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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1976

MORE EMPHASIS ON RECREATION FOR FAMILIES

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THERE WILL BE INCREASING EMPHASIS ON RECREATION FOR FAMILIES AS THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDS ITS RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE IN THE COMING MONTHS. +THIS WILL SUPPORT THE

COHESIVENESS AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY TOLD THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB ISLAND EAST TODAY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE WIDER TEACHING OF PRACTICAL SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS IN AREAS SUCH AS ART AND DESIGN AND ALSO IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, AMONG OTHER THINGS THIS WILL MEAN THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO BE MORE PRACTICAL IN THE HOME.

+THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL HELP PARENTS TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR FAMILIES, MR. TOPLEY SAID.

HE CONTINUED: +CHILDREN NEED A FRAMEWORK OF VALUES TO BE GIVEN TO THEM WITHIN WHICH THEY CAN GROW BEFORE THEY CAN DISCOVER OR MAKE A FRAMEWORK WHICH IS THEIR OWN AND PARENTS SHOULD DESCRIBE AND EMPHASISE THE COMMONSENSE OF THE MORALITY ON WHICH SOCIETY RESTS.

IT IS VITAL FOR PARENTS TO FIND TIME TO BE WITH THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY WANT THEM TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.

+ IT IS BETTER TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY CHESS THAN TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK FOR THEM, THE DIRECTOR SAID,

MR. TOPLEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PARENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN TO BE ALERT AND TO HAVE A QUESTIONING FRAME OF MIND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO THINK CLEARLY AND STRAIGHT-FORWARDLY.

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