of them. You're Dash Rendar mixed up in acy cial
subplot in the Star Wars saga, brushing shoulders with Han,
Luke and Leia and battling sinister forces both known and
unknown. Some non-stop action, some role playing. Battle
sequences are better than Starfox. Plus an adventure similar to
Tomb Raider (though not better).

Fluid and massive. Star Wars gecks unite! Possibly one of
the most exciting games you'll ever play. Excellent rental.
Great purchase.

Psst... Hey Bud. Would you like to buy a a code..?

Manx TT’ Superbike (Sat): For Scottish mode go to trans-
mission select screen and enter Up, Up, Down, Down, Left,
Right, Z, Y, start the race and you're riding a sheep.

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2. NHL °98 (Psx)

3. NHL Face-off ’98 (Psx)

4. Final Fantasy VI (Psx)

§. International Superstar Soccer 64 (N64)

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