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18 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, Decomber 17, 1964 infantile for him? After the child is eight or 10, his parents, CHILD GUIDANCE As Holidays Approach Gifts May Be a Problem over-eager to. get him _play- things may select those suited to a much younger child, just because they are cheap and easy to find. How long will the gift last? For how many months or years will he enjoy it? (Good books om high in answer to this ' F lo By GARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D.,Can he operate and enjoy it question). Is he likely to experi- 'When the' first child ap-|without help? Will he be able|ment, invent and create with it proaches his first birthday cele-|to enjoy it alone? May he als0jaione or in connection with bration his parents may wantjenjoy some of the gifts with|other things he has? Will it to make it a great event. Sojother children? Will it seem too ig | What further educational value might it have for him slg: mere amusement? SHOP WISELY We need to watch ourselves or_we are easily lured by play- things which are glamorous, es- pecially those which are huge but are miniatures of things for the adult. world -- large. ma- chines, dolls, and stuffed crea- tures approaching life - size, such as bride and groom, Con- sider how limited are the uses of such gifts, Ponder the com- CELE AAO RR ag gpa huge stuffed bear or doll with several smaller ones he can en- joy in so many more ways. Of similar types are dolls andj machines which can slightly imitate a human being. How quickly the attraction of all such robots wanes. A further problem is the danger of cul- tivating selfishness in the child by always giving him so much, How may we encourage his wish to bear gifts to other members of the faniily and) | Holiday Punch | Coffee Eggnog | the star attraction at any holi- day party. For a large group 6 serve it in your prettiest and a smaller party, eggnog and shortbread cookies|4 as a delicious, quickly prepared|4 jdonaid Institute, jcommend making this egghog) wa t least 2 or 3 hours before|! using to let the flavors blend.| Add gingerale or Creamy, rich eggnog will be|Jvst before serving. Guelph, -- re- soda water COFFEE EGGNOG eggs : ¥ cup sugar biggest punch bow! and let your} 4 teaspoon cinnamon guests help themselves. Or for} 4 teaspoon ginger serve coffee] %4 teaspoon ground cloves cups milk cups strong coffee 4 cus gingerale or soda r quart vanilla ice.cream nutmeg Beat eggs until light and lemon-colored. Add.-sugar and spices. Stir in milk, cold 'coffee and lemon juice. Chill for two or three hours to allow the fla- vors t@ blend, Before serving. cut ice cream into small cubes and place in punch bowl. Pour in eggnog mixture and ginger- ale. Sprinkle generously with nutmeg. This recipe makes 20 2 eae ate poms SOLE WOMAN ; Bertha Spafford Vester, 86, is the only woman to wear the Jordan Star, Third Class, awarded by King Hussein for her work with schools and hos- pitals in Jordan. John Ovens, 0.2. OPTOMETRIST. 8 BOND ST. £., OSHAWA 2 PH. 723-4811 : od specialists at Mac-! 4 cup lemon juice to 24 punch- cup servings. stimulate. his imagina tion?|parative value for a child of alother persons? there must be a goodly b r| of toys; likewise, for his first] Christmas. The next birthday, and Christmas must bring bim | more gifts. So it goes with the next child and so on. As each child grows older more gifts usually are planned and he ex- pects more and more gifts. Yet) the family ' income may not! haye increased proportionately. | Typically, it's with the first)' child in his early years when|j_ the pattern tends to be set for|* the number of gifts and the} - amount of money «pent for) them. Grandparents and other|? relatives often help set these) patterns. H QUALITY IMPORTANT : The parents trying to keep)" within their means may buy|) " more fragile and inexpensiv:|) gifts while increasing the num- / ber of them. : It is not easy for us parents to go back and suddenly reduce the number of gifts. We might, however, in taking stock, re- solve not to let ourselves raise the sig fi : fiz i Deicataa tr ase tok a simple token, a splendid diamond or all of the best of gift ideas in-between . . . and keep reasonably low the num- ber of gifts for the first. baby and for each added child Instead of putting emphasis or quantity and number of gifts, we might dwell more on) quality--on durability of each| gift and on what value it will have for the youngster. In choosing gifts for our child at any age, indeed, let us parents ask ourselves whether it is bet- ter to provide him' with a few good useful gifts than with many inferior ones. Also we} need to ask ourselves if the child will profit from having many gifts of any kind ali at once. Will he be overwhelmed by so many? Will they discour- age his concentrating; make him_scatter-brained? | CONSIDER CHILD'S AGE Here are some questions we! should ask .ourselves in choos- ing a gift for a child: Is it suited to his. age? Is it too) 'old' or too ; ung" for him? | NO DOWN PAYMENT--USE YOUR CREDIT You get so much more when you are fitting your dollars to your Christmas plans | Choose take your time paying, No money down, low payments and your choice of errangements. By ESTRELLITA FOR TOMORROW Rely on your own efforts to DIAMOND SHEAFFER Boll Point SUNBEAM ELECTRIC CAN OPENER. A reol pr Fie: Pans beauty, and so efficient From . $1.00 up $25.95 KODAK INSTAMATIC CAMERA KITS. Ready for. those Christmas ibri. ~ Smart, morning photos and portable $21.50 up From TYPEWRITERS by Smith-Corona and Col- compact TAPE RECORDERS by SPECIAL Sony, Philips and others. get things done now. 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