PLAYING YAHTZEE IN ITALIAN Allowing the kids to be responsible From the time our kids were five they were responsi- ble for most of their own travel arrangements. No, we speaking kids. They work just fine in reverse. We also had a lot of fun with familiar games printed in foreign booster. A couple of them had cholera shots when the Health Unit deemed them necessary. We watched what and are especially aware of health hazards that plague tourists. C9 - Sunday News, February 14, 1982 on you to do the finding. Make sure he knows who to approach for help and who $359 WAIKIKI Ai On'ty WAIKIKI $469 Common sense goes along to avoid. 8 Days. 7 Nights, Aw & Hotel didn’t make them buy their languages. Ever play we ate. One caution - kids way when travelling with There are some countries own tickets but they packed Yhatzee in Italian? love tropical fruit and too children. Try to remember where I gripped my kids so WAIKIKI $529 and carried their own bags, For me, the two major much of it can lead to a con- hauled their own luggage off turnstyles, were responsible for doing their own hand washing and expected to be organized with very little assistance at the proper tumes for departure. We told them what they could and could not eat and drink and explained why. In countries where tap water is undrinkable they knew that tooth brushing was done with bottled water. I tried to interest them in books about the countries we were going to visit and I must admit that my efforts met with little success. What a change when they return- ed! All the books that Id returned to the library had to be retrieved. Kids are avid souvenir col- lectors so to give them some- thing to do on long train rides or flights I bought small scrapbooks, Scotch tape and scissors. Travel diaries with pens and colored pencils were popular too. In some countries I bought work- books designed to teach English to Spanish or Italian worries when travelling with kids are: trayel- wise b y Barbara McCreadie iness - Fortunately, we encountered very little. All the kids were given typhoid and tetanus shots and a polio Health study for seniors Shirley Carter and Norah Kembar have received a grant from the “Interna- tional Year of the Disabled” fund to conduct ten workshops in the interior of B.C. towns, for the Care Givers and Seniors, to pre- sent new ideas, new incen- tives and new concepts when working with the senior per- sons, in the area of preven- tive health. Carter is the hostess on a new TV program directed at seniors called Sixty Plus, where she interviews people on the concerns of seniors, and presents a segment on important exercises for seniors. It is a thirty minute program on Channel 10, Vancouver, but is to be car- ried by North Shore Channel 10 as well. Preparing for a trip? The Bon Voyage Bag dition known as the “green apple two-step.” The other problem was fatigue. If a kid is having a great time he can go a long way on sheer nervous energy. Suddenly the whole thing catches up and you've got a cranky, listless and often vomiting child. Stick to a firm schedule of bed times. I often gave the kids a choice - if they agreed to an afternoon siesta they could stay up later in the evening. It worked well. Don't forget to take out extended medical coverage for everyone. Another piece of in- surance - and it’s free - is a membership in I.A.M.A.T - the International Associa- tion for Medical Assistance for Travellers (1268 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto M6E 1B9). They will provide you with a list of English speak- ing doctors, trained the USA, Canada or Britain, in countries all over the world. The doctors adhere to a set fee schedule for members 3rd Person No charge for crurtse! Pay only your airfare Cabin Category Ports of Call: San Juan, St Caracas, Curacav. that a child needs to run and the longer you try to keep him bottled up: the more apt he is to explode. LOSING A CHILD: This is the other thing that scares me silly. First of all, if the child is old enough to be reliable, insist that he knows the name and location of each hotel you stay in. For younger kids, pin their names and addresses (home and abroad) firmly to their clothing. If the worst should happen, warn the child to stay where he is and count tight that they complained of bruises for a week - Morocco is a fine example. To be fair, your child is probably safer from child molesters in Spain or Italy than he is in Canada. ['ve watched al! sorts of parents coping with kids in foreign countries all over the world. What it boils down to. is: If your kid is a fairly well- behaved, decent individual at home, he'll probably be a joy to travel with. 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