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ovEstion: My husband’s sister and her husband_live in the Yukon and for perfectly

valid reasons it is almost —

necessary that their 15-year- old son live in Vancouver for

the coming school y ear. We |

are satisfied that it a wise

thing for/them to do. Tom's -

. Sister very hesitantly asked if it‘would be possible for us to have the boy stay with us in our home.

-We did not give an im- mediate impulsive answer because it is rather a big thing to take in al5-year-old who .will be away from his parents for the first time (ex- cept for camp) and who will be quite strange to city life. Moreover, we have a 14-year -old son and a 16-year-old son. So, as [ say, we thought it over carefully and even discussed it with our boys.

The four of us camé to the conclusion that we would like to go ahead with the idea. The boy will arrive

“A LARGE ASSIGNMENT” 7 ing a teenager to join the fa nil)

around September 15 a few days late for his new school. We have a large old house and so Brad will have a room of his.own withont upsetting the ‘room arrangement we now have. He will go to the same school as our boys and will be in a grade between them. The parents will visit Vancouver two or three

times during the school year. Brad has a 13-year-old brother and a 17-year-old sister. We realize we have ac- cepted a large assignment

and want io do it well. We have wondered if you would care. to. pass on to us any ideas you might have about our venture. We would ap- preciate any and all help you give us.

STEWART: What a gracious and unselfish thing you are doing! I sense however, that,

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F reelance Cc. counsellor Hayden Stewart may be reached at 261-6242 for appointments for individual, family or group counselling.

in your mind, the giving will not be on your part alone and that you quite expect to benefit from the experience perhaps as much as Brad does.

Improving family co-operation

QUESTION: We are a very fortunate family. We have three teenage girls and a 20 year: old boy who lives at home with us. I think we do very weil as a_ family, especially in view. of the fact that‘each one of the kids is a

real individual.

“We want to do some plan- .

ning for the fall when school

starts again because we are agreed that some new ideas |

about “getting along” and sharing responsibilities etc. would be timely for us. The main thing we all seem to want is an increased ‘ability

_to co-operate democratically

for: the“sake of the family, but also to increase our skills

in social relationships etc. Any ideas for as?

STEWART: thusiastically

‘I- would en- suggest you

read the above letter and if it

appeals to you, get into the Family Council idea.

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I would suggest that you establish a Family .Council and have a couple of meetings, if there is time, before Brad turns up. He can then be invited to be a part of it right from the start. Ideally a Family Council meets once a week for fess than an hour and is made up of all who live together in

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