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A laid-off CapilanoUniversity studio artsprofessor is cryingcensorship after apiece of protest art hesculpted during the 2013budget season that sawhis and several otherprograms suspendedhas disappeared fromcampus.

Blathering on inKrisendom, an acrylicpolymer statue depictinguniversity president KrisBulcroft and her poodleMargaux as ventriloquistdummies wearing anAmerican ag and skull-and-crossbones gown hadbeen on display in thestudio arts department andat NorthVan galleries sinceMay of last year.

When artist GeorgeRammell went bythe department lastWednesday, he saw that ithad been removed.

They got a hold ofme months ago and . . .told me they had decidedagainst any punitive actionon the basis of my freedomof expression and nowtheyve totally reversedthat by attacking my workin the middle of the night,taking it away withouteven talking to me. Itscensorship, Rammell said.

Rammell said the statueis in keeping with thelong-protected tradition ofpolitical cartoons, whichtarget those in power.

Theres nothing illegalabout it, I didnt think.This is Canada.Werenot in Iran or China.Political caricature is avery consistent traditionin the arts, he said. Allmy teaching has beenaround questioning powerstructures. For 23 years,Ive been teaching students

to not let their art get usedas a smokescreen and tolook at the powers behindagendas you may notapprove of.

The efgys mouthsare movable, allowingthem to be used in puppetshows.The Americanag draping it representsBulcrofts nationality.The skull and crossbonesgown is a metaphor fordead programs, facultylosing their livelihoodsand students who wontbe there in the future,Rammell said. Dogs, inartistic tradition, representa knowing spirit that canspeak the truth wheneveryone else has lost sightof it, Rammell added.

At issue for Rammellis the way his and severalother courses were cutby the university duringa $1.3-million budgetshortfall in 2013. Arecent B.C. SupremeCourt ruling found theadministration was inviolation of the UniversityAct when it suspendedthe programs because theboard of governors hadfailed to develop a policyon the discontinuation ofprograms in consultationwith the university senate,which includes 10 facultymembers.

Board of governorschairwoman Jane Shackellreleased a statementTuesday afternoon sayingher decision to order thestatue removed was notarrived at lightly.

Our university iscommitted to the openand vigorous discoursethat is essential in anacademic community,the inherent value ofartistic expression, and therights to free speech andprotest that all Canadiansenjoy. No one wantsCapilano to be a place

where art is arbitrarilyremoved or censored,her statement read. Wemust also be mindful ofthe universitys obligationsto cultivate and protecta respectful workplacein which personalharassment and bullyingare prohibited. . . I amsatised that recently thesculpture has been usedin a manner amounting toworkplace harassment ofan individual employee,

intended to belittle andhumiliate the president.This led me, as boardchair, to take action.

Shackell saidadministrators have offeredto give the statue backon the condition that henot display it on campusagain.That still amountsto censorship, Rammellmaintains.

While the debacle isnot yet resolved and theuniversity heads into its

2014 budget, Rammellsaid hes found inspirationto continue making efgiesas art.

I havent doneportraiture for 30 yearsand this sort of revivedit for me. Im planningto do another piece. Implanning to do StephenHarpers portrait and Iwant to cast it in solidbullshit. I actually havethe bullshit in bucketsalready, he said.

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The cookies aredistributed locally at SproutOrganic Market in NorthVancouvers Queensburyneighbourhood and atNourish Market in LynnValleyVillage.

But the cookies werentthe only thing on the menufor the bear in question,according to ChristineMiller, education co-ordinator for the NorthShore Black Bear Society.

The same bear may alsohave opened the rear doorto a vehicle parked just onestreet away onMoyne Driveearly Sunday morning.

There was Easter candy

in the back so he has a sweettooth, this bear,Miller said.

Since the break-ins, thesociety has been postingsigns and reminding peopleabout best practices whenit comes to bear attractantsand cars.

People are very awarenow that they cannot leaveany food whatsoever in theirvehicles because this bearhas learned . . . that food isin cars,Miller said.

Bears have been knownto break into cars simplybecause they were attractedby the smell of fast food thathad previously been in thecar or by crumbs left on theoor or between the seats,Miller said.

