Community Parenting Seminars provide information THE HERALD Wednesday November 1990 Page 19 By KATHI HULL Herald Special Parenting is the only job that requires no skills no education no PhD no previous experience Or is if Ask any parent this and they will admit it is probably the most challenging demanding exhausting unpredictable and stressful job they ever held Parents being a group of people with a common link tend to sup port each other Seminars are a way of obtain a bit more information to en sure that the role of parents re mains a joyous one These seminars often comple ment the parenting knowledge already acquires and help answer some questions parents may have in their roles In the past seminars have been offered by Acton High School and The Kennedy Connection at George Kennedy School As well guest speakers at meetings such as at Maple Nursery School or The Georgetown Parent Child Centre have also been a valuable source of information to parents Presently a halfday seminar Challenges of Changes is plan ned for this Saturday from to sponsored by the Georgetown Parent Child Centre This seminar is for parents of pre teen and early teenagers focuses on how to deal with physical and emotional changes confidence etc The cost is a nominal per person and is expected to be a dynamic morning The Centre is taking for this seminar but this is not man GREETINGS GIFTS NOW OPEN GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8737096 datory Another evening seminar Streetproofing Your Child by Child Find is being spon sored by the Maple Ave Day Care this Monday from to m There is no fee however please call to reserve a spot for the seminar Other support can be establish ed through parenting courses most gearing toward parents whose children are of a specific age group By attending many parents are encouraged that they are probably doing a good job already Through discussion and idea exchanging support net works are formed through paren ting courses Participants come away with a new outlook on the importance of parenting and perhaps a new outlook on how to handle specific difficult parenting situations The Georgetown Parent Child Centre has offered a variety of courses to Georgetown in the past and in tends to encourage parents to support each other by offering more in the future One program that has been offered deals with parenting young children another deals with parenting the school age child An organization in town that offered a parenting course last year is the Maple Ave Another parenting issue of fered by the Georgetown Parent Child Centre is an interaction program for fathers with new babies that helps both the new father and the new child become more adjusted to each other The Georgetown Parent Child Centre also offers the TakeA Mary Doesn Tell A Emporium for New and Previously Enjoyed Hems 57 Ontario Street Grand Bend THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Haiton Hills I IliDr HAITON HILLS Geo goi O Box OntoroL7G5G3 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING WARD 2WARD Streets Council for the Town of Haiton Kills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss a mod frcation of the land use designate in the Haiton lis Off cial Plan The proposed modification involves lands described in Part of Lots 13 and 15 Concession XI Town of Haiton H lis commonly referred to as the Upper Canada College lands The purpose of the modifies on Is to respond to a deferral by Upper Canada College certain policies In the Haiton Hills Official Plan The deferral deals w th tie land use and environment policies Ihe Hilts al Plan Further information Is ava table in the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Time Date Monday December 3 1990 Council Chambers Haiton Hills Chic Centie 1 Haiton Hills Dime Hills Georgetown File No UP DEF Break program presently on Wednesday and morn ings Parents attending are very supportive of one another as ideas on parenting are shared They listen to an interesting speaker or attend a workshop that may add new knowledge or a new skill to their lifestyle These people enjoy the programs and vanety of topics offered They also attend because their children enjoy the well planned activities downstairs while they attend the adult portion upstairs The Young Parents Program run by Open Door also has a similar program where young mothers are able to listen to guest speakers and they also have the opportunity to build support amongst each other For further information on any of the programs offered by the Georgetown Parent Child Centre please cali and speak to Gail or leave a message on the machine and Gail will get back to you Remember November of two seminars Georgetown Parent Child Centre Challenges of Changes 8732960 Nov 89 Mountain view South Maple Ave Day Care Streetproofing Your Child Nov Maple Ave The World of Children Can Be Both Rewarding And A Challenge Parenting education is a nice supplement to the knowledge already acquired by parents THE CORPORATION OF THE Town ol Haiton Hills I H Mi O Box HILLS Georgetown Ontario 17G 73 PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENTION ROAD NAME CHANGE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council for the Town of Haiton Hills proposes to enact a By law pursuant to Section 2 05 of The Act to CHANGE THE NAME of the road allowance between Con cession One and Two from Regional Road No SIDEROAD to Lot 32 from FIRST LINE TO DUBLIN LINE A map showing the road being renamed may be inspected at the office of the Clerk during office hours Monday to Friday 8 30 am to 4 30 p m The Council will hear any person or their counsel solicitor or agent who claims that they will be adversely affected by the By law Applications to be heard at a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers Civic Centre Haiton Hills Drive on the 1 0th day of December 990 will be received by the under signed until noon Thursday December 6 1 990 THIS NOTICE was published on the 7th day of November 1990 DAN COSTEA Administrator Clerk Town of Hills P O Box 1 28 Hills Georgetown Ontario 5G2 Ad No The Ideal Gift For The Busy Homeowner 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