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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1989
BOOKLET ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD PUBLISHED
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A COLOUR BOOKLET ON PARENTING HAS BEEN PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND THE CHILD NEGLECT PREVENTION PUBLICITY COMMITTEE AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND CHILD CARE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE BOOKLET
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WAS PRODUCED AFTER
MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND DISCUSSIONS AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, DISTRICT BOARDS, AND THE INFORMATION SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
"WE HOPE THAT THROUGH PORTRAYING THE HANDLING OF REAL LIFE SITUATIONS BY CARTOON CHARACTERS, THE BOOKLET WILL EFFECTIVELY PUT ACROSS THE CONCEPT OF RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND THE WAYS OF HANDLING CHILDREN, "HE SAID.
THE 20-PAGE BOOKLET CONTAINS A ILLUSTRATES HOW FOUR TYPES OF FAMILIES A NEGLECTING FAMILY, AN ABUSIVE FAMILY HANDLE THEIR CHILDREN IN A SIMILAR
CONSEQUENCES.
SERIES OF 40 CARTOONS. IT
AN OVER-PROTECTIVE FAMILY, AND A BALANCED FAMILY SITUATION AND THE LIKELY
CITING A CHILD RETURNING HOME WITH A POOR SCHOOL REPORT AS AN EXAMPLE, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT SOME FAMILIES NEGLECTED THE CHILD'S EFFORTS IN HIS STUDIES ALTOGETHER.
IN THE CASE OF AN OVER-PROTECTIVE FAMILY, THE CHILD WAS ONLY GIVEN MATERIAL REWARD AS INCENTIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHOUT BEING OFFERED HELP TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS.
CHILD WAS SCOLDED AND FAMILY, THE CHILD WAS
IN THE CASE OF AN ABUSIVE FAMILY, THE DRIVEN OUT OF THE HOUSE, WHILE IN A BALANCED ENCOURAGED BY HIS PARENTS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING PAD ON THE SHOULDER AND WAS ASSISTED IN SOLVING HIS PROBLEMS.
IN ADDITION TO THE "DOS" AND "DON'TS" IN PARENTING, THE BOOKLET ALSO CONTAINS SLOGANS ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES OF OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES IN RELATION TO CHILD CARE AND FAMILY PROBLEMS.
COPIES OF THE BOOKLET ARE OBTAINABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM ALL SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT YOUTH OFFICES FROM THURSDAY (OCTOBER 26). COPIES WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED DURING A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION EXHIBITION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 28) AND SUNDAY IN SHUN CENTRE, SHEUNG WAN.
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