And he knows how to getinto cars either by force orby letting himself in throughthe door,Miller added.

Theyve lost 30 percent of their body weight,approximately, duringhibernation so once theycome out and start getting

themselves regulated,they are quite hungry.That doesnt mean theybecome more aggressive, itmeans they become moreopportunistic. so if peopleleave any kind of accessiblefood outside for them, theyllbe looking for it,Miller said.

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Art attackThey say you should never makeenemies with someone who buysink by the barrel.Were not sure if that holds up

anymore but clearly, making enemieswith an art professor with access toacrylic polymer has its drawbacks too.With the latest chapter in the ongoing

saga at Capilano University being adispute over a quintuple-chinned efgyof president Kris Bulcroft, we worry thediscussion is getting off track.The nastiness stems from the poor

handling of consultation with facultyduring the 2013 budget season thatsaw courses cut, including studio arts.Then theres the fallout from a courtruling that afrmed the administrationwas running afoul of the University Actwhen it passed the budget.Faculty have a right to be angry and

the administration has an obligation

to operate in the connes of thelegislation. But meanwhile, theresa new budget challenge to face andconsultations to be had, and this ascoisnt helping.Perhaps not wanting to bite the hand

that feeds them, both the administrationand the faculty have remainedconspicuously silent when it comes to alack of funding from the province. Outof 24 colleges and universities in B.C.,Capilanos funding places it 23rd thanksto the Liberals reneging on promisedfunding that would come with thecollege transitioning to a university.There are so many ngers pointing

at Bulcroft these days, you could losean eye just walking across campus.There may be others worthy of GeorgeRammells sculpture and wrath, but wehumbly submit they dont work at theuniversity.They work inVictoria.

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Technology-free learning has benetsDear Editor:

Re:Tablets Required forW.Van Secondary Students,April 23.

I am disappointed thatWestVancouver secondaryis asking all students to usean iPad, tablet or laptop inthe classroom. Studies haveshown that when notes arewritten by hand we activateregions in the brain that

involve thinking, languageand working memory.Typing notes rather thanwriting them decreasesthe amount of informationretained, translating intopoorer recall.The moreinformation is presented ina passive way (i.e. using theInternet to read informationinstead of referencing abook), the less likely the

student is to remember it.I realize there is an

attraction to keep upwith technology and thatstudents have regularaccess to technologyalready. However, I cautionthe rampant adoption oftechnology in the classroom.This move is not onlyexpensive to implementfor parents and schools,

but may be hinderingstudents learning instead ofsupporting it. I encourageparents and teachers tolook at the specic benetsexpected of this technologyin the classroom beforejumping to adopt it. Aswe have seen, childrendo not need tablets inthe classroom in order tolearn how to use them;

theyre learning outsidethe classroom already. Itshouldnt be about makingit easier for teachers to planlessons rather, it shouldbe about ensuring studentsare learning and retainingthe information they learnin the most effective waypossible.Caroline ChambersNorthVancouver

Dear Editor:TheMay 7 front page

North Shore News articledoes not accurately reectthe views of other MathersAvenue residents.Therecent developer-purchasedproperty in question hadbeen completely neglected

by the previous owner for atleast the last 28 years thatwe have lived on that street.Virtually no landscaping wasdone to the north side of theproperty bordering MathersAvenue.This has resultedin about nine trees havinggrown out of control.They

are 80 to 100 feet tall. Largebranches have been breakingoff whenever a storm orsnowfall hits the area. Iassume that the originalintent by the homeownerwas to create a hedge thathas now gotten way out ofcontrol.

