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Ittatre*. of ceremony Thereaaea Elder (far right) welcomes both panelists and audience to Chi Eta Phi’s Parent En richment Program held at the Greenville Center. From left to right the panelists are Carple Ricks, Mary Williams. Julie — - I 1 - I Saunders. Carol Mathis. Dr. Deborah Scott, Bill Pickens and Rev. Rayfield Metcalf. Chi Eta Phi president, Jean nette Spicer, is seated in the back ground. (Photo By Loretta Manago) Parent Enrichment Program Informs Parents Of Twins By Loretta Manago Poet Staff Writer Perhaps, if you’ve seen a mbther or father with a set <0twin* or triplets, you may have shaken your hehd in wonder and asked yourself, “How do they do it?” : That’s one of the ques tions, that was put before selected panelists at a recent Parent Enrichment Program sponsored by the members of the Chi Eta Phi Sorority. Should twins be dressed alike? Is the bonding that develops between twins healthy? How do I survive financially and emotional ly? were just a few of the concerns that were addressed by expert panelists. Specialists in their own fields the panelists includ ed Dr. Deborah Scott, a pediatrician, Julie Saun ders, a K-3 Curriculum development specialist, Carole Ricks, a marriage and Family Therapist, Carol Mathis, a teacher of Exceptional Children, Mary Williams, Mental Health Director of Consult ation and Training, Bill Pickens, Executive Direc tor of Consumer Credit Counseling Services and Rev. Rayfield Metcalf, pastor of Parkwood Institu McCrorey YMCA To Sponsor Tfc^> YMCA is sponsoring a two day, one-night trip to Wash iiQbn, D.G., March 29-31. This trip.is designed for youth, teens and families to take time to see the sites in our nation’s capital. The trip will include tours of monuments, the White House, Supreme Court, Bureau pi Engraving and Printing, National Zoo and museums. Seats are limited. A $25 deposit is due February 1. The balance is due by March 1. The fee, per per son including transport-' ation and lodging is: four to a room, $75 each; three to a room, $80 each or two to a room, $85 each. Children over the age of eight may go Unescorted. tional CME Church. These panelists discussed such topics as the psychological development of twins, the physiological development of twins, the financial responsibility of raising twins and the coping me chanics involved in raising twins. Although the subjects varied, all panelists seemed to agree on one issue and that was “even though you may see your twins as a set or a pair, they should be thought of as individuals." According to the panel ists, parents who have twins or other multiple births should stress indi vidualism. This includes the children’s dress, the children’s friends and the attention given to the children by the parents. They should be allowed to develop separate interests and to spend time away from one another. in discussing each vari ous field and its relation to twins, Dr. Scott focused attention on what happens biologically that makes twins fraternal or identic al. A twin herself, Dr. Scott also commented that nor mally when one twin is ill, the other one will be ill soon. Both educators, Ms. Saunders and Ms. Mathis, stressed the importance of pre-school screening and placing twins in separate classroom situations for optimum learning. Carole Ricks, who dealt with the parental coping of raising TTiose included rallying family members for sup port, becoming better man agers and organizers, and learning how to change one’s expectations. She em phasized that although raising twins is a chal lenge, parents can survive. Looking at the mental as pect of raising twins, Ms. Williams suggested that comparisons be avoided, overprotectiveness should be checked and that the closeness between twins should be respected. In financially handling twins, Pickens galled for a re examination of the spend ing patterns and a budget to work by. Citing the expenditure of raising a child from birth to adult hood as 990,624, he said, "Raising twins just means -—' "■" ■ » ■ 1 ■ Send check or money order for *15.00 along with coupon mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt Name__ j Address_ ■ CHy_Stote_ ! Zip_Phone_ ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■■I Send Subscription Form To;: THE CHARIjOTTE POST/ ■' - ’ ‘ Oicuiatlon Dept. 7 30144 / *ia4o the figures are doubled." Chi Eta Phi Sorority member Thereasea Elder was mistress of ceremony. Chi Eta Phi, which has 35 local members, is a nation al organizational, Jean nette Spicer is the local chapter president.__ New Product To Aid Fight Against Drunk Driving special to The Post You may soon be hearing people say, "I’d better check with the BAT first," before leaving restaurants and taverns. During even ings out, checking with the BAT before getting behind the wheel is a wise idea because the BAT, an acronym for Breath Al cohol Tester, can tell you your blood alcohol content and that content can in turn tell you whether or not you should be driving. A person’s blood alcohol content, as established usually by breath alcohol tests, is used by law en forcement officers to find out if that person is legal ly intoxicated. A breath alcohol test reading of .10, meaning one part alcohol per 1,000 parts blood, is considered legally intoxi cated in most states. The BAT operates very much like standard vend ing machines. 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