Page 6-THE NEWS-December, 1987
Charlotte Jewish Day School
Who Disciplines — You or Them?
By Berta Straz
On Wednesday, November
4, at Shalom Park, we held a
community outreach program
for all young parents. Elaine
Cigler led the morning seminar
which started at 9:15 a.m.
Elaine has worked diligently
in the field of child develop
ment for the past 22 years. As
a social worker, both here in
the United States and in
South Africa, she has worked
with families dealing with pro
blems in discipline and posi
tive growth through disci
pline. Elaine was in private
practice for many years, and
associated herself with Jewish
Day Schools, both here and
abroad.
She spoke about effective
ways in raising responsible
children. The authoritarian ap
proach was discussed; letting
children take their own actions
was discussed; hitting,
screaming, punching, are there
alternatives; if so, what are
they?
Many topics were touched
upon. The key being misbeha
vior. What is reasonable?
What is realistic? What is ap
propriate with children? She
said that children misbehave
because it works. They go
through stages and ages. As a
famous philosopher said:
“Don’t aim to be perfect, aim
to be good enough”! Elaine
gave an interesting anedogy by
saying “Half of the people
were setting up chairs in the
front of a boat, and those peo
ple were looking ahead to the
future, and half of the people
Elaine Cigler answering special concerns of individual mothers.
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Parents listening and absorbing as
were setting up chairs in the
back of the boat and they were
seeing the past, and when
called upon, as to how he,
Charlie Brown, planned on set
ting up his chairs, he said, “ I
don’t even know how to unfold
them.” This story appUes to
the approach in rearing child
ren too.
The morning ended with a
lively question and answer
period which was then fol-
much Information as possible.
photos/B. Straz
lowed by a repast of bagels
and a variety of cream cheese
spreads. Babysitting was also
available at no charge.
We were delighted to host
such a wonderful seminar
which was in conjunction with
Temple Israel Pre-School and
Mother’s Morning Out. It was
nice to see 75 eager young
parents who came out of con
cern and special interests. So,
who disciplines, you or them?
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Students are Imv'entors
By Berta Straz
The students in grades 2-6
are entering a National Inven
tion Contest sponsored by
Weekly Reader. Teaching
thinking skills and encourag
ing creativity are top priorities
in the minds of many of to
day’s educators. A highly
motivational way to en
courage growth in this area is
to exercise these skills on a
specific project like an inven
tion contest.
We at the Charlotte Jewish
Day School are looking for
ward to this event. The child
ren are working in the class
room on various skills that will
enable and assist them to
create and make an invention
of their own. Every child will
gain recognition and special
participation certificates. Aside
from this, every grade level
winner will receive a $250
U.S. Savings Bond from the
Weekly Reader. The winning
invention -will be displayed at
the National Inventors Expo
in Washington, D.C. in 1988.
We will share our ideas and in
ventions with you as soon as
they are entered. In the mean
time, our students are having
fun and inventing their
dreams to the future. They will
also be participating in the
local Science Fair, which will
be held in Mecklenburg Coun
ty, at DNCC on March 11-12,
1988. Cur scientists are on
their way!
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