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J PARENTAL GUIDANCE

Fun on track

WHOOPS a Daisy the clown, Gina Marie-Frezier, was on hand recently to enter-
tain travellers gathered to board the Reyal Hudson at tha North Vancouver BC
aif Station.

Peer interactic

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hunkered down in their homes
doing their own thing and
ignonng each other. So much
for teaching our children the
importance of building and
contributing to a community
spirit.

We need to shut off our
televisions, open our front
doors, send our kids out to

Wednesday, July 7, 1999 — North Shore News — 23

play and take back our neigh-
bourkood safety by getting to
know everyone and sharing the
responsibility for looking out
for our children at play. Our
kids need less adult pushiag,
more peer interaction and
more opportunities co have fun
in imaginative play and exer-
cise.

As a kid I used to love the
summers. I never once attend-

African Day

daly i

Connect with

n key to childhood

zd a camp, didn’t have a televi-
sion and, of course, computers
and video games were light-
years away. But J sure had a lor
of good friends and sure rode
my bike to a lot of places. 1 -
plan to encourage my own
children tu enjoy the same
simple pleasures during their
summers. I just hope they can
find some others who will do
the same.

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