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We must help our children to resist peer pressure By Joanne j. falls Agricultural Extension Agent It is very disturbing that so many Americans insist on conform ing. Individuality in America seems to be eroding under group pressure. Group pressure can lead to immorality and be against the health of the pressured victims. For example, a recent ""Bill Cosby Show" focused on peer pres sure. One of his daughters went to a friend's home with a group of other girls. The girls were playing a game wherein each group member who missed a word would have to drink a glass of alcoholic beverage. Of course, Vanessa got high. However, she learned her lesson from the situ ation. Parents assume that they have chil dren of aver age intelli gence. Most parents think, "Oh, our chil dren would never do thing like that." Think about the thousands of youth who have died in America play ing Russian Roulette. Peer pressure often accounts for a child's first bout with drinking and for experiments in sex and drugs. Worst of all peer pressure can crush a child's budding free will and drive the youngster into a stam pede toward sameness. c Parents cannot stop the effects of peer pressure on their children, but they can offset the negative impact of peer pressure by doing the following things: ? Control the peer pressure in your own life. Stop setting bad examples for your children by say ing such things as, "Oh, don't be silly^ sweetheart* 1 can't wear that old thing. Can you imagine what people will say?" This emphasizes what others think ? not what you think. ? Don't promote competition with remarks such as, "You let your team down when you dropped the Area Scouts mark 25-percent increase in Good Turn event Special to the Chronicle Falls People throughout Northwest North Carolina responded generously to the Scouting for Food Good Turn last week by giving more than 108,000 pounds of non-perishable foodstuffs for distribution to the hun gry and needy of the area. The food collected Saturday, Nov. 18, by Scouts of Old Hickory Council was almost 25 percent more than collected last year when residents contributed 80,000 pounds. As part of the nationwide Scouting for Food Good Turn, the council's effort saw nearly 1,500 scouts, explorers and cubs partici pating. There were more than 500 scouts involved in the collection this year than last year, said Lucien Rice, the council's field executive. "The response by people in our area was just overwhelming," Mr. Rice said. "It looks as though a nat ural disaster like the recent hurri cane just caused them to want to respond. It really shows the charac ter of people in the Northwest" Mr. Rice also reported that food continues to come into the Food Bank of Northwest North Car olina, based in Winston-Salem, fol lowing Saturday's collection by the scouts. The amount collected by the scouts does not include additional food contributed through other United Way agencies, Mr. Rice said. CLASSIFIEDS ^ XO jr Cm J; - ? CALL 722-8624 TODAY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF! ball. 1 was so embarrassed when formance. Never compare yourself everybody saw you strike out." with what others are doing. Here the child gets the feeling ? Remember that parents ought that he must please other people, to have some rules. No rules are just Instead^empha$jze the fact that as harmful as too many rules, competition is good only if you ? Stress individual differences, enjoy it and it improves your per- Teach children that being different is not bad. Go outside your house and see in dangerous, illegal or inappropri ? If a child wants to start a new how your children act when they ate activity. activity, tell the child to begin a new are playing with others; look out the ? Never overdo criticism of activity before he drops the old one. window, or stop by the bowling your child's friends. Ask the child's ??? Supervise your children. Keep alley or ?kating rink. opinion, See what he thinks. your eyes and ears open, and your ? Coach your child to say no if ? Practice what you preach words at a minimum. peers pressure him or her to engage about resisting peer pressure. Chefs Prune Boneless RIB END PORK ROAST AND Whole Boneless Sliced FREE! PORK LOIN L Holly Farms GRADE A WHOLE FRYERS EU CZ3 EZ3 CZ3 EZ! IZ3 EH i ,ri?rrr i-h mm w n mi iin hphri Nm. Zt dm SwNtay, Dac. 3,1MS. Large Fraser Fir fl f; CHRISTMAS TREES Available At Most Stores. S04 99 Large Handmade Live Christinas Wreaths Each 8.99 Each / 20 LB. BAG Pell Bonus Buy! Winston Salem, N.C. Extra Lean * lh? BOILED HAM coke classic X Utef This Item good at Mil ??????? ft* dm &*?, bakery locations only. Diet Coke 1.09 Snow natural light White 6 PK CANS BUSH CAUUFLOWER Head EXTRA LOW PRICES...EVERYDAY!!! 32 Oz. - tollman's I I 18.25 Oz. ? Assorted Betty Crocker II 5 Oz. ? 5 Ct. Biscuits I Florist Quality MAYONNAISE _JJ CAKE MIXES I I BUTTER-ME-NOTS I POINSETT1AS 12 Pack - Hot Cocoa With II 28 Oz. - Plain/Meat/Mushroom I | 8 Oz. - Sealtest II 64 Oz. - Food Lion Premium sKres I I M8u spashetti sauch I J SOU_R CREAM JJ ORANGE JUICE 128 Oz. - Deteroent II 200 Ct - White/Pastel | I * Mrs. Smith's SURF LIQUID 11 so? facial tissue 11 APPLE PIE There is a Food Lion conveniently located near you: 482N Country Chib Road 77M) Silas Creek Parkway 3505 N. 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