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人與人之間的交往各有盤算，有著利害關係的考量，而真正無怨無悔的互動
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| Is it necessary to buy popular or famous brands of dresses, shoes, toys, etc. for your children?
Some brands may cost several hundred dollars for just one item, however, parents may feel they have to buy expensive items to meet the needs of their children. Parents may think that children need to wear famous brands to be able to compete with their peers or feel they are in the same group as their peers. If you decide to buy an expensive and popular brand of dress or shoes for your children, you might want to think about what kind of value your children will learn. |
| Although children need to have special or nicer clothes for special occasions, it is not necessary to buy expensive items for them. There are many ways to have special and nice clothes for your children.
For instance, sew a dress for children, make some changes to old clothes to fit your child's needs and styles, dress from older siblings or others, etc. These can be very special and meaningful for them.
Again, they need comfortable dress to be free to play sand, water, play
dough, sports, etc. |
| Regarding shoes, there is no need to spend a lot of money on buying a popular brand since children are growing fast.
Children need the right size and comfortable shoes to wear. Buying popular or famous brands of items for your kids all the time is likely to make your kids materialistic. |
parents buy popular brands for their children, or my child asked me to buy a famous brand of shoes because his friends wear the brand. |
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There is a Chinese saying "People compete with people, only makes everyone angry and frustrated and the competition is never ending."
eventually, your children might have a hard time to learn good values, make wise choices, and manage
money effectively. |
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逐漸成為風氣，她結合社區、學校與政府的力量，把青少年、老年人、
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JACKSON COUNTY ADVOCATE
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Thirty-nine Grandview High School students are participating in the Building Bridges program this semester. Building Bridges is a community-based intergenerational program in the Greater Kansas City area. It was developed by Dr. Nina Chen, human development specialist at the University of Missouri
Outreach and Extension. |
| A total of 47 schools, nursing homes, and senior citizens centers have participated in the program.
The purpose is to provide opportunities for youth and senior citizens to have meaningful interactions and experiences. |
| The students visit the residents from the Life Care Center of Grandview every other Monday. They
do a variety of activities during the visits such as helping residents get ready for breakfast, playing games, telling stories, reading, talking, etc. Before their first visit, the students learned about aging awareness and preparation fornursing home visits. |
| Suzan Smith and Rochelle Koerselman, family and consumer sciences teachers from the high
school have integrated the Building Bridges program concepts into their family life classes. These learning opportunities will help youth increase their understanding about aging issues and different life stages and have a positive perception about being old. |
| For more information about the Building Bridges program, contact the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension Center at 816-252-5051. |
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說明：陳博士的親情搭橋工作，不斷透過演講、
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Three cleasses of Ott second graders visited the Groves this week to talk with residents and give them cards and presents. |
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By Dan Curry The Examiner |
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Ott Elementary School second-graders Faith Parson and Adonai-Ra Robinson sang a loud,
half-remembered version of "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer". |
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Grace Matthews, 94, clapped her hands and told them they were wonderful. "Do you have another one for me?" she asked. |
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Sure they did. And another, And another. Both girls said later they enjoyed themselves immensely. |
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Nothing like an appreciative audience.About 60 children visited Matthews and other residents at
the Groves retirement community this week. They brought residents cards, asked them questions about their families and holidays, sang a few songs and then packed back into school buses and departed. |
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The whole thing took 30 minutes.This isn't just a field trip.
These children will return to the Groves several more times this school year, each time with the object of getting to know an older generation. |
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The trips are part of Building Bridges, a University of Missouri Outreach and Extension program
that for the last year has sought to forge friendships between the old and the young in Eastern Jackson |
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Program director Nina Chen said modern life too often separates the young from the old. The program restores an opportunity for them to socialize and become comfortable with the elderly. |
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Chen, who is also a researcher, said that the program had been shown to ease a child's fear of
growing old, and to boost the self-esteem of the elderly, who have the opportunity to share their skills with the young. |
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Chen said she had presented the program's concept in conferences nationally and worldwide, and interest appears to be growing.
About 10 schools in Eastern Jackson County and about 17 senior centers participate in the program. Throughout the Greater Kansas City Area, 3,000 people have met through Building Bridges. |
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Debbie Smith, an Ott teacher, said the program reinforced the work the children did in the classroom. Art and poetry projects were designed around creating gifts for their senior friends. |
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Smith said the children were already making friends with some of the seniors. On this week's visit,
there was some disappointment when several of the residents the children had met on an earlier trip weren't there."I do feel like the children really develop an understanding for the elderly," Smith said. |
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And the elderly don't seem to mind.Kathleen Pement, 80, said she loved seeing the children when they
came. She held two of the cards the children gave her, which featured children's drawings and riddles, such as," What is green and looks like a Christmas Tree?" |
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Answer: A Christmas tree.
"They're sweet children," Pement said, adding that she would find some place to keep the cards. |
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To reach Dan Curry, e-mail dcurry@examiner.net or call (816)350-6362. |
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