My observation of asignicant number of suchlarge Ambleside locationtrees nds them located onthe north, east or northeastside of the properties inquestion. I would ask suchhomeowners why these largetrees are not located on the

south or southwest side oftheir properties. So pleasebe respectful of the impactsuch large trees have onyour neighbours. Frommyperspective, trees do outgrowneighbourhoods.Hans StrippWestVancouver

NeglectedMathers Avenue trees outgrew the neighbourhood

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Dear Editor:It is good to be updated

about Presentation HouseGallery getting closer to thewaterfront. Like Coun. PamBookham, I wonder why agallery would be located tocompete with waterfrontviews, but I ammore bafedat no mention of the recentlyerected fence.That fence issteps away and announcesthe proposed 18-storey towernext to the proposed gallery.Somehow we have a messof things proposed for whatshould be a magnicententrance to our city.We haveheard proposals for a ferriswheel, skating rink, galleryand somehow a giant shadowcaster.We are so close todoing it right, yet so far away.BobThompsonNorthVancouver

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Dear Editor:Re. Renery a Safer

Solution,May 7 opinioncolumn:

I agree with David Blacksassessment of the danger ofshipping bitumen via tankerfrom Kitimat. I disagree withthe proposal of locating arenery in Kitimat, however.

Recent programs on theKnowledge Network aboutour Pacic coast in theirseriesOver the Edge showthe thousands of islands,large and tiny along the coastcreating a watery slalom fortankers to navigate. Somemariners have said that thehuge tankers proposed forthis task simply couldntmake the turns.

Why not a renerycloser to the source of thebitumen?The logical placewould be Alberta, near theresource; however, if wewant to create B.C. jobs,then how about a locationin northern B.C., before thestart of the pipeline throughthe province? Pipelinescan also suffer ruptures,and not only our coast ispristine, the untouched (atpresent) wilderness alongthe proposed pipeline route

would be destroyed.First Nations have lived

on the land slated for theNorthern Gateway pipelinesince the last glacial period.They need to have the lastword.We have treated themabominably. Even (the lategovernor general) LordDufferin said, way back inthe mid-1800s, that whenit comes to the Indian (land)question, B.C. is skating onvery thin constitutional ice!I think were about to fallthrough it.

I have doubts about thechoice of Kitimat for sucha port. Looking at the map

it seems that tankers wouldhave to take a few prohibitiveturns to get to open ocean.Lets remember these shipsare a lot bigger than theQueen of the North.

There is another portalternative: Prince Rupert.

Back in 1911, PrinceRupert was designed andbuilt specically for tradewith Asia because of itslocation on a deep and openharbour, 500 miles closerto Japan thanVancouver. Ifwe must ship this resourceoffshore, my professionalopinion as a planner (retired)would be to locate a renery

in Prince Rupert, which isalready on a trans-Canadarail line, thus man-altered(as opposed to pristine)land along it. No needto go for the incrediblydestructive effort of drillingthrough mountain ranges,and spanning river valleys.

In all of this, however, letsremember that the tarsands mining area has nowirreversibly destroyed an arealarger than many a sovereignstate. How much more landdo we sacrice?We will nevermeet our greenhouse gasabatement plans at this rate.

The toxic soup left behindin poisonous lakes willhaunt our grandchildrensgrandchildren, and maybebeyond.Do we really havethe right to do that for meremoney?Eva LymanWestVancouver

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North ShoreNeighbourhood Houseand theYWCA of MetroVancouver will be on thereceiving end of roughly$10-million worth ofchildcare space andaffordable housing inOnnis redevelopment ofthe old Safeway site.

Council granted Onnian extra 82,000 squarefeet of developable spacein exchange for 6,100square feet of childcarespace and 10,000 squarefeet (roughly 10 units) ofaffordable housing whenthe project was approvedlast year.

After seeking proposalsfrom a number of non-prots, council voted May5 to grant North ShoreNeighbourhood Housea long-term lease for thechildcare space and sell thecondo units toYWCA fora nominal fee.

The sale will come witha covenant that restrictsthe owner to providingaffordable housing andgives the city the rst rightof refusal to purchase theunits back. Should the citydecide to sell the units inthe future, the cash will goto the citys amenity fund.

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LoLoChristmas fest a go

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Christmas is not cancelledin the City of NorthVancouver.

The foes of hollyseemed to win a skirmishover the season to be jollywhen the Lower LonsdaleBusiness Associationbowed out of organizingthe Christmas Festival atthe shipyards. However,

less than two weeks later,Twilight Markets, knownfor organizing summer nightmarkets, stepped into thevoid.

It will be a lot moreelaborate and itll be overa whole weekend, saidTwilight Markets marketmanager Ingrid Doerr.

