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build the skills and the con- bo es - mostly ingle­
fide nee to actively par- parent bo bolds - provid­
ticipate in her children's ina material and guidance
studie . on bo to work with their
HIPPY (Home In truction pre e I children. Parent
Program for Preschool learn tbrough role-play, then
Youngsters) i a"p renting" orlt directly with their
program. but doe more than _ children. Tbey also have
give advice. Tutor teach their progre charted during
p rents how to stimulate tbeir ho e visits.
children' minds throug a • Struggling parents, cspe-
30-week, step-by- tep pro- dally _. ingle-p rent mother.
gram. The progr m's scbool who had negative education­
readiness initiative is aimed al ex ricnces or dropp d out
at education lIy di ad- of chool, have low elf-es­
v ntaged 4 and 5-year-olds. teem like M ry did. They
believe they cannot con­
tribute. but want their
ildren to do well and ex­
pect learning to take place in
school.
"Thi program put the
parent back in the driver's
cat, - ay a coordinator of
an early-childhood program.
The program provides the
HIPPY BEGAN in Tul a,
Oklahoma in 1984, and now
ha .. 13 sit in 13 state.
wei a� sites in 23 countric ..
The home -b ed program
hire. mother Crom the com­
muni ty and tr in' them a
tutors. The tutor are then
sent to their neighbors'
U.S.-lac
t Involvement crucial to learning
m rala
ority in GuH di pute
means for them to help their
kids. HIPPY also provides
opportunities for parents to
meet other parents, to learn
about child development and
parenting issues, andl p r­
ticipate in personal dev lop­
ment activities.
Ray and his mother have
developed an ctive parent­
child relation hip that
benefits them both, but i
also e sential for him to
progres in school. She want.
to give him all thc s up pori he
needs.
STRENGTln:NI G
FAMILY ritual' can benefit
everyone: prayers if you are
religious, nd if not, regular
family meals and gatherings.
Parents must plan activitie
with their children, listen to
them. nd be moral ex mplc
for them. If we cut corners.
Arab Le.gue and U. .' mu.t .olve Per.lan Quit crl.l.
raeli invasion of Lebanon in
A solution to the ex- 1982 and the u.s. ha been
plosive Perisan Gulf cri i is silent on Isr el's continued
possible, but the orld occupati ofthe West Bank,
should 100 to the Arab Gaza, and the Golo
League and the United Na- Heights, .
tion to spearhe d the effort Israel, the argu ent
to defu e the cri ·s. goes, is ju tified in actiDg to
The United States I cks protect its ·vit I iaterests".
the moral authority to fi d a Saddam Hussein might ell
just and peaceful ay out of make ca e for the inv ion
the pre ent conflict. of Kuw it a an action e -
The U.S. i apparently sential to protccting the
prep red to entangle the vital interest and way of life
region and the orld in of the Iraqi people.
ar to protect American's The U.S. inva ion of
vital interest" d "our way Grenada and Panama and
of life", the illegal mining of
The double tandard and - Nicaragua's ports and har­
hypocrisy which i charac- bors havc also harmed
t e r i tic of U.S. foreign America's reputation as a
police render America defender of international
highly uspect as a law.
legitimate broker and Indeed at thi very mo-
pe cem er in the region. ment the U.S. is pre ring
the admini tration of Presi-
TH U.S. A T II dent Violeta Chamorro to
refused to condemn the Is- drop a judgment of some 17
billion that tbe Interaatio -
al court of Justice. arded
ByM W
"Wtiich quare i dif-
ferent?" his mother • ked,
pointing to a ro . of hape
on a work sheet. Four-year­
old Ray looked determined a
he scanned the choices.
"That one," he exclaimed,
choo ing the correct square.
His mother, Mary. be med.
She is helping him learn
ome kn w concept before
.Ray returns to hi pre s choo I
cia' at the local element ry
chool.
A few month ago. Mary
would not h ve attempted to
held Ray with hi les on .
She is a ingle mother, rais­
ing children in a run-down
housing development. Mary
did not believe she had the
ability or anything valuable
to teach them, But recently,
he received help from a spe­
cial program that helped her
Ron
D.nl I.
Nicara, a bee use of the
U.S. violation of
Nicar q a's harbor .
TH UTAL APART-
H 10 system in South
Africa ould have collap ed
lon, a,o if the U.S. had
beea as vi,orous int he pur­
s it of freedom for the
Black ajority!n South
- Africa it is now in mount-
i I actio ,pressure and
orld condemn t io n of
Ir q.
I fact in its effort to
preserve the way of life of
t e ·te miDority in South
Africa d protect U.S. vital
intere t, the U.S. has con­
doned South Africa's des­
tablization c mpaigns in
Angola, Mozambique and
other countries in the
region.
The U.S. h a tarnished
reputation nd seriou
creditability gap 'S a
"peacemaker" in the world.
-Therefore, it i essential
that the Arab League and
the United Nations seize the
initiative to find a peaceful
solution to the current
crisi .
The- world wants peace
and thus a priority must be
placed on diplomacy nd a
negotiated ettlement.
INTENSE di cussion
within the Arab League
and/or the Summit con­
fe reuce of Arab leaders
needs to focu on inter­
Arab formula for a pe ce­
ful resolution of the con-
flict. '
These proposal houd
then become the basi for
broader U.N. spon ored in-,
itiative .
It would· appear that
there are several elements
which could constitute the
basis for a COMPREHEN­
SIVE resolution of con­
flicts in the Per ian Gulf
and the Middle E st region:
- There mu t be agree­
ment that all foreign powers
will cea e and desist in their
occupation of overeign na­
tion and withdraw from the
region. This mean that Iraq
mu t end it invasion of
Kuw it; the United State
and other foreign troops
mu t withdraw from Saudi
Arabia; Israel mu t :
withdra from the West
ICR.GAN CITIZEN
arl.n
Wright
Eldelman
CHILD
WATCH
they will lOO. If we lie, they
will too.
Parental involvement i
very important in tI vcloping
our childrcns a adcrnic and
ocial kill. Othcrwi c. too
many children ucnd cia e
emotionally unprep red' to
interact. contribute. or learn.
Marian Wright Edelman is
president of the Children's
Defense Fund. a national
voice for children.
);lank, G za and the Golan
Heights. Syria mu t
ithdraw from Lebanon.
- The 'Jr qi - Ku ait
dispute must be settled
through peaccful mean
with Saddam Hu ein bei g
. afforded the opportunity to
articulate Iraq" grievances.
Kuwait has in fact been
guilty of driving down the
price of oil through massive
overproduction.
Secondly, S ddam
Hussein's dem nd that Iraq
have unencumbered access
to the Per ian Gulf and
Iraq's land claims against
Kuwait must be put on the
table nd resolved.
Jordon's King Hussein
and President Mitter nd of
France have already floated
proposals which seem to
hold some promise in these
areas.
- T ere must be recog­
nition of the State of Pales­
tine. No just nd lasting
peace is possible in the
region -until the Palestinian
have a homeland.
- United Nation ,- pe ee
keeping forces hould be
de ployed and m intained
throughout the region to
m in t in the p e ceful
separatron and di engage­
ment of potential ho tile na­
tion and force e.g. Iraq
and Ku ait, Saudi Arabia
and Iraq, Israel and Pales­
tine, Lebanon nd Syria etc.
Though maint ining U.N.
pe cekeeping force would
be costly, it is fries costly
th � a catastrophic war that
would le ve thou and dead
and the economices of the .
region in ruin .
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