A10 - Sunday News, December 7, 1980

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reporter

by
Ellsworth
Dickson

With today’s economic conditions, it is
very common for both husband and wife to
be working. There is some disagreement

whether or not this is good or bad for the
children.

Today's question is:

‘Do children suffer
when both parents work?’

1 Rob Rockhill
North Vancouver

I think they = do.
Sometimes they need
% more attention than they
receive. 1 think young
teenagers need to be
| supervised after school.

Virginia Zimmer
North Vancouver

_ Definitely. Sometimes
the children are
neglected and are poorly
disciplined. When both
parents arrive home from
Sf work tired, sometimes
they dont have the
energy, time and patience
for the children.

Alice Campbell
Nosth Vancoaver

I thmk it depends o
the parents. Some are
better than others at
getting the children uscd
to this kind of situahon |
do think that) children
around ten Ww twelve
years old sull aced some
kind of supermision after
school

Miaaereen Joncs
North Vancouver:

No, I dont think so
There are very good day
care centres availabic
The children accept it
and get used to it On the
positive side) it could
belp the child become
morc independent

Lee Carton
North Vancouver

Po dont think so) Mads
today are growing up ina
Gifferent hfe situation
than years ago | think
they can accept both
parents working I dont

think todays hada are as

dcpendent as they used ts

v7

COSTS EXCEED BENEFITS

Advisory commission dies

By CAROLE STAFFORD

Dollars and cents defeated the proposed
establishment of an Advisory Commission on
Community Services, tabled by Alderman Mary
Segal at North Vancouver District council’ s last
meeting.

The proposal called for an
annual budget of $16,600 to
Operate the commission,
which would “advise council
on social concerns...and
make recommendations
regarding the planning and
development of social
programs to meet com-
munity needs,” as well as
recommend on the alloca-
tion of specific grants to
organizations, which last
year totalled over $160,000.

“It's too much money for
the amount we're going to
disburse,” said Alderman
Gordon Rose, who served
on the committee which
recommended establishment
of the commission.

The committee was ap-
pointed last June to
“examine ways and means of
evaluating services, deter-
mining needs and recom-

Alderman Jim Ball called
the proposal an example of
“empire building — you start
another little committee and
all of a sudden it’s costing

mending priorities for
support for community
service Organizations
(grants, contracts for ser-

vices, permissive
tions, etc.).”

exemp-

the taxpayer a bundle.”

Alderman Peter Powell
said it was an example of
“council's desire to drink its
own bathwater. Council has
done this job very well —
why spend all this money on
administration when we can
do it ourselves?”

Mayor Don Bell said the

problem of grappling with .

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individual grants “may never
be solved” because people
invariably have their own
partialities.

But he said he thought the
proposal merrited further
consideration and suggested
it be a topic for discussion at
an informal policy discussion
to be held before January 31,
1980.

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