The venue for the festivalmay also move, she said.

While I was alldepressed, I thought it wasdone, it turns out staff wasable to work with (TwilightMarkets), said MayorDarrell Mussatto.

Twilight Markets is alsoslated to replace summermusic festival Party at thePier with free entertainment

Saturdays during July andAugust.

Despite organizing theChristmas festival for thelast two years and the Partyat the Pier since 2008,the LLBA stepped backfrom both events recently citing a strained workingrelationship with City ofNorthVancouver council.

Those festivals, whichthe city had designated as itstwo annual signature civicevents, are now dead, saidDoug Ausman, director ofthe LLBA.

Both events generallydraw about 12,000 revellersto the shipyards.

The association decidedto drop out of both festivalsfollowing a January councilmeeting that ended withplans for a Lower LonsdaleBusiness ImprovementArea being scuttled bycouncil.That scuttling wasspearheaded by mayoraltycandidate and frequentcouncil-watcher KerryMorris, who blasted theBIA as taxation withoutrepresentation.

Morris produceda petition bearing the

signatures of 142 LowerLonsdale merchantsopposed to the BIA.

They say Party at thePier? Our place is like amorgue.You could shoot agun through here and youdonly kill business owners,he said.

That assertion is false,according to Ausman, whosaid area restaurants werebusy and the quay foodcourt was packed duringParty at the Pier.

One of the quaymerchants not located inthe food court (said) thathe had his busiest day ever.Again, the speaker got itwrong,Ausman said.

Morris petition of 142names is insignicant whenmeasured against the 850merchants and commercialproperty owners whooperate in Lower Lonsdale,according to Ausman.

Their math deesmy logic as a professionalaccountant, he said.

Ausman noted at leastone of the merchants onthe petition stated he waspressured to sign by hislandlord.

The vast majorityof business owners andoperators willingly signedthe petition, according toMorris. He suggests in hispresentation that peoplewere forced or coerced ormisled in order to acquiresignatures . . . nothing couldbe further from the truth,Morris said.

Calling Ausmans pre-sentation disingenuous,Morris suggested theremay have been an ulteriormotive. They went thereto stick me with the blame,he said.

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HOME YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to HOME & GARDEN

INVASIVE SPECIESColumnist

Todd Majordiscusses both sides of

the argument.page 14

HOMEDECORWriter Barb Lunter

shops around onthe North Shore forcurrent trends.

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GREENGUIDEpage 17

NVart exhibitionexplores identityMy rst exposure to atruly small home wasback inMay 1990 whena professor of mine atMcGill University builta tiny 1,000 squarefoot house right on thegrounds of the universitysdowntown campus.

Prof.Witold Rybcynskiwas testing his architecturalthesis that a well-designedand exible micro-homewould be appealing to amajority of people whoexperienced it.The GrowHome, as it was called,was two storeys high and,at 14 feet wide, was smallat the extreme. But smallmeant affordable and theconstruction cost provedto be a paltry $35,000, ashockingly low number evenby construction numbersof the day. Roughly 10,000people passed throughits doors and, althoughthe results were far fromscientic, the generalconsensus was that thistiny residence would be awonderful place to live withthe design meeting withpopular acceptance.

Rybcynskis theories onsmaller living transformedmy thinking back then andhis ideas have stayed withme to this day. Ive grown tobelieve that living smaller is amust for a sustainable futureand that we must discardany notions that living biggermeans living better.

WestVancouver artistCori Creed, being a goodfriend, is well aware of mystrong beliefs and recentlyasked me to join her andartistTraceyTarling in acollaborative art exhibitionto explore how peopleconsume to create theirphysical world.To Have &To

Hold Objects of Identity&TheThingsWe LeaveBehind, opens thisThursday,May 15 with a receptionbetween 7 and 9 p.m. at theCityScape Community ArtSpace at 335 Lonsdale Ave.

In the exhibition, Creed,Tarling and myself willbe presenting large-scalepaintings, photographs, andinstalled pieces that inviteviewers to reect on theirattachment to materialobjects.The exhibition will

attempt to illustrate thearguments between wantand need, of quality versusquantity, and of materialityand identity.

