Page 10 of The Zion News

Zion offers Fair Trade Coffee & Chocolate for purchase. It is available Sunday mornings at the Welcome Center. Monday thru Friday it may be purchased during office hours. Questions - call Mary Jo Snustad, 326-1939.

"God Moment"

According to the National Church Library Association, August 9^th is "Book Lovers Day". Your church library committee invites you to come in & check out what is available.

Libraries Alive spotted a "great Christian Children’s Book Review site. The site publishes detailed reviews written by Christian moms on current titles" including "What I Like" and "What I Dislike", the rating system, & direct links & price comparison information through Christian Book Distributers (Christianbook.com) and Amazon. Visit the Christian Children’s Book Review website at http://ccbreview.blogspot.com/ .

We want to thank Dorothy Hannu & family for donating National Geographic’s The Biblical World An Illustrated Atlas in memory of Cynthia Hannu. Beautifully illustrated with photographs & maps. The Biblical World "encompasses the entire history of the Holy Land...using archeological research to place biblical figures & events in the context of human history and paints a fascinating portrait of everyday life in each era". This book brings "enriched relevance and interest to the Bible’s timeless stories of faith, relationships, conflict, and change".

The month of August brings thoughts of ending and beginnings once again. The end of the summer means the beginning of a new school year. The beginning of a new school year often brings to parents minds the thoughts of how their children (no matter what the ages) will handle the impending separation.

I would like to share some words of wisdom from Love and Logic expert Charles Fay ...

Remember that kids take their emotional cues from the adults around them.
The calmer and more business - like we act, the easier it’ll be for our kids.

Avoid doing too much reassuring.
Strangely, the more we talk with our little ones about how much fun they are going to have, the more anxiety they seem to have. It’s as if they reason, "If my parents have to tell me this is going to be okay, maybe it won’t."

Make the transition short and sweet.
The quicker you move, the faster your child will calm down once you leave.

Don’t look back.
Although it’s hard to resist the urge to go back and comfort your child, he or she will calm down far quicker if you keep going and don’t look back.

While all children are different, some separation anxiety is normal and healthy. Generally speaking, the tots/teens who feel the most secure when they are with their parents are the ones who feel the most secure when they are away from their parents. A large part of providing this security involves combining big doses of love with good, solid limits.

Here’s to a wonderful ending of the summer and beginning of the school year 2010. Remember, someone helped us through these transitions in our lives . . . . Carry On!

Peace,
Ruth Ann Trembath, Children’s Advocate