PARENTS have the
greatest influence on
their children’s behav-
ior.

Should parents be taken
for granted? I know that
parents don’t always do the

_fight thing, but just because
‘they’re parents doesn’t mean
_ that they know everything.
“~ Tt’s not as if we as chil-
dren come with an instruc-
~tion manual. The way I see
it, parents can cither bring

their children up the way
they themselves were
brought up or bring them
up their own way. Parents
don’t always have a positive
influence on their children.
It’s like everything else in
life. Nothing and no one is
perfect.

There are a lor of deci-
sions we have to make in
life. All we have to do is
choose the right ones. Some
children end up taking the
wrong path in life. This
doesn’t mean that the kid
had bad parents, It simply
proves that, unfortunately,
in our society some kids end
up learning more on the
streets than at home.

There’s nothing wrong
with having them learn what
gocs on in the streets. This
makes them street-smart,
and prepares them for the
real world,

It’s mostly teenagers who
have. problems with their
parents, It’s true that
teenagers have a lot of
Stress, and it’s also true that

parenthood

most parents have lots of
stress, and probably don’t
even have much patien :¢
when they get home.

They go to work and
have to worry about bills,
family, monthly payments,
etc.

They have to go through
all of this everyday,

With the pressures of
today, it’s a challenge to try
to solve daily problems in a
calm way and not rake it out
on anyone, Our parents try
to do this, but aren’t always
successful,

Our parents should be
rewarded, Not only do they
try to build a life fur us, but
they also try to make sure
we live a decent, worthwhile
life. It’s true that there are
wonderful and there are
cruel parents. This is very
sad, but like I said before,
“no one is perfect.”

if you have wonderful
Parents than you are truly
blessed. I know there are a
lot of people who take their
parents for granted,

: The 2nd Annual British Columbia

Some people probably
have wonderful parents and
don’t even realize it yet.

Take a good close look at
your parents. Ask yourself,
what do you see? Do they
love you? If your parents
care for you, worry about
you, and take care of you,
then chances are that they
love you a lot.

They may not be the
coolest parents. They may
not be the easiest people to
talk to, but if they love you,
you should try to make the
best of it.

You don’t know what

Wednesday, October 23, 1996 — North Shore News ~ 34

you have until you lose it.

We should all take some
time to acknowledge what
our parents have done for
us. When we were young
our parents changed our
diapers. They bathed us,
dressed us, and put up with
our mischievous selves. We
were taught the difference
between right and wrong.

They make a life for us,
and make sure we get the
education we iced to sur-
vive in this world. They try
to be available when we
need them, and try to give
us everything.

A lot of people don’t
know how lucky they are to
have parents who care about
them. If your parents care
about you, and watch out

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THE CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER
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EAR YE HEAR YE > NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

for your welfare, but don’t
have mich money, be thank-
ful you have them. You
never know what could hap-
pen tomorrow. In an instant
everything could be raken
away so Casily.

Don’t take anything for
granted because you might
regret it.

People hate being com-
pared to other people. I’ve
noticed that a lot of parents
do this, They might start
with, “When I was your
age...” :
Well, if they remember
cnough to compare, then
they should also remember
how frustrating it was to be
young. As long as a parent

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957 of the Municipal Act of British Columbia. that a Public Hearing, will be.

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“Zoning Bylaw, 1995. No. 6700”. and the
Vancouver”, which is an integral part of

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