By selecting ve subjectsand visually separatingtheir bodies frommaterialadornments and personalproducts, Creed andTarlingwill highlight ways thatwe consume to create ourphysical identities, howattached we become to thepieces that dene us and

how we share objects withothers in order to illuminatethe vast difference betweenwant and need.

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The argument goessomething like this:Invasive plants displacenative plants, damageecosystems, contributeto the loss of habitatfor wildlife and cost theeconomy millions ofdollars.

The argument againstinvasive plants is, asTimothy Lee Scott putsit, Full of scientictheories and far-reachingpolicies based on opinionsof good plants versesbad plants, in which thefederal government, variouscorporations, nature-basedorganizations, and thepuritanical public allocatesbillions of dollars trying tocontrol the wilds of nature.

Its interesting to notethat no invasive plants havebeen eradicated from B.C.despite spending millions ofdollars trying.

The Invasive SpeciesCouncil of B.C. denesinvasive plants as: Anyinvasive alien plant speciesthat has the potentialto pose undesirable ordetrimental impacts

on humans, animals orecosystems.

Its also interestingto note that many of thefruits and vegetables weeat are not native to ourcountry. Non-native plantsare also used in medicalresearch and for home-based medicine. Its knownthat many of the nativebutteries in California feedand breed on non-native

plants found in urban areas.In my own experience,

and that of bee keepers Ihave spoken to, there areseveral so-called invasiveplants that are benecialbee-feeding plants, namelyJapanese knotweed(Fallopia japonica), whichblooms at a time of yearwhen few others do so. I

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have photographed honeybees, wasps and predatoryinsects simultaneouslyfeeding on colonies ofknotweed blooming inlate summer.Those fewexamples demonstrate thevalue of non-native plantsin society.

The business ofcontrolling invasiveplants has become bigbusiness around the

world as countries spendbillions trying to controlthe spread of exoticplants.The perceivedthreat of exotic plants isbecoming expensive withno substantial outcomesclearly dened or realized.Japanese knotweed forexample lives inVancouverand the Kootenay regionand many areas in between.How can it ever beeradicated and at what cost?

Native plants are

regularly cited as thepreferred plant choice togrow in residential gardensbecause native plants aresuited to the environment.

Some of the commonlycited reasons to grow nativeplants versus exotic speciesare as follows. Native plantsare beautiful but so areexotic species. Native plantsare adapted to our climate but so are thousandsof other exotic plantsfrom differing temperate

regions of the world. Dueto their adaptation to ourenvironment, native plantsare low-maintenance ornamental grasses arelow-maintenance and theyare non-native. Nativeplants have superior wildlifevalues tell that to thebear that likes to eat apples.Many exotic plants, likePyracantha, feed birdsred berries in fall. Nativeplants help regulate climate,prevent erosion and cycle

nutrients but so do allother plants on earth. Asyou can see from thoseexamples, the argument fornative plants is weak andunconvincing.

The biggest obstacleto growing native plantsat home is the limitedcommercial supply.Yes, wecan buy a couple of ferns, anative tree or two and a fewshrubs but that is all thatis available commercially.So do the native plantpurists expect everyone tohave the same 10 plantsin every garden acrossB.C.? One of the problemsin growing a wider rangeof B.C. native plants isnot public acceptance,the problem is thatwholesale nurseries havedifculty growing manynative plants successfullyunder containerized plantproduction systems. Manynative plants requirespecic growing conditionsincluding the presence ofmutualistic fungi, bacteriaand soil organisms thatcannot be economicallyrecreated undercontainerized production,or in most residentialgardens.

Exotic plant speciesintroductions are a reality inthis era of a global economy

that requires movementfar and wide of all mannerof commodity.The onlylogical and effective way tocontrol the spread of exoticplants into our country isto increase inspections atour borders and preventthe problem from occurringin the rst place. But thatwould slow down importsat borders, which meansthe cost for business goesup and so does the cost forconsumers. And we wouldrather have cheapTVsinstead of native plants.

The Global InvasiveSpecies Programmeestimates the worldwidecost of controlling invasivespecies is $1.4 trillionannually.

