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January - February, 2011 SOUT VOLUME XXvV, Number 1 Published for and about local people and events CORRECTING NOT DIRECTING Among the varied activities one can indulge in after retiring, while at the same time doing a great service for home, community and country, is to look after one’s grandchild, regularly or occasionally. For those of us who agree with Margaret Trudeau who recently exclaimed how delightful it is to be a grandparent, and Iam one of those lucky ones, let me say baby-sitting is a three-way favour for it is difficult to decide which of the three of you benefits the most. The main thing to remember right from the begin- ning, as a grandparent, is that your job is no longer to have to direct the child but only to correct, if need be. That is, ifthe grandchild makes a face, laugh if it’s funny or tell him his face will freeze that way in two minutes and he’Il have to join the circus. Does he want you to take him there now, or a little later. If he/ she is happily playing with a toy, leave him/her be and enjoy the respite. Lunch can be a hour later. This ideology frees one up considerably. If the Mohawk culture is right, the child will learn manners by exam- ple. Manners are just the expectations of individual cultures, they’re not rules written by God. A grandpar- ent doesn’t have to nag. You are now the wise one, the respected one, the accepting one — ha, if you’re per- fect, of course. Remember years ago when hubby used to come home and the kids ran to be picked up and twirled about for a few minutes. What fun Dad was! Mom was fun, too, cooking and cleaning and organizing meals for the family and lunches for school and work. Now you’re a grandparent. Have you ever known a child, girl or boy, who doesn’t love to be help- ing Grandma in the kitchen. That’s fun. Although I may not bake very often because I eat it all at one sit- ting and being 500 Ibs. means hunting for new clothes in noisy stores that need to make big profits, I certainly have found lots of fun things to do by the sink floating toys and pine cones under the lightly dripping tap. Continued on page 2 Milford Winter Carnival 2011 See page 9 January 28 - 29, his | @ Ain't It Awful ? ®@Glitch ® Druella Acantha Malvina @ Who Packed Your Parachute? ® Vicki’s Veggies ® Life in the Past