Much of that moneywould be better spenton increasing borderinspections, developingmore stringent traderegulations to stop theirspread and researching ordeveloping the potential ofexotic species for economicbenet. But in the end,arent all plants native toearth?

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Badminton Camps: Instructed by Clear One BadmintonBA1: July 7-11 9:00-12:00 Boys/Girls entering grade 5-7 $130BA2: July 7-11 1:00-4:00 Boys/Girls entering grade 8-10 $130

Ultimate Frisbee Camps: Instructed by Vancouvers Pro Ultimate Team The Vancouver NighthawksUL1: July 21-25 9:00-12:00 Boys/Girls entering grade 5-7 $130UL2: July 21-25 1:00-4:00 Boys/Girls entering grade 8-10 $130

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for their kids is the goalsof each individual camp.Acamp should be dedicatedto ensuring kids havefun, even when kids areattending more specializedcamps that tend to be morestrict. In addition, parentsshould look for a camp thatwants its attendees to fostergood relationships with theirfellow campers.

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It was time to preparedinner.My niece andnephew along with mychildren were all in thekitchen ready to help.

Now, these kids rangedin age from two-and-a-halfto six years old. It wouldseem that the best way toget this crew to help wouldbe to nd them somethingto play with in anotherroom.

But thats not whathappened.We were makinga pizza and I was busy co-ordinating the effort anddirecting my merry littleband of helpers. I had cutthe meat and vegetablesand grated the cheeseearlier in the day. So thekids got busy spreading thetoppings on the crust. Onehad the pepperoni, one themushrooms and so on.Theyloved it.

And when it was cookedthey proudly talked abouthow they made dinner.

We know that familymeals have positive benets.But cooking and eatingtogether is even better.

Research has shown thatfamilies that cook and eattogether on a daily basis

enjoy better mental, physicaland social health. Becausethey are eating well theyalso do better in school.Kids who are involved withmeal preparation tend tomake healthier food choices,which leads to less risk ofdeveloping health problemslike obesity or eatingdisorders.

They also are inclinedto try more experimentalfoods, expanding theirhorizons and palates.

They develop a senseof self-sufciency, of funand when there is a familyconnection, a feeling oftogetherness.

We know that 27 percent of families eat supper

together at home two orfewer times a week and12 per cent eat supper athome less than once a week.These numbers decrease aschildren get older.

Preparing tasty andnutritious meals is a skillthey will need when they areready to head off on theirown.The earlier they start,the better they will do. Andwhile they are still at home,you are the beneciary.

To start, create a kid-friendly work area. It mightbe easier for them to workat the kitchen table thanat the counter. If they areworking at the countermake sure they have asturdy chair or stool tostand on.

Then teach them thefundamentals.They needto learn how to measure,how to mix wet and dryingredients and how tosaut.

Give them a crash coursein nutrition. Let them knowthat they need to plan mealsthat include foods from avariety of food groups. Iremember telling our kidsthat a salad had to havemore than just carrots.They

loved carrots.There are good

cookbooks available for kids.Once theyre old enough toread, go through them andchoose ones appropriate fortheir age and that t withhow your family likes to eat.

Its also fun to teacheach of your children howto prepare a dish that is afamily favourite. So thatchild becomes the expert atthat dish and every time youare going to serve it, she iscalled to do the job.

Helping in the kitchenhas many benets. First,they want your attention

while youre trying toprepare meals so you mayas well have them workingwith you getting yourattention and developingan important skill atthe same time.They arelearning about nutrition andabout making choices andplanning. And, their self-esteem is getting a healthyboost.

When we sit down to ameal that was prepared by10-year-old Melissa, she isgoing to feel terric aboutherself. If we have a cakefor dessert and three-year-old Juan stirred the dry

ingredients, he will knowthat he had an importantrole to play in providingthis cake that everyone isenjoying.

Make meal preparation afamily affair.Then kick backand let someone else planand cook your dinner.

Kathy Lynn is a professionalspeaker and author ofVive laDiffrence, Whos In ChargeAnyway? and But NobodyTold Me Id Ever Have toLeave Home. If you wantto read more, sign up for herinformational newsletter atparentingtoday.ca.

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